I just finished tweaking a WordPress plugin I'd created for myself that adds a signature file to the end of any emails that WordPress sends out (eg. comment notifications generated by other plugins...), and now it's available for free download (you'll find it in the "WordPress" section -- sign up for free if you don't have an account).
MailSig has the following features:
- Create an unlimited number of signatures (put each in a text or PHP file, and upload it to the plugin's "signatures" subdirectory).
- Select which one to use from a dropdown list in the plugin's configuration panel.
- PHP signature files can generate your signature dynamically. For example, if you want your signature to contain information about a sale during only during a specific time period, you can do that with PHP code. Once the time period has ended, your code can automatically switch to a different signature.
Any features you'd like to see added?
Reader Comment:
I've updated the plugin so that it can randomly select a signature file from a sub-folder of its "signatures" folder. Just create the sub-folder, upload your signature files to it, and in the control panel, select the folder from the signature list.
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October 27th, 2011 at 4:17 pm
Dear Antone,
I am eager to download this new plugin. By the way just some feed back on SEO Content Factory.
I actually have been blogging more often now and find that I can add content to my site at least 4 times a week. Its a great way to keep my sites fresh and the traffic has been slowly climbing, though it's still infancy days to show huge figures yet.
I will keep you posted when the traffic gets really huge.
Thank you for helping us to grow our presence on the net with SEO tools that you have on your site.
Thanks a million.
October 27th, 2011 at 4:21 pm
Hey Claude,
Thanks for the comment -- glad to hear SEO Content Factory is working well for you (though, since it did the same for me, I'm not surprised :-).
This new plugin is nothing fancy, but it's got a simple job to do, so I don't suppose it needs to be fancy.
One feature I thought of that I might add is the ability to randomly choose a signature. For example, instead of specifying one signature file, you could specify a subfolder, and it'd choose a file from the subfolder at random each time.
The same thing could be done using a PHP signature file...but of course, that'd require writing a little code. So enabling folder based randomization might be worth doing.
Does that sound useful to anyone?
October 29th, 2011 at 3:40 pm
Hi Antone.
I like the idea of allowing for alternative signatures chosen randomly from a folder. My php is not too hot.
However, I've just tried it as it is, and can't get it to do anything at all.
Suggestions?
- David Murray -
ps. I wonder could it be because I'm using the Thesis Theme.
pps. How long does your offer on the software package last?
October 29th, 2011 at 7:48 pm
Hi David,
Thanks for the feedback.
I'll have to look into why the plugin might not be working for you. And I'll add the random signature selection feature...probably sometime next week.
The special offer (I'm assuming that http://customers.geckotribe.com/offers.php is the one you're referring to) lasts until noon on Wednesday. The countdown clock on that page will tell you exactly how much longer.
October 31st, 2011 at 3:21 pm
I've updated the plugin so that it can randomly select a signature file from a sub-folder of its "signatures" folder. Just create the sub-folder, upload your signature files to it, and in the control panel, select the folder from the signature list.
David, I'm afraid I don't know why the plugin isn't doing anything for you. I can only guess that Thesis has completely overridden the wp_mail function, and isn't calling any plugin functions that could modify the content of the mail before sending it.