Simplenews Status Reset is a tiny module, that allows to reset the sent status of an already sent Simplenews newsletter issue to "not sent". This allows to resend a newsletter (e.g. to a different category) without duplicating the node or changing the status value by hand in the database.

I did not found any module, that offers this functionality. In fact, every experienced Drupal developer could write this functionality by him/herself in a custom module, but even for them (time saving) and especially for less-experienced coders this module may help a lot. We have experienced, that nearly every of our customers with Simplenews installed want to "abuse" Simplenews as a e-mail marketing software, administering different subscriber lists, and send one newsletter to a variable number of these subscriber lists. They can either clone existing nodes and set a different newsletter category, or you give them a possibility to reset the sent status. That's the idea and goal of this module.

Project page:
https://drupal.org/sandbox/agoradesign/2269783

GIT:
git clone --branch 7.x-1.x git.drupal.org:sandbox/agoradesign/2269783.git simplenews_status_reset

My reviews of other projects:
https://drupal.org/node/2230105#comment-8804143
more coming soon...

Comments

agoradesign’s picture

Status: Active » Needs review
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MattWithoos’s picture

It's well-documented, well-formatted, PAReview finds no issues & I find no issues. Best of luck with the approval!

prabeen.giri’s picture

I don't have any comments, however, I have a suggestion that just popped in my head. Its very small module with just 3 function and I thought it would have been better to ask for the feature request in the simplenews module and provide your code as a patch. Just a suggestion.

agoradesign’s picture

Hmm of course that is something worth to think about. But I don't think that this status resetting stuff is something that fits into the regular workflow/idea of Simplenews.

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gisle’s picture

Status: Needs review » Postponed (maintainer needs more info)

Automated Review

PAReview reported some issues. However, please note that these are not substantial and fixing all issues is not a requirement for getting through the application process.

Manual Review

Individual user account
Yes: Follows the guidelines for individual user accounts.
No multiple applications
Yes
No duplication
No
This sounds like a feature that should live in the existing Simplenews project. Module duplication and fragmentation is a huge problem on drupal.org and we prefer collaboration over competition. Please open an issue in the Simplenews issue queue to discuss what you need. You should also get in contact with the maintainer(s) to offer your help to move the project forward. If you cannot reach the maintainer(s) please follow the abandoned project process.

If that fails for whatever reason please get back to us and set this back to "needs review".

Master Branch
Yes: Follows the guidelines for master branch.
Licensing
Yes: Follows the licensing requirements
3rd party code/content
Yes: Follows the guidelines for 3rd party code.
README.txt
Yes: Follows the guidelines for in-project documentation.
Code long/complex enough for review
Yes: Follows the guidelines for project length and complexity.
Secure code
Yes: Follows guidelines for writing secure code.
Coding style & Drupal API usage
Postponed. Looks OK, but detailed code walkthrough is postponed until duplication is sorted out.
PA robot’s picture

Status: Postponed (maintainer needs more info) » Closed (won't fix)

Closing due to lack of activity. If you are still working on this application, you should fix all known problems and then set the status to "Needs review". (See also the project application workflow).

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peterlolty’s picture

Status: Closed (won't fix) » Needs review

I sincerely hope a stable version of this module, and I reopen this because I found the Simplenews (the parent module) maintainer haven't reply the related issues (https://www.drupal.org/node/2426077#comment-10169712) for nearly half an year. Thus, this sandbox module is valuable to become a full module.

I checked @agoradesign has other full modules, so he has already grant the full right to promote a sandbox module, so would you consider to do this?

klausi’s picture

Status: Needs review » Closed (duplicate)

Please contact @agoradesign directly about this, the user has been approved already.

Already Approved
It appears that you have successfully completed the application process with a different application, and been granted the 'create full projects' permission.

Once their first application has been successfully approved, then an applicant can promote other projects without review. Because of this, posting multiple applications are not necessary, and results in additional workload for reviewers!

Instead, you can post to the Peer Review group for feedback, here:

https://groups.drupal.org/peer-review/about

With this in mind, I have marked your application as 'closed(duplicate)'. If this is incorrect, and you do not yet have the ability to create full projects, then please feel free to re-open this application.

agoradesign’s picture

For the sake of completeness, here's the link to the full project page: https://www.drupal.org/project/simplenews_status_reset

The old sandbox link won't work anymore...

peterlolty’s picture

Really appreciated, and thanks anyone hard works

apaderno’s picture