newsletter 0.1.17pre

alpha newsletter software for #python. CHANGES: newsletterapp supports contact forms.

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newsletter
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|**About** | newsletter is for making newsletters with python. |
+ | In *very* early stages of development. +
| | See COPYING for LGPL licence details. |
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|**Bugs** | https://bitbucket.org/illume/newsletter/issues |
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|**Source** | hg clone https://bitbucket.org/illume/newsletter |
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| | https://bitbucket.org/illume/newsletter |
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|**Docs** | http://packages.python.org/newsletter/ |
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|**pypi** | http://pypi.python.org/pypi/newsletter |
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|**Authors** | Only one developer so far, maybe more if it becomes useful. |
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| | .. figure:: http://rene.f0o.com/renef0o.gif |
| | |
| | Rene Dudfield <[e-mail]> is a lead developer and |
| | maintainer of `pygame <http://www.pygame.org>`_, |
| | and is also a `Website developer, and App developer |
| | <http://rene.f0o.com>`_ |
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newsletter contains a library for newsletters and a newsletterapp


Install newsletter with virtualenv and pip
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This makes an isolated install for you, so it does not pollute your system packages::

virtualenv --no-site-packages --distribute myvirtualpython
cd myvirtualpython
source bin/activate
pip install newsletter
newsletterapp --help

Installing with virtualenv and pip is recommended.

Install newsletter with ./configure; make
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This is for old school unix peoples::

./configure; make

Install newsletter with setup.py
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Using setup.py to install into your normal python sitewide directory::

python setup.py install



newsletter changelog
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0.1.17pre (2011-09-8)

Bugs fixed
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* newsletterapp more secure by default. Does not setup default users for admin section.
* fixed some test failures.
* removed single new line at end of template files, that is put there by editors like vim.


Features added
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* newsletterapp can be used for contact forms through send_message_ config items in the config file.






0.1.16pre (2011-09-1)

Bugs fixed
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* installation fixes.
* newsletterapp checks database directory exists and gives error message if it does not.
* newsletterapp --newinstall does not copy in .py files to install directory.
* newsletterapp --newinstall creates database directory by default.



0.1.15pre (2011-09-1)

Bugs fixed
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* install.rst rst syntax errors fixed.


Features added
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0.1.14pre (2011-09-1)

* install works correctly.
* updated documentation for installation.

Bugs fixed
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* removed buildout files.
* setuptools enabled by default.
* added package requirements for newsletterapp


0.1.13pre (2011-08-31)

Features added
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* updated documentation

Bugs fixed
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* got buildout working.



0.1.12pre (2011-07-25)

Features added
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* Adding cmd to send mail locally on unix using sendmail
* Added a default server port to ini file
* Made use instructions more clear.

Bugs fixed
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* fixed setup file to continue if reading CHANGES,TODO, and readme fails.

0.1.11pre (2011-07-17)

Features added
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* help page in the newsletter.newsletterapp admin section.
* new documentation, using the sphinx tool.
* many improvements to newsletter.newsletterapp.
* command line control of some newsletter.newsletterapp functions.
* source code repository moved to bitbucket and hg from launchpad and bzr.




0.1.10pre (2011-06-06)

Features added
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* tests for newsletter application.
* templates sanitize html.
* email templates use same templating system as rest of web app.
* newsletterapp sets cherrypy in production mode by default.
* can add subscribers by tag to a send.


0.1.9pre (2011-05-28)

Features added
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* many improvements to example newsletter application.



0.1.8pre (2011-05-23)

Features added
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* example application now uses the cherrypy config api and a newsletter.ini file for configuration.




0.1.7pre (2011-05-21)

Features added
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* improved example application.

Bugs fixed
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* Fixed bug with removing a user from a send.
* Updated TODO.txt


0.1.5pre (2011-04-17)

Features added
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* the first draft of an example newsletter web app using cherrypy and pywebsite.sqlitepickle
* Added some extra methods to Newsletter and NewsletterSend to support the example application.

0.1.4pre (2011-03-21)

Features added
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* Fixed NewsletterSend so it can have an almost dict like object that uses d.update({k:v}) method instead of d[k] = v.

Bugs fixed
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* Made tests more resiliant.


0.1.3pre (2011-03-21)
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Bugs fixed
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Features added
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* implementation of basic NewsletterSend interface, with some doctests.



0.1.2pre (2011-03-18)
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Bugs fixed
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Features added
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* implementation of basic Newsletter interface, with some doctests.



0.1.1pre (2011-03-16)
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Bugs fixed
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* fixed some basecode.


Features added
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0.1.0pre (2011-03-15)
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Bugs fixed
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* only bugs added so far.


Features added
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* adding base code.
* basic newsletter object sketching out.


TODO
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* make a test plan.
* a manual test script to follow to check it all works.

* do release to get feedback.