AUTORESPONDER UNLIMITED 2.0 User`s Guide
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1. After you have determined which is your activation page edit this page and paste the following scripts anywhere between the lt body gt and lt body gt tags of your HTML lt img src http www yourdomain com cgi bin autoresponder activate cgi width 1 height 1 border 0 gt Do not upload yet this webpage You will still need add your subscription box in this webpage Just remember this is called your activation page Installation of the autoresponder scripts Unzip the file called autoresponder zip Be sure you remember the directory where you unzip the files After unzipping you should have the following files 1 hml folder there is nothing to edit chnage in the files inside this folder 2 autoresponder folder open it it should contain the following 4 files config cgi activate cgi ar cgi Lite pm You need to edit only the file called config cgi When you first opened the file config cgi you might notice that it looks garbled There is nothing wrong with the file Close it Open the same file in wordpad You notice that it looks ok now You will find detailed explanation in the config cgi of what variables to change What you are doing here is configuring the script You only have to do this one time After editing the config cgi you are now ready to upload your files to your web host Uploading the Files to your WebHost Upload first the html folder to your root directory This is the directory where you2. s avery simple explanation of each item Add Account Button You can create as many account as you want One account would correspond to one subscription box where your subscribers will enter their name and email From Name This is the name that will show in your email messages to your subscribers From Email This is the return email address that will show in your email messages You can choose any email address that you want even the free ones like yahoo or hotmail Just remember the autoresponder won t create an email account for you You need an existing email address Why This is the address that your subscribers will use when responding to your autoresponder messages Add Unsubscribe Link We highly recommend that you check this box This link will appear in all your email messages that will be sent to your subscribers This will allow your subscribers click on the link if they don t want to receive anymore email messages from you Send Report to Admin We highly recommend that you check this box An email will be sent to you to notify you when someone subscribes The email message will contain the subscriber s name email date and even the IP address This will serve as a proof that they actually subscribe to you For this purposes you will be called admin Redirect After Registration to Type in the path where you will send your subscriber s after they subscribe or after they click on the subscribe button This is norm
3. on unix machines e SendMail standard on unix machines e Works without CRON jobs which are not allowed on many servers e Your own cgi bin directory The Autoresponder Unlimited scripts were tested to work in most servers Follow these instructions carefully and you should have no problems in installing it If after installing and you are still having problems please ask first your webhost before contacting us Any decent webhost should be able to help you On our part we will help you with any script related concerns but we could not help you in resolving your problems with your webhost Overview of how the autoresponder works 1 Setting up your activation page 2 Installation of the autoresponder scripts 3 Setting up and managing your autoresponder accounts in the Admin Control Panel 4 Testing your autoresponder Setting up your Activation Page If you are wondering why we put this step as number 1 is because a lot of first time users FORGET to do this step and complain that the autoresponder is not working This is a very important step so be sure you follow the simple procedure here The first thing that you need to do is to determine which page of your website will be the activation page The activation page is the one which will activate your autoresponder scripts to work In our experience the best page to become your activation page is your homepage which is the most frequently visited page of your website
4. to 2 4 6 8 How do activate the autoresponder script after have imported the email addresses There are 2 ways to do this 1 Visit the page where you posted your activate cgi script This is the normally the most visited page of your website 2 You can also type in http www yourdomain com cgi bin autoresponder activate cgi directly into your browser This will also activate the autoresponder script License Agreement According to our lawyer we should put this here When agreeing to purchase the software you are agreeing to these terms Autoresponder Unlimited License Agreement THESE TERMS AFFECT YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS YOU SHOULD CAREFULLY READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS BEFORE USING THIS PRODUCT IT CONTAINS SOFTWARE THE USE OF WHICH IS LICENSED BY THE 29t FLOOR ENTERPRISES TO ITS CUSTOMERS FOR THEIR USE ONLY AS SET FORTH IN THE LICENSE AGREEMENT BELOW the License Agreement End User License Agreement Note This agreement applies to all software produced and or distributed by and or for The 29th Floor Enterprises 29th Floor or any of its affiliated registrars software or Software Before installing 29th Floor software please read this License Agreement Agreement carefully This is a legally binding Licensing Agreement between you End User and 29th Floor 29th Floor By installing the enclosed software programs and related applications Software you are agreeing to be b
