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Jake Whitfield
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October 28, 2015 at 9:46 pm
I am wanting to email event registrants with styled emails (bold, images, bullet points etc.)
Is it possible to add an image selector and/or wysywig editor like the wp post editor or similar?
If not possible how about custom fields so I can add headings and images that will then be formated into my custom template.
Also do you recommend using an external mail server (mandril or similar) if there are larger numbers of emails? Do you have any info on recommendations here.
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Lorenzo Orlando Caum
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October 29, 2015 at 9:56 am
Hi Jake,
You could create a custom message type as that will allow you to use the editor for inserting images:
https://eventespresso.com/wiki/how-to-create-a-custom-message-template/
Then it could be assigned to an event and it will be automatically used. If you would like to use it for one-off notification emails then you could skip the step for assigning it to an event through the event editor.
We recommend using a transactional email service for a variety of reasons as they’ll deliver emails fairly quickly, reduce emails arriving to spam / junk folder, and offer tracking.
Postmark app offers an initial 25,000 for free:
https://eventespresso.com/wiki/postmark-app-mandrill-transactional-email-handling-services/
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Lorenzo
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Jake Whitfield
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October 31, 2015 at 10:48 pm
But if I want to create an email for my event attendees and put in links or images (links and images will be different for each email we send). I see how to customise the overall template. When I click send batch message It pops up with a simple form with no options to add links or images. Is their any way to add an wysiwig editor and images to this. Or some other way to easily email all attendees?
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Lorenzo Orlando Caum
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November 2, 2015 at 9:06 am
Hi Jake, you won’t be able to do that using the default editor. However, you can select your custom newsletter message type instead of the global one and it will be sent out instead of the default messaging from the global newsletter template.
So to summarize the above, you’ll be creating a custom newsletter message type ahead of time and then selecting it for use when you use the batch email feature on the registrations overview page in your WP dashboard.
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Lorenzo
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Jake Whitfield
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November 2, 2015 at 10:56 pm
So I have made a custom message for the message type “newsletter” but I don’t see how I can add any formatting Bold, Images, links etc when I am actually sending the email. I see I can edit the layout and add images etc to the template but not when I am actually sending the email.
Am I missing something when I set up the template? can I add more fields or an editor?
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Lorenzo Orlando Caum
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November 3, 2015 at 7:02 am
Hi,
You will not be able to make any changes through the popup modal for the batch email feature to the template that is created through the messages editor.
So there isn’t any confusion, you are creating the message type ahead of time. This should include any text or images that you would like to include. Then you should select that custom message when sending the batch notifications.
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Lorenzo
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