What is a mailing list?
Mailing lists allow you store your customers' details or member details in a database which can be used to send out information or updates about products, technical information or special offers.
Creating a mailing list
Choose the "Mailing Lists" option from the main menu screen. You should be directed to a page where you can create a mailing list.
E-Commerce customer details and Web Form enquiries are added by default to special mailing lists. E-Commerce customers are automatically added to the "E-Commerce Customers" mailing list, and anyone who submits a web form that contains an "Email" and "Name" field is added to the "Web Form Enquiries" mailing list after they have confirmed that they want to be added.
You can create other mailing lists, and then populate them by adding a "Mailing List Signup Form" element to a page which will allow users to sign up to the given mailing list.
To create a new mailing list:
- Select "Add new mailing list".
- Mailing list name: Assign a name to the mailing list.
- Admin Email address: Enter the email address of the person who is responsible for this list and who will be sending out the emails.
- Click on the "Store Changes" button to store the changes you have made.
Creating a "Mailing List Signup Form"
A "Mailing List Signup Form" element is an application form which allows the user to ask to be signed up to a particular mailing list.
To create a new Mailing List Signup Form:
- Choose the page you want the form to appear on.
- Click on Insert in the appropriate place.
- Choose "Mailing List Signup Form" as the element type.
- Select the mailing list you want the form to apply to.
- Click on the "Store Changes" button to store the changes you have made and return to the page editing screen.