5. AUTORESPONDER UNLIMITED 2 0 User s Guide Copyright 2002 2003 The 29th Floor Enterprises Inc All rights reserved Table of Contents Please Read this First System Requirements Overview of How the Autoresponder Works How to Install the Autoresponder How the Admin Control Panel works Add Account Button From Name From Email Add Unsubscribe Link Send Report to Admin Save Settings Generate HTML Code Add New Message Intervals Import Active Prospects Export Active Prospects What to do after you have configured the Autoresponder Settings Frequently Asked Questions License Agreement Please read this first Read everything first in this guide before you try to edit or upload the files to your webhost This may seem to be intimidating if you are setting this up for the first time But after you have set up everything managing your autoresponder from your Admin Control Panel is so easy Most of the questions you will have has already been answered in this user manual You can allways view the most updated manual in http www autoresponderunlimited com Back up all the files first before editing anything This way you will always have your original files if something goes wrong You can install your autoresponder script in unlimited number of domains So it is a good idea to have a back up copy of the original files System Requirements e Unix Operating system linux FreeBSD e Perl5 Interpreter standard
6. EACH OR BREACHES AND OR FAILURE OF THE ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY REMEDY CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT Governing Law This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the province of Alberta Canada The End User agrees to subject itself to the jurisdiction of Canada court in Alberta Thanks for purchasing the AutoresponderUnlimited software Copyright 2002 2003 The 29th Floor Enterprise Calgary Alberta Canada All rights reserved
7. James E mail jamesrn2003 msn com Date 21 Nov 2002 at 13 40 48 IP addres 172 152 203 170 Remove this prospect http www buy ftrom us com cgi bin autoresponder swars cgi mode r a immig amp e jamesrn2003 msn com If you receive the first email you know that the autoresponder is working Congratulations Frequently Asked Questions Why do have to set the permissions We have already set the correct permissions to the file However sometimes after you unzip the files these could be lost Just be sure that you set the correct permission after you uploaded the files When opened the cgi scripts in Notepad it looks corrupt This can happen sometimes There is nothing wrong with the files Close the file that you just opened in Notepad Just open the same file again in Wordpad You will see that the files looked fine now am getting an internal server error when access the login page There is something wrong with one of the following e Check the config cgi Be sure that all the variables are set correctly e Check the page where you are activating the activate cgi scripts e Check the permissions of each cgi script e Did you upload the scripts as ASCII and not binary They should be uploaded as ASCII to work How do send an email to my subscribers every other day Login to you admin control panel Add a new account or edit the account that you have created Under the Add Message be sure to set the interval
8. ally the page where you tell them thanks for subscribing or an order page This is entirely up your marketing stategy Save Settings Don t forget to click this to Save the information that you just entered above Generate HTML Code When you click this button the HTML code for your subscription box will be automatically generated for you Add New Message Click this button to start typing your email messages or your autoresponder messages You can attach any kind of file up to a size of 2 MB Remember you can customize your email messages to include the first name last name email address and date today Intervals This refers to the number of days when you want to send the messages or when you want your subscribers to receive the messages For example you want your new subscriber to receive the message immediately after subscription Then you want them to receive emails from you daily for the next 3 days Your intervals should look like this 0 send the message as soon as your visitor subscribes 1 send the message 1 day after your visitor s subscription 2 send message 2 days after your visitor s subscription 3 send message 2 days after your visitor s subscription There is no limit to the number of messages you can send You don t have to start with 0 You may want to start sending the messages 3 days after your visitor s subscription In this case you will enter 3 in the interval box Or you may want to s
