Creating a draft newsletter
Once you have established at least one newsletter type, you are then able to create draft newsletters. Newsletters are the individual messages sent out to your mailing list/s. A newsletter is initially created and saved as a draft until it is sent. Once it is sent, it can be re-sent if necessary. Just like the web pages within SilverStripe CMS, your email can contain images and hyperlinks and be laid out graphically.
- Click on the Newsletters icon
to display the Newsletters window - Locate the appropriate Drafts folder
This will be where the draft newsletter you are about to create, will be stored. You will need to click on the newsletter type folders and subfolders in the “Newsletters” hierarchy until you find the required “Drafts” folder…
- Click on the Create tool
to display the Create options
This tool is located at the top of the “Newsletters” pane…
- Click on the drop arrow
and select Add new draft
- Click on
to create a New draft newsletter
You are now able to add the draft newsletter text… - Select the text in Subject and type in a more appropriate subject line
- Click in the Content pane and create the draft newsletter
Remember, your email can contain images and hyperlinks and be laid out graphically, just like the web pages in the Site Content section (for more information, refer to Working with Pages)… - Click on
to save the content
- Click on the Create tool to hide the Create fields, when you have finished creating draft newsletters
The new draft letter will now be listed when you select the newsletter type… - Click on the newsletter type, in the Newsletters pane, that the new draft newsletter belongs to
The new draft is listed and previewed in the “Edit Content” pane…
