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    Is there an existing script that will allow visitors to select an email reminder?

    It might be helpful for some visitors who may need reminding that it is time for practice. I have searched your site but couldn't find a script.

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    This would require a lot, actually. The individual steps needed would not be that hard in themselves (most would be quite simple, really), but you'd need--
    --A way to have the users sign up (HTML form)
    --PHP to store that information in a database
    --cron job* to search that database and send out emails, at a specific point in time
    --a PHP mail script that would alert all of the users

    The third step is hardest. *a cron job is a task you can set on your server, if they are enabled, to run a script, etc. at a certain time. The other way would be to run this every time the page is accessed and only send the email if it is past a certain date, but this would be a bit much (and unreliable) in this case.
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    Quote Originally Posted by djr33 View Post
    This would require a lot, actually. The individual steps needed would not be that hard in themselves (most would be quite simple, really), but you'd need--
    --A way to have the users sign up (HTML form)
    --PHP to store that information in a database
    --cron job* to search that database and send out emails, at a specific point in time
    --a PHP mail script that would alert all of the users

    The third step is hardest. *a cron job is a task you can set on your server, if they are enabled, to run a script, etc. at a certain time. The other way would be to run this every time the page is accessed and only send the email if it is past a certain date, but this would be a bit much (and unreliable) in this case.
    its nice let me try ang will tell more

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