9. ed in the config cgi When you are in the Admin Control Panel the first thing that you want to do is to create your autoresponder nickname The nickname is how you will identify your different autoresponders For example you have several domains or several webpages where you wanted to put the subscription box For each subscription box you may want different autoresponder messages So you may want to create different nicknames Enter a nickname in the text box Click on the Add Account Button Once you have created your nickname click on the link You will see Admin Settings The Admin Settings will only show whenever you click on the nickname link There is one Admin Settings for every nickname or autoresponder This allows you to use as many subscription boxes that you can set up in your webpage How to configure your Autoresponder Settings This is the screenshot of how your Admin Settings would look like s Autoresponder Unlimited 2 Xe z Admin Settings Autoresponder test Active prospects 0 test Autoresponder Settings Select a nickname OR From name Tess Rupprecht Add unsubscribe link M for your new account From email ftess yahoo com Send report to admin M 3 8 letters and digits Redirect after registration tol htta 4yourdomain com thanks html Select the account s Save Settings Generate HTML Code ou want to remove and click this button Add Account Here
10. end your messages at different intervals For example if you want to send your message every other day only your intervals will look like this 0 send the message as soon as your visitor subscribes 2 send the message 2 days after your visitor s subscription 4 send message 4 days after your visitor s subscription Import Prospects Allows you to enter manually the name email addresses of anyone You can also cut and paste the data from another file Export Prospects Allows you to view online the names of your active subscribers Some Important Reminders After all the messages had been sent to your active prospects it may look like some of yours users may have disappeared Don t panic your users did not disappear If you check you cgi bin folder there is a file called collect txt This file contains all the names email addresses of your subscribers If you want to send messages to these subscribers gain just import them to any account that you want To import these subscribers to your autoresponder just copy and paste the email addresses from the text file to your autoresponder then click on the Import Prospects Button What to do after you have configured the Autoresponder Settings After you have set up everything in the Admin Control Panel you need to test first that your autoresponder is working From the Admin Control Panel click on the the button Generate HTML code Copy and paste the HTML code to the web
11. he Software upon return of any defective media THE WARRANTIES CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT ARE IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER REPRESENTATIONS WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE WHETHER ARISING BY STATUE OR OTHERWISE IN LAW OR FROM A COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE 29th Floor DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT 1 THE OPERATION OF THE SOFTWARE OR THE PERFORMANCE OF THE ORDER PROCESSING FUNCTION WILL BE ERROR FREE UNINTERRUPTED OR THAT THE RESULTS OBTAINED FROM THEIR USE WILL BE ACCURATE OR MEET ALL THE END USERS SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS OR 2 ALL PROGRAMING ERRORS CAN BE CORRECTED OR FOUND IN ORDER TO BE CORRECTED Disclaimers IN NO EVENT SHALL 29th Floor ITS EMPLOYEES AGENTS OFFICERS DIRECTORS OR REPRESENTATIVES BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOST REVENUES OR PROFITS BUSINESS INTERRUPTION LOSS OF INFORMATION OR ANY OTHER INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE OR THE ORDER PROCESSING FUNCTION EVEN IF 29th Floor HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES THE LIMITATIONS EXCLUSIONS AND DISCLAIMERS IN THIS AGREEMENT SHALL APPLY IRRESPECTIVE OF THE NATURE OF THE CAUSE OF ACTION OR DEMAND INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO BREACH OF CONTRACT NEGLIGENCE TORT OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY AND SHALL SURVIVE ANY FUNDAMENTAL BR
12. ks Name oo Emai Doo Save your activation page and upload your webpage to your webhost Now you are ready to test if your autoresponder is working Open your browser and go to your webpage or activation page Enter your name and email address in your subscription box You will be re directed to the webpage that you specified in the Admin Control Panel Redirect after registration to Now check your email box which you have specified in the FROM EMAIL in the Admin Control Panel You should receive the autoresponder message This is the same message that your subscribers will receive You will notice that there is an link at the buttom of the email to unsubscribe You will receive another email Let s call this the admin email Everytime someone subscribes you will receive a notification email There is also a unsubscribe link so you can also unsubscribe this subscriber If you don t want to receive any admin email after everyone subscribes go back to the Admin Control Panel and uncheck the box Send Report to Admin This is a sample email that you will receive everytime someone subscribes You will notice that the email contains a lot of information about the user highly suggest that you keep this emails You can also unsubscribe this user if you want by clicking on the link User jamesrn2003 msn com for immig autoresponder repeat login Messa Autoresponder immig Name
