Creating Newsletter Templates

Article Number: 74 | Rating: Unrated | Last Updated: Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 6:47 AM

Purpose:

To explain how to create a newsletter template. You can create and save as many of them as are required.

Solution:

Select Newsletter (horizontal top menu) / Newsletter Templates to display a page listing any previously defined newsletter templates, to edit an existing template, or to create a new one.
To add a new template, click the Add New Template button to display the New Newsletter Template page.
In the Template Name field, specify a unique and indicative name for this template. This value is not visible to your customers.
In the Template Subject field, specify the subject of the email to be sent to your customers. This is the subject line your customers will see when they receive this email from you.
In the Sender Name and Sender Email fields, specify the name and email of the sender of the email to be sent to your customers.
In the Template Content field, use the WYSIWYG editor to compose the body of the email. Note that this field is pre-filled with tags showing an unsubscribe link in the email. We recommend that you do not remove this link so that your customers can unsubscribe from your newsletters.
Click the Preview Template button to display the content with the formatting as it will be viewed by your subscribers.
Save your changes.

TIP:

After you have saved a template, a Save As button appears when you edit this template. The Save As button enables you to duplicate the template so that you can make changes and save the template as a new template without affecting the original template. This can save you time because you will not need to re-enter all the template information in order to create a new template. If you already have an existing template that is similar to the new template, simply edit the fields that you require, and then use the Save As button to create a new template.

TIP:
The Template Styles section of this page allows you to apply inline CSS formatting to your email template.

Here are some examples:

body {font-size: 24px; background-color: red; color: white}

A {
color: #d82e27;
text-decoration: none;
}

A:visited {
color: #d82e27;
text-decoration: underline;
}

A:hover {
color: #8f0709;
text-decoration: underline;
}

A:active {
color: #d82e27;
text-decoration: underline;
}