Messages

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This section will show a list of all messages created in the system. To edit a message just double click the message in the list. You can edit the message subject, sender's email address and name, as well as the html and text part or you can upload a message. If you want to send the message in text only then just leave the html part empty. Sending a message in html only is also possible but not recommended.

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Message Types

The type of the message is defined by the content they hold. Normal messages don't have a confirmation link in them and confirmation messages are required to have one.

Newsletter/Autorseponder

This is the normal message that is sent in a Newsletter Campaign or Autoresponder. All links are tracked by default but you still have to add an open tracking image and a special unsubscribe link to it. See Message Tags

Confirmation Message

This is the message that is sent right after someone subscribes through a Subscription form and this can also be sent by an "after subscription" autoresponder.

If such a message is sent from a subscription form no tags will be replaced ( except for the required {CONFIRMATION_LINK} ) and no other links are tracked.

If the message is sent from an Autoresponder the system will replace links for tracking purposes and you can also add open tracking and other tags will work too.

Message Editor

This panel has two sections , one where you set the message details like sender email address and name, subject as well as a name for the message to help you better identify it later ( this is optional ) The second section is the message body editor.

HTML

This is a WYSIWYG ( What You See Is What You Get ) editor that allows you to edit the html message is a visual way. you can also view and edit the actual HTML source by clicking the "source" button in the editor's toolbar.

The editor produces html code with inline CSS ( a requirement, so most email clients will render your message correctly ).

Text

The "Text" tab is used to edit the text version of the message. All messages should have a text version because some spam filters will assign a higher spam score to messages that only have a html part.

Upload

If you like to use your own html editor to design a message, here is an easy way to transfer that message to womsend without having to copy/paste the source. The message upload section does more then just updating the message with the uploaded version, it can also host the images you upload and serve them over a SSL connection.

You should use this if your html message has remote images in it and you don't have a SSL enabled hosting account to serve these images.

Serving images over the HTTPS protocol is necessary when sending to gmail or other webmail services that have HTTPS enabled. Without this feature your subscribers would get a warming in their browser when they try to view images.

For womsend to host your images you have to upload a zip file with the html message in it ( a message.html file ) and all the images that have relative URLs in the html message.

If the zip file contains CSS files and the files are referenced from the html message the system will also apply the CSS to the message by converting the css to inline CSS. The system will also convert any css between the <style></style> tags to inline CSS.

You can see the structure of an example message in image on the right side.

Here is what the message.html file looks like 

  1. <html>
  2. <head>
  3.         <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/style.css" />
  4. </head>
  5. <body>
  6. <table>
  7. <tr>
  8. <td> this is a table and the background is defined in the css file</td>
  9. </tr>
  10. </table>
  11. <br />
  12. <a href="http://womsend.com" >WomSend, send your newsletter</a>
  13. <img src="images/logo-64x64.png" title="logo" alt="logo" />
  14. </body>
  15. </html>

And the CSS: 

  1. a {
  2. 	color: red;
  3. }
  4. table {
  5. 	background-image: url('images/tbg.png');
  6. }

The file named, message.txt is the text version of the message. This is optional and if it doesn't exist in the zip file then the text version of the message will remain unchanged.

Message Tags

The system allows you to send personalized messages by using tags. A tag is a special keyword that can be placed anywhere in the message and will be replaced by the system with the values associated with the certain tag.

Your contact Details

see Settings -> Contact Details

Subscriber details

Any subscriber information can be accessed by using tags that start with S_ . Eg. {S_EMAIL_ADDRESS} , {S_FIRST_NAME} , etc.

Any custom field you add in the system can be accessed using the same rule for tags.

Special Tags

{UNSUBSCRIBE_LINK} - this is the link to the unsubscribe page

{OPEN_TRACK_LINK} - this link can be used to generate a 1px gif image used for tracking opens

{CONFIRMATION_LINK} - this is the link that new subscribers will receive in the email when asked to confirm their subscription. Mostly used in confirmation request messages, but could also be used in reconfirmation request messages.

{ARCHIVE_LINK} - a link to a web page where the message can be accessed with a web browser

{FORWARD_LINK} - this is used if you want to encourage subscribers to share the message with their friends and you want to track who forwarded the message and to whom.

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