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No FAQ Requested. <%elseif faqid = 1 then %> The Username stores all the information about that particular Admin and determines which features they have access to. It is used during the login to validate a person's ability to access the Spd E-Letter and is also stored for other aspects of the program such as who broadcasted a specific message, who created a list, and more. <%elseif faqid = 2 then %> Admin abilities is a special function of the program to secure certain sections from unwanted visitors or other Admins with limited capabilities. Admin abilities include access to the add other User's/Admins, Delete/Edit User's/Admins, and Add/Delete/Modify Lists sections of the program. <%elseif faqid = 3 then%> Preference abilities is a special function of the program to secure certain sections from unwanted visitors or other Admins with limited capabilities. Preference abilities include access to change the mail server, mailer program, welcome email messages, unsubscribe email messages, List Name, and Default Email Address. <%elseif faqid = 4 then%> Broadcast abilities is a special function of the program to secure certain sections from unwanted visitors or other Admins with limited capabilities. Broadcast abilities include access to compose a new E-Letter that is intended to reach one of the lists. "Broadcast" Admins are also able to delete send messages, as well as edit Pending Messages. This helps keep those who help you maintain the database that you don't want sending out emails. Can also be used so that all emails to be sent must be approved by the correct authority prior to being sent. <%elseif faqid = 5 then%> After Version 1 of this program, the suggestion was made to add a "Default List" option. Whenever you add, view, delete subscribers, or compose and broadcast a message, the program asks which list you are going to make changes to and displays the results for the list you are currently moderating. In Version 1, if you deleted an email address the program would return back to the View/Delete Subscribers page but you had to manually change to the list you wanted to edit. Now by selecting your "Default List", the program now knows which list you want to modify automatically. <%elseif faqid = 6 then%> The Spd E-Letter mailing list is designed with your subscribers in mind. For this reason, a number of customizable features have been included to help you maximize the effectiveness of each mass mailing you send with the Spd E-Letter. The options for customization are the same for every mailer type (CDO, STMP, JMail, etc.) and are explained in detail below. The commands draw on your database to insert information into each email. For the technically inclined - the commands link information from your database into the message relative to the subscriber's E-mail address. More information can be found for URL Tracking and Content Snippets here. For more information about mail merge with your own stored data, click here. #Name# - This command inserts the name of a subscriber into the email message. The individual will see his or her name as it appears in your database everywhere the #Name# command is used. #FirstName# - This command inserts the first name of a subscriber into the email message. We do this by simply pulling apart the subscribers name by spaces, and using the first word.#Email# - This command will insert the subscriber's email address into the email message. Particularly useful at the bottom of any broadcast to allow the user to see which email address he or she has subscribed to your mailing list with in case the user maintains more than one active E-mail address. #Subscribed# - This command will insert the date the subscriber was added to your mailing list. #Unsubscribe# - This command will insert the hyper link to unsubscribe from your mailing list. #Format# - This command will insert which version (Text or HTML) of your mailing list a user is subscribed to receive. #Listname# - This command will insert the name of the list the person is subscribing/subscribed to. #ShortDate# - This command will insert the current time, in VBShortDate Format (ex: <%=FormatDateTime(Now,vbShortDate)%>). #LongDate# - This command will insert the current time, in VBLongDate Format (ex: <%=FormatDateTime(Now,vbLongDate)%>). #SubscriberID# - This command will insert the ID Number assigned to the subscriber. #TrackReads# - This tag is used in HTML newsletters to track how many people are reading it. This tag will be converted into a 1x1 pixel transparent gif. Retrieving this image from the server will track the number of times it has been read which is specific to subscriber and newsletter. Tracking the number of reads from Text emails less accurate but automatically done via the URL Click Through tracking if you use it. Read More. Hints and Tips: For beginners and advanced users of mailing list programs alike, here are a few hints and tips to be aware of when broadcasting messages to large audiences. 1) Always include the link to unsubscribe from your mailing list in every broadcast. There is nothing more aggravating than being anonymously subscribed to a newsletter that you do not wish to receive. We all know how easy it is to get a hold of someone's E-mail address and how trying it is when unsolicited mail shows up in your box with no way for you to put a stop to it. 2) Using the #Name# command in every greeting will help users feel that your message is personal and will increase the chances that they read each message instead of automatically deleting it with other "junk" mail. Keep in mind that the mailing list only serves the purpose of sending out information to all of your subscribers - keeping the messages personal will do wonders to draw your audience in. 3) Sometimes adding facts like which version a subscriber is receiving and how long they have been subscribed to your mailing list can also help to personalize each message even more. The #Format# and #Subscribed# commands allow you to do just that - keep your messages personal. Further commands will come available with each revision of the Spd E-Letter. A new Read-Me file will also be distributed with each upgrade to make you aware of changes and additions to the program. The first part of this (5) is the number of URL's this subscriber has clicked on. This number is only accurate for the URL's of which you have used the 'URL Click Through Tracking'. The Second part of this (23) is the number of times that this subscriber has read a Newsletter. This number is only accurate for emails of which you have used the 'Newsletter Read Tracking' on.
