Creating A Campaign - Using Old Templates

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Creating A Campaign - Using Old Templates

On the Visual/Content step of the Campaign Wizard you will have three options available for using templates: default system templates, your own, and importing your own content on the spot.

The Default tab allows you to view all of those offered by default in the system. These include both the old system templates (those supported by the CKEditor in v3.1) and the new templates, fully compatible with the new campaign builder. Selecting an old template will not give you full access to the new campaign builder options, such as working with content sections.

Selecting a template will take you to the new editor view

Working With The New Menu

To the right you will have the new campaign builder's menu:

Edit plain-text version - The plain-text version of your email is displayed when subscribers are unable to display the HTML version of your campaign. You can manually add text or click on Generate from HTML to have the system do it for you. Remember to press Save to keep your changes.

Enter advanced editing mode - Advanced editing mode will allow you to view the HTML source and work with it. This is advised only for advanced users. Once you switch to editing the HTML source, you will not be able to return to the editor view. If you are an advanced user and would like to work on HTML mode only, enable the checkbox to always default to HTML source mode in your campaign.

Test your campaign - You can test your spam score with SpamAssassin and send a test email to preview your campaign.

If you wish to have both HTML and plain-text versions emailed separately, enable the checkbox, otherwise they will be sent as a merged email.

Editing Your Template

To edit your template, simply click on the area you wish to work on. This will prompt the CKEditor to pop up.

Auto-save is now enabled on all mailings edited in with the new editor. Read more on auto-save and browsing previous versions.

Now it's time to Preview and Schedule your campaign!