disabling / removing subscribe pages

[tripper54]

Hello,

For the system I am setting up, all the subscribing/unsubscribing will be handled by administrators.

How do I disable the public list subscription pages?

Sorry in advance if this is mentioned somewhere obvious in the docs - I have hunted around and can't seem to find it.

Cheers,

Phil

[H2B2]

These threads might be useful:
http://forums.phplist.com/viewtopic.php?p=13312#13312
http://forums.phplist.com/viewtopic.php?t=5009
http://forums.phplist.com/viewtopic.php?p=4026#4026

[tripper54]

For the benefit of others looking to do this, I sorted this out by modifying some code in index.php.

Firstly I found this:

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     case "subscribe":
        $success = require "admin/subscribelib2.php";
       if ($success != 2) {
          print SubscribePage($id);
       }
        break;

and changed to this:

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case "subscribe":
        $success = require "admin/subscribelib2.php";
        //Changed this to remove ability to subscribe from the web page
      print "<p>Sorry. You cannot subscribe to these newsletters through this web site.</p>";
      /* if ($success != 2) {
          print SubscribePage($id);
        } */
        break;


Then for unsubscribe, I found this:

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case "unsubscribe":
        print UnsubscribePage($id);
        break;


and changed to this:

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case "unsubscribe":
     // Change this to an email link to subscriptions department
     print "To unsubscribe from Newsletters, <a>contact Subscriptions</a>.";
       // print UnsubscribePage($id);
        break;


It aint pretty, and there are possibly quite easy ways to circumvent it, but it works. I hope this helps - any suggestions for improvement welcome.

Phil

[Harlequin]

Thanks Phil,

This is great!

This is really useful for me as I have a selective membership process for a club, and not just anyone can sign up over the web.

I need to be the one in total control of who puts user onto the system and who removes them. This code will ensure that the membership secretary retains control and the site is not open to any abuse.


Nice one!

Milton