Custom HTML in eDM

If you whant to send your own generated HTML mail trough isave.eDM and you don’t whant to create a module based set up you can make a PLAIN HTML template in isave.eDM.

Start by making a new eDM template.

Fill out From Name and From Email (mandatory fields).

Copy the header, css, and body start tag from you custom HTML.

Past it in before the (##PLACEHOLDER_1##) tag.

Copy the closing body and html tag from you custom HTML.

Past it in after the (##PLACEHOLDER_1##) tag and press Save.

You will need to assign a empty article to your new template, go to System > eDM admin.

Click Add new to add a new eDM module.

1. Give the module a name eg: Custom HTML

2. Set the Article 1 value to (##BODY##)

3. Press Save.

Return to your Custom HTML Template admin setup and assign the new module.

Click the Edit link under Module setup, Placeholder_1.

Assign the new module and press Save.

Press Save on the template as well

Create a new eDM element, give it a name and press Create.

Press Click to insert module.

Select the module Custom HTML.

Switch to the HTML view of the module.

Paste inn the content of your newsletter; everything between the <body> and </body>tags (but not including the body tags that now is placed in your HTML template).

To preview the newsletter in a new window press the Display eDM icon.

 

Images in the newsletter

Uplad the images under the tab Images. (or on your own web-server).

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Refer to these images with the path (##TEMPLATEIMAGE##) as the source:

IE: <img src=”(##TEMPLATEIMAGE##)topplogo_225.png” alt=”Logo” width=”225″ border=”0″ style=”display: block;” />

isave.DIALOG eDM tags

Note that all isave spesific tags have to be used in order to have this features to work in the newsletter:

Web version = <a href=”##WebVersion##”>Webversion</a>

Unsubscribe (a specific list) = <a href=”##UNSUBSCRIBE##”>Unsubscribe</a>

Unsubscribe all newsletters (all lists) from company = <a href=”##UNSUBSCRIBE_ALL##”>Unsubscribe all</a>

Tell a friend = <a href=”##TELLAFRIEND##”>Tell a friend</a>

Today Date = (##TODAYDATE##) . It will be formatted like this 26.02.2011.

Tell a friend as a image link =  See code sample

More info on our wiki site

Link to PURL

First in, you must generate a unique link to the PURL page.

Insert a blank text box in the HTML template and click Insert hyperlink.

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Select PURL and click ADD.

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Copy the generated code (I.E. (##LINK_103019##)).

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Change the code to (##LINKURL_103019##), in other words the name LINK to LINKURL  and use this code in your custom HTML (see this code sample):

<a href=”(##LINKURL_103019##)“><img src=”(##TEMPLATEIMAGE##)topplogo_225.png” alt=”Logo” width=”225″ border=”0″ style=”display: block;” /></a>