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November 14, 2011 at 6:08 am #4764
woodwardmatt
MemberHey Guys,
I have gone through an implemented eMember onto a clients site. I have been able to test the registration and approval processes, along with using content protection as well. However, I’m still a little lost on the expiry process.
I can manually expire my account (to test) then when trying to access protected content I am (quite rightly) told to renew my account and pointed at the renewal page. However, I’m trying to look at this from a members point of view who (perhaps) may not visit the site for a week or two, during which period their membership expires. What controls the email being sent to that member so that I can test it for my client? I couldn’t see any cron jobs having been created, so I’m gathering this is not entirely “automated” but rather triggered by a user event at some point.
Could you clarify how this works within eMember?
Many thanks,
Matt
November 14, 2011 at 10:52 pm #38469admin
KeymasterThere is a cronjob but you won’t be able to see it as it is created withing WordPress. Every night it checks for all accounts that are about to expire and it sends the email according to the settings in the “Expiry Email” section.
November 15, 2011 at 7:20 am #38470woodwardmatt
MemberAhh great thanks for the extra info
Which file would I need to change if I wanted to change the time the reminder went out?
E.g. The client site is hosted in Canada but is for a membership base in Australia. I’m just trying to figure out which clock will be used for the timing of the email.
November 15, 2011 at 9:42 pm #38471admin
KeymasterThe plugin will use GMT time for all things related to time. If you want to change that then this post should help:
November 16, 2011 at 4:33 am #38472woodwardmatt
MemberExcellent! Thank you very much
I’ll just give it a whirl and see how it turns out!
Matt
November 16, 2011 at 5:30 am #38473woodwardmatt
MemberI’ve just had my expiry email through at 15:45 having set the Timezone to Australia/Adelaide. Not sure if that’s quite right or not but hey it came through so its a good start
I did spot that the {first_name} and {last_name} codes are not being replaced however. The codes have not been altered in anyway and I have had initial registration emails with information replaced correctly. Any thoughts on why this would not work for the expiry email?
November 16, 2011 at 9:55 pm #38474admin
KeymasterThe
{first_name}
and{last_name}
tags do no work on the mass expiry notification email as the same email is sent to all the members whose account is about to get expired. Use a generic email text there… for example:Hi, Your account will expire soon.....
November 17, 2011 at 3:46 am #38475woodwardmatt
MemberAhh ok, thanks for the help
November 17, 2011 at 4:47 am #38476woodwardmatt
Member**ignore** – duplicate post
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