Newsletters » The newsletters window

The newsletters window

The Newsletters section of the SilverStripe CMS enables administrative users to send bulk emails to customers. Newsletters are categorised by a newsletter type and these types will form the familiar tree structure, seen throughout the SilverStripe CMS, enabling you to easily locate newsletters. The elements of the Newsletter window are described in the table below.

 

Name

Description

1

Newsletters icon

Click on this icon to display the Newsletters window.

2

Newsletters pane

Displays the hierarchy of newsletter types  , draft newsletter folders  , draft newsletters  , sent items   and mailing lists  .

3

A Newsletter Type

Each Newsletter Type contains its own draft newsletters, mailing lists and sent items. To create newsletters, you need to first create a Newsletter Type.

4

A Draft Newsletter

Draft newsletters are located within a Newsletter Type. Newsletters are the emails sent out to mailing list recipients on a regular basis.

5

Edit Content pane

Displays the details of the item selected in the Newsletters pane. The fields will change depending on whether a newsletter type, draft, sent item or mailing list is selected.

6

Newsletters toolbar

The tools displayed in the toolbar will change depending on the item selected in the Newsletters pane.

7

Tabbed pages

Details and properties for the selected item in the Newsletters pane are grouped within these tabbed pages. The number and name of the tabs will change depending on the item selected in the Newsletters pane.