13. normally keep your index html or your home page Now look for your cgi bin directory Upload the autoresponder folder under the cgi bin directory BE SURE that you upload the autoresponder folder as ASCII and NOT BINARY You need change the permission of your autoresponder folder and the files inside it e Set the permissions or CHMOD for the ar cgi file to 755 or rwxr xr x e Set the permissions or CHMOD for the config cgi file to 755 or rwxr xr x e Set the permissions or CHMOD for the activate cgi file to 755 or rwxr xr x e Set the permissions or CHMOD for the lite pm file to 644 or rw r r e Set the permission or CHMOD for the autoresponder folder to 755 or rwxr xr x e Important Note In some web host you have to set the permission of the Autoresponder folder to 777 or drwxrwxrwx for it to work Try first 755 then if it doesn t work like you cannot add a new account then change it to 777 If it still doesn t work try changing the autoresponder folder permission 775 or drwxrwxr x This all depends on how your webhost is configured If you have followed everything correctly we re now ready to manage our autoresponder You can now log out from your webhost while you study how your Admin Control Panel How the Admin Control Panel Works To login into your admin control panel open your browser and in the URL address type www yourdomain com cgi bin autoresponder ar cgi Enter the password that you creat
14. ntents products or services produced or accessed by or from the End User The End User is strictly prohibited from using the Software on or in connection with any illegal activities Any unauthorized use s of the Software shall constitute a material breach of this Agreement Any business relationship or transaction contemplated or consummated between the End User and any other third party is strictly subject to the specific terms and conditions agreed to by the End User and the third party It is expressly acknowledged that 29th Floor and any of its affiliates severally and or collectively are not parties to these transactions and 29th Floor shall have no liability or obligation with respect to such business relationships or transactions between the End User and third parties Indemnity The End User agrees to indemnify and hold harmless 29th Floor its agents employees directors officers and representatives from and against any loss liability claim damage and or expense including attorney s fees arising from or in connection with the installation and continued use of the Software accessed or created Web Sites and or the sales of products or services from the End User to third parties Warranties 29th Floor warrants and represents that the media on which the Software is supplied is free of defects in materials and workmanship and will provide to the End User free of charge withing ninety 90 days of purchase a replacement copy of t
15. ound by all the terms and conditions of this Agreement The enclosed Software is licensed to the End User by 29th Floor for use only in accordance with this Agreement If you do not agree to be bound by its terms and conditions do not install the Software By installing this software you are indicating that you have read the agreement in its entirety and that you accept such terms and conditions and agree to be bound by them If you are not willing to abide by the terms and conditions of this Agreement exit the application and do not install the software Title and License All right title and interest in the Software is owned by and shall remain the exclusive property of 29th Floor The End User shall not do anything to contest or challenge 29th Floor s intellectual property rights in the Software Limited Grant 29th Floor hereby grants to the End User the limited right to use the Software including all data files comprising the Software The End User is strictly prohibited from renting leasing subleasing reverse engineering decompiling disassembling translating merging or other wise creating derivative works from the Software without written permission of 29th Floor Requirements and Specifications The End User is responsible for obtaining the appropriate hardware software and Internet access required to us the Software Accountability and Liability 29th Floor shall not be liable for the information software co
16. page where you wanted the subscription box to appear Copy this to your activation page Remember your Activation Page Go back to step 1 to review it Autoresponder test Copy and paste this code into your HTML document lt form method POST action http wuw buy from us com cgi bin version2Z ar cgi gt lt input type hidden name mode yvalue register gt lt input type hidden name ar walue test gt lt div align center gt lt center gt lt table border 1i1 cellSpacing 0 bgcolor COCcOCcO cellpadding 2 gt lt tr gt lt tda align right gt lt font face Tahoma size 2 gt Name lt font gt lt td gt lt td gt lt font face Tahoma Size 2 gt lt input type text name user size 20 gt lt font gt lt tda gt lt tr gt lt tr gt lt td align right gt lt font face Tahoma size 2 gt Email lt font gt lt tda gt lt td gt lt font face Tahoma size 2 gt lt input type text name email size 20 gt lt font gt lt td gt lt tr gt lt tr gt lt td align right colspan 2 gt lt div align center gt lt center gt lt p gt lt font face Tahoma size 2 gt lt input type submit value Subscribe name B1i gt lt font gt lt td gt lt tr gt lt table gt lt center gt lt div gt lt form gt i Copy and paste the code into your HTML page where you wanted the subscription box to appear Your subscription box will look like this You can change how it loo
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