Newsletters are "opt-in" e-mail publications that require a user to either manually subscribe or purchase a subscription. Subscriptions can be sold through access granters. If a newsletter is marked as public ("Allow users to subscribe/unsubscribe from this newsletter" checkbox when creating the newsletter), any user can subscribe to the newsletter from their user control panel.

Creating a Newsletter

• "E-mailing > Create a Newsletters"

The creation of a newsletter is straight-forward: simply input and name and description for the newsletter, and tell the program whether users should be able to manually subscribe to the newsletter.

Sending a Newsletter

• "E-mailing > Send a newsletter"

Unlike targeted emails, criteria is not possible for newsletters. Every user who is subscribed to the newsletter will receive the dispatch.

Composing the email works like all emails in ppSD2: the appropriate header and footer will be placed before and after your message's body unless you tell the program not to using the "Don't use the standard header" and "Don't use the standard footer" checkboxes.

"Unsubscribe" Links

When sending out a newsletter, adding the following caller tag to the body of the email will create an "unsubscribe" link that the user can click:

%unsubscribe_link%

This will render a literal link, so if you are sending an HTML email, you should add it as follows:

<a href="%unsubscribe_link%">Unsubscribe</a>

User Control Panel

Users can unsubscribe from a newsletters from their user control panel by clicking on the "Newsletters" link.

Last updated on 7 July 2011 2:35pm