'URL Click Through Tracking' is a new feature in the Spd E-Letter. Now
you have the ability to track any URLs that you would like to include
with your newsletter removing the need for an ad tracking program outside
of the Spd E-Letter. In any text message, simply enclose a URL in the
special [URL], [/URL] tags like this: In HTML newsletters, insert the URL tags inside of the link tags, like
this: The Spd E-Letter will take the above code, and modify it into a trackable one automatically when broadcasting a newsletter. See the reports to see how many clicks each link receives. <%elseif faqid = 33 then%> Automated Emails are a new feature of Spd E-Letter v3.0. You can now specify a specific email to be sent out to a subscriber after they have been subscribed for a specific number of days. The potential of this is far reaching and not limited by any means. Say you integrate the Spd E-Letter into your shopping cart system. You setup a specific list and subscribe all those people who place an order to this list. You can then setup an 'Automated Email' to send them an email 14 days after their order asking them to fill out a customer service survey. Or maybe they purchase specific products that have warranties and you want to notify them a few weeks before the warranty becomes invalid. You can use this to send out a series of "Educational" material in a scheduled or sequenced manner. In order to use the Automated Email feature, you must have an account setup with LiveTask. All new purchases of the Spd E-Letter come with a 2 month trial of LiveTask. You should receive your activation email after your purchase. If you did not receive this email, then please email support for your free trial. Please refer to the readme.html file that came with the Spd E-Letter for setup instructions.
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In an effort to give webmasters greater flexibility in customizing the
Spd E-Letter, the "Footer HTML" has been implemented. This footer
information will be presented on every page of the administration system
at the bottom left. This special customization feature allows webmasters
to add a "Powered By X Company" text or logo to each page and
can be plain text, or HTML code. The Spd E-Letter uses the LiveTask
automation system to execute this file every 6 hours. There are other
methods explained in the "readme.html" file found in the original
download of this program, but LiveTask is the only supported method as
it has many benefits over the other methods. You should have received
a free 2 month membership with your purchase while you decide what method
you want to use. For more information on how to set up the task on LiveTask,
please refer to the readme.html file. HTML Newsletters: To track how many times each subscriber reads each newsletter, simply add in the custom tag of #TrackReads# where you want. When broadcasting the newsletter, the Spd E-Letter will turn this into a 1x1 pixel transparent gif. The code it generates will look like this: <img height=1 width=1 src="http://www.domain.com/mailinglist/read_tracking.asp?m=XX&i=YY">. Text Newsletters: Since text newsletters do not offer the ability
to add in images, an alternate approach has been taken and automatic so
you do not need to use the custom tag used in the HTML Newsletter. In
order to track reads from Text subscribers, you must use the URL Tracking
in your newsletters. If a Text subscriber clicks on a Trackable URL, then
they obviously have read at least a part of the newsletter. If 10 minutes
have passed since a text subscriber clicked on a Trackable URL, the Spd
E-Letter assumes that this is a new read and updates accordingly. Ex: Ex:
An example would be for your advertisers. Perhaps 'Joe's Coffee Shop' contacts you and wants to advertise in your newsletter. You happily oblige and create an ad for them that will run for 3 months. You can now take the code for that ad, and create a 'snippet' out of it. From now on, you can simply include the custom tags for that snippet instead of having to remember the code for that ad. Change advertisers with ease without the annoyance of modifying your HTML code. Perhaps you have a standard subscription form that you include inside all of your HTML newsletters. Now you can simply take that code, add it as a "Content Snippet" and then reference it by it's new tag. The same logic can be applied to copyrights, slogans, headers or footers. Save it once, and use it as many times as you need. For an explanation on using Content Snippets in your newsletters, click
here. "Content Snippets" are used in a manner very similar to the URL Tracking. To use a snippet, simply start out with the tag [snip]. Then type in the "Snippet Code" that you used when creating the snippet. Follow it up by the closing snippet tag [/snip]. For example: if you create a content snippet and give it a code of "Ad_Joes_Coffee", then you would include that snippet in your newsletter by adding in the following code: [snip]Ad_Joes_Coffee[/snip]
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