see also How do I use the Email Marketing module to send a message to my contacts?
To edit your templates (see the images below),
- Preview the template
- Click update template
- To download the html file use right click "Save link as" - It is important to save the file using this method.
- Edit the html file using a text editor*, save the file, upload and click update.
- To download the images simply click on the link and this will download the assets zip file. If you want to replace an image open the zip file, remove the existing image and replace with an image with an identical name. Upload the assets Zip file and click update. (The assets are a zip file of all of your images).
* PS Pad is a free text editor - although it should only be downloaded from a reputable site.
Personalize content
Adds the recipient's own personal data into the email content. You can also personalize your emails with custom field data.
First Name - [firstname,fallback=your content here]
Last Name - [lastname,fallback=your content here]
Full Name - [fullname,fallback=your content here]
Email address - [email]
Required tags when creating your own templates
Unsubscribe link
Adds a single-click unsubscribe link anywhere in your email content.
HTML emails - <unsubscribe>your content here</unsubscribe>
Plain text emails - [unsubscribe]
Web version
Adds a link to a web-based or text version of your email, which is great for those recipients using email environments that might have trouble displaying your HTML in all its glory.
HTML emails - <webversion>your content here</webversion>
Plain text emails - [webversion]
Other helpful tags
We support the following field types at present:
singleline – This inserts a single line of text which you can edit each time you use the template
If you include a label attribute, it will be shown above the text field when the author is editing it. You can change the name of a field by amending the label="Pull Quote" attribute. For example, useful labels might be 'Headline' or 'Caption'.
Example - insert this code to set up a single text line - edit each time.
<h2> <singleline label='Pull Quote'>Pullquote here</singleline> </h2>
multiline – This inserts a multiple line of text / HTML which you can edit each time you use your template.
If you include a label attribute, it will be shown above the text field when the author is editing it. You can change the name of a field by amending the label="Main Feature Intro" attribute. For example, useful labels might be 'Article' or 'Product Details'.
Example - insert this code to set up a multiple line field (html / text)- edit each time.
<multiline label='Main Feature Intro'>Main feature introduction</multiline>
img editable – This allows you to upload an image (include it in your assets.zip file). This image will appear by default when you use the template (you do not have to add the image each time). It also gives you the option to replace the image with a new image anytime you want to use a different image (simply browse and upload a new image).
You can change the name of a field by amending the label="Promo Image" attribute. Example: If included, this text is shown for the content author when they edit the image. Use it as a guide to the type of image needed.
Example - insert this code (and add the image to your assets zip file - insert the name of the image in place of the words "image.jpg").
<img editable src="image.jpg" width="200" label='Promo Image' />
Forward to a friend
Adds a link to a forward to a friend page where your recipients can forward the email to up to five friends at a time, and even add their own personal message.
HTML emails - <forwardtoafriend>your content here</forwardtoafriend>
Plain text emails - [forwardtoafriend]
Social sharing
Create a link to 'Like' the campaign on Facebook, or to tweet the URL and subject to your followers.
Facebook:
- HTML emails - <fblike>Your text or image here (optional)</fblike>
- Plain text - [fblike]
You can also set the address of a page you'd like your subscribers to like on Facebook by adding the likeurl property. For example:
<fblike likeurl="http://yourdomainhere.com"></fblike>
Twitter:
- HTML emails- <tweet>optional text or image here</tweet>
- Plain text - [tweet]
Add more details to the tweet by inserting optional via and recommend twitter handles. For example:
<tweet via="twitterhandle" recommend="twitterhandle">
For both tags, if you insert just the open and close tags without any content, the default Facebook 'Like' or Tweet images will be automatically used.
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