Last summer we started trialling some new ways for people to get involved in phpList development. We tested a few things, and found that the release candidate method had a great response. Our next release candidate is due very soon. You can sign up to receive it by using the subscribe form immediately below, or… [+]
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phpList 3.2.2: how to use the new LOGO placeholder
A cool new feature in phpList 3.2.2 allows the upload of a logo to the main settings page. The logo can then be inserted into campaign templates using the new [LOGO] placeholder: this system helps you change the logo across all templates in one go, with just a few clicks. Read on to find out… [+]
The gift of Open: we have liftoff
To Celebrate phpList’s 15th birthday we asked the phpList community to nominate Open Source projects to receive unlimited gratis use of phpList.com. Each nominee has now been sent their goodiebag. The nominations In total, 20 projects were nominated. These ranged from community lead endeavours such as DokuWiki and Inkscape, through Open Source favourites like Piwik… [+]
UK election email send-a-thon: be the first to try our new manual
A brand new phpList manual will launch on Tuesday the 5th of May. As part of the launch celebration we will be running a UK election: email send-a-thon. The event will encourage people to learn how to use phpList within the real-life context of sending an email campaign about the general election, which is on… [+]
phpList community sent more than 5 Billion emails since January
Our new phpList.org, launched to celebrate phpLists 15th birthday, has an sent mails counter on the home page, which shows us how many emails we sent as a community so far this year. We also know how many emails were sent last year, and how many countries phpList is used in right now. The tally at the time… [+]
The Gift of Open: after 15 years of phpList, let’s liberate Open-Source-land newsletters.
Help us give FREE phpList hosting to your favourite Open Sources projects. We have noticed some super-cool Open Source projects are using closed source (proprietary) newsletter software. We would like to change that by giving away unlimited free phpList hosting, on phpList.com, to any Open Source project that wants it. As part of phpList’s 15th… [+]
Tech bloggers to get early access to new API, manual and phpList 3.1
Over the next two months we will be launching: phpList 3.1 the phpList API and the phpList user manual As a tech blogger, you can get advance access to all of these, along with ready-made screenshots and feature lists. Read more about our bloggers list here. Join the tech-bloggers list
Giving the community room to grow: phplist.org is coming soon
At the end of May, we will be launching phplist.org, a brand new website which will upgrade the current community site and all community resources including forums, documentation, download and blog. The new site will be focused (like a laser beam) on the phpList community, including all self-hosted and self-service resources. There will be room… [+]
Document Foundation use phpList: for Document Freedom Day and beyond.
Today is Document Freedom Day (DFD), an international celebration of Open Standards. phpList are delighted to celebrate DFD by announcing that The Document Foundation have accepted unlimited gratis use of phpList.com services. The Document Foundation, guardians of LibreOffice and founders of The Document Liberation Project, believe that “documents and their content belong to their creators,… [+]
phpList Manual Writing Sprint 2: the one with the free t-shirts
It’s time for the last big push The new phpList manual is nearly finished: together we have written 85% of the chapters. However, we still have at least 7 chapters still to write before we publish in a few weeks time. The funnest and fastest way to finish the manual is for us to have… [+]