eBlast HTML help

Jennifer Tomarelli

I recently received an HTML document from an outside designer who is developing a campaign for us. Here is the link. It looks good but I'm not sure how to upload this content into Convio while maintaining the HTML. For instance, how would I code this to change the first name in the letter? Is that even possible in Convio?

Thank you so much for your help!

Jennifer

Adrian Cotter

Hey Jennifer,

Yes that is possible in Convio. We would have part of the HTML (in your case, the top, the outer bit, and the bottom) in a stationary that you could use over and over.

Then in your email campaign, in your actual message, you would first choose the stationary, and then enter the content of the HTML.

You can then personalize that email when you are editing it... In the WYSIWIG there is drop downs for various personal information and conditional content.

I don't know if that would help you get started, but I would look into the stationary first... You'd need to upload various images to Convio which you can also do while creating the stationary.

Jennifer Tomarelli

Adrian Cotter:

Hey Jennifer,

Yes that is possible in Convio. We would have part of the HTML (in your case, the top, the outer bit, and the bottom) in a stationary that you could use over and over.

Then in your email campaign, in your actual message, you would first choose the stationary, and then enter the content of the HTML.

You can then personalize that email when you are editing it... In the WYSIWIG there is drop downs for various personal information and conditional content.

I don't know if that would help you get started, but I would look into the stationary first... You'd need to upload various images to Convio which you can also do while creating the stationary.

Hi Adrian!

Thanks for your help. My problem is the background image where the actual letter is "Dear Friend, blah, blah, blah, Sincerely, CEO". I can't upload that as a stationary piece and type over it. And from what I know, we can't code it so the text can appear over the background, right?

Adrian Cotter

Jennifer Tomarelli:

Hi Adrian!

Thanks for your help. My problem is the background image where the actual letter is "Dear Friend, blah, blah, blah, Sincerely, CEO". I can't upload that as a stationary piece and type over it. And from what I know, we can't code it so the text can appear over the background, right?

Correct, the text is not going to be in the stationary -- that will be in an email message that uses the stationary.

And it will go over a background image if it is coded in the right way.

I'm not sure exactly what the best method for doing background images in email is, and not all email clients may display it correctly, but I think you would have to do some inline coding of the styles

This would be in the stationary

{code}

<div id="TextLeft" style="background-color:#F9FAF1; background-image:url(http://fluidcom.net/clients/oc/images/oc_04.jpg); background-position:center bottom; background-repeat:no-repeat; padding-bottom: 100px">

</div>

{code}

Your actual text for a message would be inserted in there.