{"id":4573,"date":"2025-02-18T13:14:04","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T13:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/s-o-s.net\/connections-business-directory-anniversary-and-birthday-emails\/"},"modified":"2025-02-18T13:14:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T13:14:04","slug":"connections-business-directory-anniversary-and-birthday-emails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/s-o-s.net\/en_gb\/connections-business-directory-anniversary-and-birthday-emails\/","title":{"rendered":"Connections Business Directory Anniversary and Birthday Emails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<article id=\"post-81756\" class=\"alignwide post-81756 plugin type-plugin status-publish hentry plugin_tags-anniversary plugin_tags-birthday plugin_tags-business-directory plugin_tags-email plugin_category-communication plugin_contributors-shazahm1hotmailcom plugin_business_model-community plugin_committers-shazahm1hotmailcom\">\n<div class=\"plugin-banner\" id=\"plugin-banner-connections-business-directory-anniversary-and-birthday-emails\"><\/div>\n<header class=\"plugin-header\">\n<div class=\"entry-heading-container\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"plugin-icon\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/connections-business-directory-anniversary-and-birthday-emails\/assets\/icon-128x128.png?rev=1824712, https:\/\/ps.w.org\/connections-business-directory-anniversary-and-birthday-emails\/assets\/icon-256x256.png?rev=1824712 2x\" src=\"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/connections-business-directory-anniversary-and-birthday-emails\/assets\/icon-256x256.png?rev=1824712\" alt=\"\">\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div>\n<h1 class=\"plugin-title\">Connections Business Directory Anniversary and Birthday Emails<\/h1>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">By <span class=\"author vcard\"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/shazahm1hotmailcom\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Steven<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"plugin-actions\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-small plugin-download download-button\"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/downloads.wordpress.org\/plugin\/connections-business-directory-anniversary-and-birthday-emails.1.0.4.zip\" rel=\"noopener\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p><!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<p>\t<span id=\"description\"><\/span><br \/>\n\t<span id=\"reviews\"><\/span><br \/>\n\t<span id=\"installation\"><\/span><br \/>\n\t<span id=\"developers\"><\/span><br \/>\n\t<span id=\"advanced\" class=\"\"><\/span><br \/>\n\t<span id=\"section-links\"><\/p>\n<ul class=\"tabs clear\">\n<li id=\"tablink-description\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/connections-business-directory-anniversary-and-birthday-emails\/#description\" rel=\"noopener\">Details<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"tablink-reviews\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/connections-business-directory-anniversary-and-birthday-emails\/#reviews\" rel=\"noopener\">Reviews<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"tablink-installation\">\n\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/connections-business-directory-anniversary-and-birthday-emails\/#installation\" rel=\"noopener\">Installation<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li id=\"tablink-developers\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/connections-business-directory-anniversary-and-birthday-emails\/#developers\" rel=\"noopener\">Development<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"link-support\">\n\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/plugin\/connections-business-directory-anniversary-and-birthday-emails\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Support<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">if ( '#changelog' == window.location.hash ) { window.setTimeout( function() { window.location.hash=\"#developers\"; }, 10 ); }<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div id=\"tab-description\" class=\"plugin-description section\">\n<h2 id=\"description-header\">Description<\/h2>\n<p>This is an extension plugin for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/connections\/\" rel=\"ugc noopener\">Connections Business Directory plugin<\/a> please be sure to install and active it before adding this plugin.<\/p>\n<p>Automatically send email congratulating individuals in you directory on their anniversary or birthday.<\/p>\n<h4>Features<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Choose which type of event emails to send. You can choose to enable support for either Anniversaries or Birthdays or both.<\/li>\n<li>Optional admin notification when event emails are sent.<\/li>\n<li>The admin notification email is completely configurable.<\/li>\n<li>The email for the anniversary and birthday are separately configurable allowing you create a custom email based on the event.<\/li>\n<li>Includes advanced features such as:\n<ul>\n<li>Define the number of days ahead of the event to sent the email.<\/li>\n<li>The time of day the email should be sent.<\/li>\n<li>How many emails to send per batch to help prevent going over you web host email send limits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here are some great <strong>free extensions<\/strong> (with more on the way) that enhance your experience with the business directory:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Utility<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/connections-toolbar\/\" rel=\"ugc noopener\">Toolbar<\/a> :: Provide quick links to the admin pages from the admin bar.<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/connections-business-directory-login\/\" rel=\"ugc noopener\">Login<\/a> :: Provides a simple to use login shortcode and widget.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Custom Fields<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/connections-business-directory-hours\/\" rel=\"ugc noopener\">Business Open Hours<\/a> :: Add the business open hours.<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/connections-business-directory-local-time\/\" rel=\"ugc noopener\">Local Time<\/a> :: Add the business local time.<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/connections-business-directory-facilities\/\" rel=\"ugc noopener\">Facilities<\/a> :: Add the business facilities.