Creating a dynamic newsletter

Dynamic newsletters contain content of the given page and they are sent out automatically on a regular basis, using the built-in scheduling system.

 

Go to CMS Desk -> Tools -> Newsletter and click New newsletter. Enter the following details:

 

Newsletter display name: My dynamic newsletter
Newsletter name: MyDynamicNewsletter
Subscription confirmation: Subscription confirmation template
Unsubscription confirmation: Unsubscription confirmation template
Sender name: enter your full name
Sender e-mail: enter your e-mail address
choose Dynamic newsletter and enter the following details:
- Source page URL: http://www.google.com
- Schedule mail-outs:
- Period: Minute
- Start time: use the date-time picker to select the current date and time (Now)
- Every: 1 minute
- Between: 00:00 and 23:59
- Days: check all days

 

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Click OK. Go to the Subscribers tab for this newsletter and add the previously created subscriber to this newsletter:

 

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Go to the Issues tab. Here, you will see the list of sent issues. You may need to wait up to 2 minutes until the first issue is sent out. You can refresh the page by clicking the Issues tab again.

 

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Check your mail box, you should receive the content of the given page by e-mail.

 

In this way, you can send out any page from your web site. You can create a new page only for the newsletter purposes that will display e.g. new articles added to your web site during the last month.

 

 

Blocking the dynamic newsletter mail-out

 

If you want to block the mail-out of the page (e.g. if there are no new articles), set the page title to ##DONOTSEND## and the newsletter will not be sent.