From 04f2e8eb286d09ad5232ed9016b188ccd21a37ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: c v t Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2019 11:17:12 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Name CAAT as the client --- .../2019-08-30-civicrm-mailing-validation.md | 21 ++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/_posts/2019-08-30-civicrm-mailing-validation.md b/src/_posts/2019-08-30-civicrm-mailing-validation.md index e6d9753..a14b6d4 100644 --- a/src/_posts/2019-08-30-civicrm-mailing-validation.md +++ b/src/_posts/2019-08-30-civicrm-mailing-validation.md @@ -7,12 +7,16 @@ category: howto date: 2019-08-30 --- -Some of our clients use [CiviCRM](https://civicrm.org/), a popular open source -"constituent relationship management" platform. One of those clients regularly -uses the "Mailing" features to send out emails to their supporters, and told us -that they're experiancing a bug: if a user sends out a mailing with the same -name (not subject line, just the internal identifier 🙄) as an existing one, -it'll cause the CRM to freeze up elsewhere. +We support [Campaign Against Arms Trade](https://caat.org.uk), a right-on group +that works to end the international arms trade, with their technology – +including CiviCRM](https://civicrm.org/), a popular open source +"constituent relationship management" platform. + +Among other things, CAAT uses CiviCRM's "Mailing" features to send out emails to +their supporters, and they told us that they're experiencing an annoying bug: if +a user sends out a mailing with the same name (not subject line, just the +internal identifier 🙄) as an existing one, it'll cause the CRM to freeze up +elsewhere. As an added challenge, the mailing features of CiviCRM [now use AngularJS](https://docs.civicrm.org/dev/en/latest/framework/angular/) following @@ -109,7 +113,7 @@ Activate the extension, e.g. with `cv` $ cv en mailing -Now, open a mailing and try to give it the same name as an existing one – you +Now, open a mailing and try to give it the same name as an existing one – you should see the field border turn red, and you'll be prevented from continuing or sending the mailing: @@ -120,3 +124,6 @@ sending the mailing: It does seem like a red border sometimes hangs around the field label even after the value is valid again… but apart from that, the feature is working great! + +Lastly, props to CAAT for being a great member of the CiviCRM community and +supporting us writing this post to share our work with y'all.