Requirement
- To be able to create a HTML page with images on it,
- To be able to email the created HTML Page (AKA Flyer/Brochure) to 500 or more client emails with a single click of a button.
- The User wants to monitor the transmission statuses of the emails sent.
- An online demo
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| Use case Diagram for a Simple Email Marketing System |
Solution
git clone: https://github.com/byorn/emailmarketting.git
Note: To make this software online, we will have to make this a maven a project and it would have to be deployed to Open Shift.
Prerequisites
- Install XAMP or LAMP
- Create a database called ehammer
- Run the SQL Script to create the tables.
- Make sure the file paths in the Web.xml exist.
Technical Features To Notice
- Single Page Web App with JSF Prime Faces and JQuery
- Achieving connection pooling with Hibernate C3PO.
- Achieving Asynchronous Email Sending with Quartz as this product will be initially deployed on a Cheap Tomcat Hosting Environment that does not support the Java EE 5 Web Profile or Asynchronous Servlets.
- Configured Log 4J.
Improvements to be made
Migrate to a Maven or Gradle
To be able to host in JBoss
To use Postgres as the Database
To deploy to Open Shift.
Any volunteers for the project is most welcome!