<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/connections-business-directory-income-levels\/\" rel=\"ugc noopener\">Income Level<\/a> :: Add an income level.<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/connections-business-directory-education-levels\/\" rel=\"ugc noopener\">Education Level<\/a> :: Add an education level.<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/connections-business-directory-languages\/\" rel=\"ugc noopener\">Languages<\/a> :: Add languages spoken.<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/connections-business-directory-hobbies\/\" rel=\"ugc noopener\">Hobbies<\/a> :: Add hobbies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Misc<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/connections-business-directory-face-detect\/\" rel=\"ugc noopener\">Face Detect<\/a> :: Applies face detection before cropping an image.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Premium Extensions<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/connections-pro.com\/add-on\/authored\/\" rel=\"nofollow ugc noopener\">Authored<\/a> :: Displays a list of blog posts written by the entry on their profile page.<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/connections-pro.com\/add-on\/contact\/\" rel=\"nofollow ugc noopener\">Contact<\/a> :: Displays a contact form on the entry\u2019s profile page to allow your visitors to contact the entry without revealing their email address.<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/connections-pro.com\/add-on\/csv-import\/\" rel=\"nofollow ugc noopener\">CSV Import<\/a> :: Bulk import your data in to your directory.<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/connections-pro.com\/add-on\/custom-category-order\/\" rel=\"nofollow ugc noopener\">Custom Category Order<\/a> :: Order your categories exactly as you need them.<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/connections-pro.com\/add-on\/custom-entry-order\/\" rel=\"nofollow ugc noopener\">Custom Entry Order<\/a> :: Allows you to easily define the order that your business directory entries should be displayed.<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/connections-pro.com\/add-on\/enhanced-categories\/\" rel=\"nofollow ugc noopener\">Enhanced Categories<\/a> :: Adds many features to the categories.<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/connections-pro.com\/add-on\/form\/\" rel=\"nofollow ugc noopener\">Form<\/a> :: Allow site visitor to submit entries to your directory. Also provides frontend editing support.<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/connections-pro.com\/add-on\/link\/\" rel=\"nofollow ugc noopener\">Link<\/a> :: Links a WordPress user to an entry so that user can maintain their entry with or without moderation.<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/connections-pro.com\/add-on\/rot13-email-encryption\/\" rel=\"nofollow ugc noopener\">ROT13 Encryption<\/a> :: Protect email addresses from being harvested from your business directory by spam bots.<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/connections-pro.com\/add-on\/siteshot\/\" rel=\"nofollow ugc noopener\">SiteShot<\/a> :: Show a screen capture of the entry\u2019s website.<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/connections-pro.com\/add-on\/widget-pack\/\" rel=\"nofollow ugc noopener\">Widget Pack<\/a> :: A set of feature rich, versatile and highly configurable widgets that can be used to enhance your directory.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"screenshots\" class=\"plugin-screenshots section\">\n<h2 id=\"screenshots-header\">Screenshots<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"plugin-screenshots\">\n<li>\n<figure><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/connections-business-directory-anniversary-and-birthday-emails\/assets\/screenshot-1.png?rev=1824728\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"screenshot\" src=\"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/connections-business-directory-anniversary-and-birthday-emails\/assets\/screenshot-1.png?rev=1824728\" alt=\"\"><\/a><figcaption>Option to send anniversary or birthday emails or both.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<figure><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/connections-business-directory-anniversary-and-birthday-emails\/assets\/screenshot-2.png?rev=1824728\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"screenshot\" src=\"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/connections-business-directory-anniversary-and-birthday-emails\/assets\/screenshot-2.png?rev=1824728\" alt=\"\"><\/a><figcaption>Configurable admin notification of when an anniversary or birthday email has been sent.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<figure><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/connections-business-directory-anniversary-and-birthday-emails\/assets\/screenshot-3.png?rev=1824728\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"screenshot\" src=\"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/connections-business-directory-anniversary-and-birthday-emails\/assets\/screenshot-3.png?rev=1824728\" alt=\"\"><\/a><figcaption>Configurable recipient email for anniversary and birthday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<figure><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/connections-business-directory-anniversary-and-birthday-emails\/assets\/screenshot-4.png?rev=1824728\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"screenshot\" src=\"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/connections-business-directory-anniversary-and-birthday-emails\/assets\/screenshot-4.png?rev=1824728\" alt=\"\"><\/a><figcaption>The email template tags which can be used in all emails subjects and message bodies so you can customize the message for the recipient.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<figure><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/connections-business-directory-anniversary-and-birthday-emails\/assets\/screenshot-5.png?rev=1824728\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"screenshot\" src=\"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/connections-business-directory-anniversary-and-birthday-emails\/assets\/screenshot-5.png?rev=1824728\" alt=\"\"><\/a><figcaption>A few advanced email settings options.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tab-installation\" class=\"plugin-installation section\">\n<h2 id=\"installation-header\">Installation<\/h2>\n<h4>Using the WordPress Plugin Search<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Navigate to the <code>Add New<\/code> sub-page under the Plugins admin page.