Key Features

• HTML newsletter authoring
• create and save newsletters, send when needed
• define custom recipient list(s)
• merge values from the application database

The included Newsletter facility provides a means to manage email notifications triggered by various site features (ie; new user registration, password lookup) and give administrators the ability to compose and send e-newsletters. Administrators can compose, edit, and send newsletters to a subscribed user list. The newsletter composition form uses the sam WYSIWYG editor as is used for editing site content.

Several Newsletters are pre-defined for use with the site's email notification features:

1. New user registration
2. Password lookup
3. New forums posts/replies
4. Order Confirmation
5. New content additions

Sending Newsletters and Defining Recipients

In the 'Define Recipients' section there are different several options. A list of email addresses (each address separated by a comma) can be specified in the 'List of email addresses' field. When the Newsletter is sent to the email specificed address(es), any email address that do not yet exist in the Users List will be added.

In the 'Select users query' and 'Select CC users query' fields SQL Select queries can be defined to select specific Users from the application database. The pre-defined Newsletters included with PortalApp are good examples to follow when using these fields. Knowledge of SQL Select statements in necessary to make use of this advanced feature. While other fields can be included in the Select queries, the 'email' and 'user_name' database fields are required. Administrator can also use Special Variables & Parameters within the message subject or body, to merge values from the application database such as the User's first name or an order total.