TE Mailer is used to send personalized bulk email (but not spam!) from within MODx using MODx documents as the content of the email.

Description

TE Mailer is used to send customized emails to a mailing list. The email content can be any document from within MODx, but by default a folder is created for storing all your emails. Custom tags can be used to personalize the email to include the users name.

There are a few pieces to this resource:

• an admin module where you will actually send the emails
• a subscribe snippet used to let users subscribe to the mailing list[li]
  [li]an unsubscribe snippet that you can link to from your email allowing users to unsubscribe at any time
• a newsletter template

Within the module you can send emails, maintain the mailing list, or send test emails (so you can make sure the mail appears as you intended).

An installation script is included that will create a table in the modx database, install the module/snippets/template, and let you set some defaults (email address to send from etc).

The admin module and subscribe snippet both utilize mootools for ajax support.

This resource has only been tested in MODx version 0.9.6 - it may work in previous versions as well.

Version 1.0 created by TransEffect LLC
For more information please visit: http://www.transeffect.com/blog/2007/10/18/te-mailer/

Instructions

NOTE: These instructions assume a new installation with all default settings selected.

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Create a folder named 'temailer' in the modules directory of you MODx installation.
2. Unzip all files into the directory from step 1. (installation_root/assets/modules/temailer/)
3. Point your browser to the installation directory (installation_root/assets/modules/temailer/install/)
4. Follow the directions on the installation page, select desired features, and press the install button.
5. If step 4. is successfull, delete the installation directory on your web server.
6. Open (or restart) the MODx manager. Everything should be installed.

WHAT TO DO NOW THAT YOU'VE INSTALLED (in no particular order):

• Create new newsletters under the new 'TEMailer Newsletters' folder.
• Add the Subscribe snippet to your page somewhere.
• Create an unsubscribe page that includes the unsubsribe snippet and edit your newsletter template. (more below)

EDITING NEWSLETTER TEMPLATE TO INCLUDE UNSIBSCRIBE LINK:

1. Open your newsletter template.
2. Change the unsubscribe URL at the bottom to link to your new unsubscribe page. (by default the link is http://www.EXAMPLE.com/index.php?id=UNSUBSCRIBE_PAGE_ID&item=&key=)
note: Make sure you leave the 'item' and 'key' parameters in the URL. These are used to identify which email address to unsibscribe.
If you are using mod_rewrite (aka friendly urls) you may want to specifically rewrite this link in your .htaccess file (advanced users only)

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