<\/li>\n<li>Search for <code>connections business directory anniversary and birthday emails<\/code>.<\/li>\n<li>The plugin should be listed first in the search results.<\/li>\n<li>Click the <code>Install Now<\/code> link.<\/li>\n<li>Lastly click the <code>Activate Plugin<\/code> link to activate the plugin.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4>Uploading in WordPress Admin<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/connections-business-directory-anniversary-and-birthday-emails\/\" rel=\"ugc noopener\">Download the plugin zip file<\/a> and save it to your computer.<\/li>\n<li>Navigate to the <code>Add New<\/code> sub-page under the Plugins admin page.<\/li>\n<li>Click the <code>Upload<\/code> link.<\/li>\n<li>Select Connections Business Directory Facilities zip file from where you saved the zip file on your computer.<\/li>\n<li>Click the <code>Install Now<\/code> button.<\/li>\n<li>Lastly click the <code>Activate Plugin<\/code> link to activate the plugin.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4>Using FTP<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/connections-business-directory-anniversary-and-birthday-emails\/\" rel=\"ugc noopener\">Download the plugin zip file<\/a> and save it to your computer.<\/li>\n<li>Extract the Connections Business Directory Facilities zip file.<\/li>\n<li>Create a new directory named <code>connections-business-directory-anniversary-and-birthday-email<\/code> directory in the <code>..\/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code> directory.<\/li>\n<li>Upload the files from the folder extracted in Step 2.<\/li>\n<li>Activate the plugin on the Plugins admin page.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq\" class=\"plugin-faq section\">\n<h2 id=\"faq-header\">FAQ<\/h2>\n<p>None yet\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tab-reviews\" class=\"plugin-reviews section\">\n<h2 id=\"reviews-header\">Reviews<\/h2>\n<div class=\"notice notice-warning notice-alt\">\n<p>There are no reviews for this plugin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tab-developers\" class=\"plugin-developers section\">\n<h2 id=\"developers-header\">Contributors &amp; Developers<\/h2>\n<div class=\"plugin-contributors\">\n<p>\u201cConnections Business Directory Anniversary and Birthday Emails\u201d is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Contributors<\/span><\/p>\n<ul id=\"contributors-list\" class=\"contributors-list\">\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/86a51631f86a477ec302f7410fb119524a91be3326a70aeb58859da17e0dfe7c?s=32&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/86a51631f86a477ec302f7410fb119524a91be3326a70aeb58859da17e0dfe7c?s=64&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-32 photo\" height=\"32\" width=\"32\">\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/shazahm1hotmailcom\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tSteven\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"plugin-development\">\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/translate.wordpress.org\/projects\/wp-plugins\/connections-business-directory-anniversary-and-birthday-emails\" rel=\"noopener\">Translate \u201cConnections Business Directory Anniversary and Birthday Emails\u201d into your language.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Interested in development?<\/h3>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/plugins.trac.wordpress.org\/browser\/connections-business-directory-anniversary-and-birthday-emails\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">Browse the code<\/a>, check out the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/plugins.svn.wordpress.org\/connections-business-directory-anniversary-and-birthday-emails\/\" rel=\"noopener\">SVN repository<\/a>, or subscribe to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/plugins.trac.wordpress.org\/log\/connections-business-directory-anniversary-and-birthday-emails\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">development log<\/a> by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/plugins.trac.wordpress.org\/log\/connections-business-directory-anniversary-and-birthday-emails\/?limit=100&amp;mode=stop_on_copy&amp;format=rss\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">RSS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tab-changelog\" class=\"plugin-changelog section\">\n<h2 id=\"changelog-header\">Changelog<\/h2>\n<h4>1.0.4 04\/20\/2021<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>TWEAK: Remove use of <code>create_function()<\/code>.<\/li>\n<li>OTHER: Correct plugin naming to match current naming convention.<\/li>\n<li>OTHER: Correct phpDoc.<\/li>\n<li>OTHER: Update copyright year.<\/li>\n<li>OTHER: Update <code>http<\/code> links to <code>https<\/code>.<\/li>\n<li>DEV: Add todo.<\/li>\n<li>DEV: Update README.txt plugin header.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>1.0.3 07\/23\/2018<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>BUG: Fix issue which could prevent admin notifications from being sent.<\/li>\n<li>I18N: Update Dutch (Netherlands) translation. props Age<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>1.0.2 07\/23\/2018<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>TWEAK: Set Reply-To email header for third party plugin compatibility.<\/li>\n<li>I18N: Ensure the anniversary and birthday email tokens are translated.<\/li>\n<li>I18N: Add Dutch (Netherlands) translation. props Age<\/li>\n<li>DEV: Add some additional logging for use with debugging.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>1.0.1 06\/12\/2018<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>TWEAK: Use <code>cnText_Domain::register()<\/code> to load the translation text domain.<\/li>\n<li>OTHER: Corrected misspelling.<\/li>\n<li>I18N: Add the POT file.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>1.0 02\/20\/2018<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Initial release.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- .entry-meta --><br \/>\n<\/article>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/connections-business-directory-anniversary-and-birthday-emails\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connections Business Directory Anniversary and Birthday Emails By Steven Download Details Reviews Installation Development Support Description This is an extension plugin for the Connections Business Directory plugin please be sure to install and active it before adding this plugin. 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