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« on: 02/12/09, 14:04 »
I have tried to send myself emails several times and I get nothing (from the flash-db site demo and from other sites in this help section). I have checked my spam/junk mail folders, tried sending from different accounts, etc. Can anyone send me a link to a card that I can look at?

Please ?

Thanks,

Kirk
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« Reply #1 on: 02/12/09, 14:15 »
Where did you install the eCard tutorial?
Did you check the ability of the server?
Did you read the text comming with this tutorial?
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« Reply #2 on: 02/12/09, 14:21 »
i installed it here:

http://dcdev.arn.com/ecards/index.html

I'm checking with my admin to see if email sending is enabled.

Yes I read all the text but I can't even get the demo to work (I can't receive an email from the demo on flash-db.com, let alone on my site.)

thanks for quick reply
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« Reply #3 on: 02/12/09, 17:01 »
fixed the link, it was wrong before. my server sends email & has php but I cannot get the thing to send mail. It just says "sending ecard please hold"

I changed the php file to contain the correct domain btw, but it doesnt work
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« Reply #4 on: 02/13/09, 02:38 »
at the beginning of the file "SendEcard.php" change at the first line:

<? into <?php

this should do it.
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« Reply #5 on: 02/13/09, 10:59 »
it's writing the files to the dbtext folder properly but the email isn't sending

any thoughts?
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« Reply #6 on: 02/13/09, 12:22 »
Did you check the basic functionality of sendmail?

does this line work:

mail("yourmailaddress","something","content","From:yourmailaddress");

replace yourmailaddress with your real mailaddress - only mailaddress, nothing else.
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« Reply #7 on: 02/13/09, 12:29 »
that works, but it still says..."sending e-card please hold"

that's really not a problem tho

any tips are welcomed but at least that works.

i just need to find out what the problem is in the email line I guess.

mail($ToName." <".$ToEmail.">",$ToSubject, $Message, "From: ".$FromName." <".$FromEmail.">");
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« Reply #8 on: 02/13/09, 12:35 »
some mailers dont like the $ToName." <".$ToEmail.">", - try to use $ToEmail only.

mail($ToEmail,$ToSubject, $Message, "From: ".$FromEmail);

did you make sure you read the variables right with $ToEmail=$_POST['ToEmail'] etc. ?
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« Reply #9 on: 02/13/09, 12:39 »
i'm getting it now...thanks a million!
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« Reply #10 on: 02/13/09, 14:35 »
now i get the email, the files write to dbtext, but when i click on the link all i see isthis:

> ">   " quality=high bgcolor=#FFFFFF TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"> > ">   " quality=high bgcolor=#FFFFFF TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash">


here's my code (SelectCard.php)

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Here's your Flash Ecard - from the Flash-dB.com Tutorial</TITLE>
<?
$ENum = $_GET["ENum"];
$EcardText = $_GET["EcardText"];
switch ($ENum)
  case '1':
   $goto = "Ecard1.swf?EcardText=".$EcardText;
   $gotoFooter = "EcardFooter.swf?EcardText=".$EcardText."&EcardSelect=1";
   $Dimensions = "WIDTH=400 HEIGHT=700";
   $DimensionsFooter = "WIDTH=400 HEIGHT=550";
   break;
   case '2':
   $goto = "Ecard2.swf?EcardText=".$EcardText;
   $gotoFooter = "EcardFooter.swf?EcardText=".$EcardText."&EcardSelect=2";
   $Dimensions = "WIDTH=400 HEIGHT=700";
   $DimensionsFooter = "WIDTH=400 HEIGHT=550";
   break;
   case '3':
   $goto = "Ecard3.swf?EcardText=".$EcardText;
   $gotoFooter = "EcardFooter.swf?EcardText=".$EcardText."&EcardSelect=3";
   $Dimensions = "WIDTH=700 HEIGHT=525";
   $DimensionsFooter = "WIDTH=700 HEIGHT=250";
   break;
   case '4':
   $goto = "Ecard4.swf?EcardText=".$EcardText;
   $gotoFooter = "EcardFooter.swf?EcardText=".$EcardText."&EcardSelect=4";
   $Dimensions = "WIDTH=700 HEIGHT=525";
   $DimensionsFooter = "WIDTH=700 HEIGHT=250";
   break;
   case '5':
   $goto = "Ecard5.swf?EcardText=".$EcardText;
   $gotoFooter = "EcardFooter.swf?EcardText=".$EcardText."&EcardSelect=5";
   $Dimensions = "WIDTH=700 HEIGHT=525";
   $DimensionsFooter = "WIDTH=700 HEIGHT=250";
   break;
}
?>
</head>
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" topmargin="0" leftmargin="0" rightmargin="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0">
<center>
<OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=5,0,0,0"
<? print "$Dimensions";?>>
<PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="<? print "$goto";?>"> <PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=high> <PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#FFFFFF> <EMBED src="<? print "$goto";?>" quality=high bgcolor=#FFFFFF  <? print "$Dimensions";?> TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></EMBED>
</OBJECT>
<OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=5,0,0,0"
<? print "$DimensionsFooter";?>>
<PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="<?print "$gotoFooter";?>"> <PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=high> <PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#FFFFFF> <EMBED src="<? print "$gotoFooter";?>" quality=high bgcolor=#FFFFFF  <? print "$DimensionsFooter";?> TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></EMBED>
</OBJECT>
</center>
</BODY>
</HTML>

any suggestions?
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« Reply #11 on: 02/14/09, 02:24 »
The PHP-File is written for a special setting at the server, which is not set at yours.
Apache allows short (ASP like) tags, if the switch is set.
Normaly Apache expects <?php as starting tag for php code - the short tag is <?

Solution for you, and for all others having the problem, that php code is not executed, use the complete tags - means - replace all <? with <?php in all files.
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« Reply #12 on: 02/20/09, 09:15 »
you are simply amazing.

thanks!
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