You could download blogcfc (google it) and look at the code. It does this, and supports subscription confirmation to stop people from subscribing someone else.
--Greg On 7/23/07, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The steps are pretty simple. > > Front end > Form to allow people to subscribe to the email. > Form to allow people to UNSUBSCRIBE from the email > > When they ask to subscribe, add them to the database > When they ask to unsubscribe, remove them from the database (or mark > them inactive) > > Backend > Form to allow you to create press release > > When the press release is created and saved, pull all the current > active records from the email list, and send an email with the press > release information to all those users. > > Those are the main steps. The rss idea is a good one, but more of an > "also" for me than an "instead of". > > > > On 7/23/07, Nicholas M Tunney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Why not set up an RSS feed? I've done that before with a certain level > > of success. I created an admin interface that allowed me to add news > > items, and a CF page that fed the RSS feed. That way people can manage > > their own subscriptions. > > > > -- > > Nicholas M. Tunney > > Blog: http://www.nictunney.com > > > > Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX7 Developer > > Adobe Certified Instructor > > Adobe Community Expert > > > > > > > > Steven Sprouse wrote: > > > I tried on here before without much luck, but I really need to know how > > > to set up some code that allows us to notify people on a mailing list > > > when we've posted a new news or press release item. I'm assuming I need > > > to set up a database that will hold the people who register, but how will > > > we notify them when something has been updated and how can we email them > > > what's been updated? It's a lot like the mailing lists here. How do they > > > work? I'm just really stuck putting all of the pieces together! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Download the latest ColdFusion 8 utilities including Report Builder, plug-ins for Eclipse and Dreamweaver updates. http;//www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs%5adobecf8%5Fbeta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:284394 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
