x-cart ~ send message and/or add news to website
When you send out a message to your mailing list members, you have the option to either:
a) just email the message out to your subscribers
b) just add the information to the news section of the website
c) both
Follow this tutorial to find out how.
- Click on News Management under the Management section of the navigation
- Click on the name of the Mailing List that you want to send the message to
- Click on Messages
- Click Add New
- Subject - type in the subject of your news/mailing list message
- Body - to send a plain text message - with the default editor selected (it will be in bold), type your message.
to send a formatted message - click on the WYSIWYG editor, type your message.
to send a formatted message with a template - if we have designed a template for you to use, click on the WYSIWYG editor. Click the icon on the top row on the right hand side (looks like <> and when you hover over it, it's called View/Edit Source), A pop up window will appear. Copy & paste the template code that you have been provided. Click OK. Type in the text you want in your message in the space provided.
- HTML tags are allowed - leave this set to YES
- Show as news - YES will add the message to the news section on your website, NO means it won't be added to the website
- Send test to emails - if you want to preview the message before it gets sent out, put your email address in here. STRONGLY ADIVSE YOU DO THIS!!!!
- Click Save. The message is now created, but it HAS NOT been emailed to your mailing list yet.
- Click on Messages again. The messgae you just created will now be in the list.
- Once you have looked at the test message you emailed yourself and you're happy with the results, click the SEND button next to your new message.
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