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=Overview=
The '''Email Broadcast '''application provides a powerful communications tool that can be used in conjunction with other applications in [[SmartSimple]]. This application can be used in a variety of ways:
This section will help you understand the Broadcast Message list view, which contains the list of all Broadcast Messages you have created in your SmartSimple copy.
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===Reader Log===
Clicking into a broadcast message will open up the message's details, including a left-hand side menu that has an '''Email Metrics '''tab.
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=Configuration - Advanced=
===Email Broadcast Security Security===
It is important to permission the ability of Email Broadcast manager in order to prevent the feature from being misused and instead "spamming" your clients and customers.
In order to find out how to make certain roles a Manager of the Email Broadcast feature, see our [[Email & Email Broadcast Security|Email & Email Broadcast Security]] page. ===Personalizing Email Broadcast Messages===See, for now, [[Personalizing Email Broadcast Messages]]. ====Template Variables====You are able to add variables to the body text of the window template. For applicable Email Broadcast variables, see below: {| class="wikitable"|-||'''Variables'''||'''Description'''|-||'''@address@'''||Address of contact or lead|-||'''@caddress@'''||Contact address - not available for lead|-||'''@ccity@'''||Contact city - not available for lead|-||'''@ccountry@'''||Contact country - not available for lead|-||'''@cfax@'''||Contact fax - not available for lead|-||'''@city@'''||City of contact or lead|-||'''@companyname@'''||Company name of contact or lead|-||'''@cpostalcode@'''||Contact postal code - not available for lead|-||'''@country@'''||Country of contact or lead|-||'''@cstate@'''||Contact state/province - not available for lead|-||'''@cwebsite@'''||Website for lead - not available for contact|-||'''@email@'''||Email address of contact or lead|-||'''@firstname@'''||First name of contact or lead|-||'''@lastname@'''||Last name of contact or lead|-||'''@now@'''||Current date and time format selected by the user in their personal settings - long date format|-||'''@objectdescription@'''||Description field content|-||'''@objectname@'''||Name of the object in the workflow. This could be a file name, user name, company name, or an application name.|-||'''@originatoremail@'''||Email address of the originator.|-||'''@originatorname@'''||The name of the person that originated the [[Workflows Overview|workflow]]. For example, this value could be the person that added a file to the workflow-enabled [[SmartFolders Overview|SmartFolder]], or the name of the person that created a new person record.|-||'''@originatorphone@'''||Phone number of originator.|-||'''@phone@'''||Phone number of contact or lead.|-||'''@postalcode@'''||Zip/Postal code of contact or lead.|-||'''@sendercompany@'''||Name of sender company.|-||'''@senderemail@'''||Email address of sender.|-||'''@senderfirstname@'''||First name of the sender.|-||'''@senderlastname@'''||Last name of the sender.|-||'''@senderphone@'''||Phone number of sender.|-||'''@sendertitle@'''||Title of sender.|-||'''@state@'''||State/Province of contact or lead.|-||'''@title@'''||Title of contact or lead. |}===Adding Calendar Links to an Email Broadcast Message===To add calendar links to an Email Broadcast message, you must first have two requirements: * Permission to create and manage calendars via [[Roles and Security Settings]] * The '''Internet-Enabled '''option for the calendar in question To access calendars, click the 9-square menu icon on the top right of your page. :: {{Icon-Menu}} Under the heading '''Tools, '''select '''Calendars. '''Click the '''cog icon '''on the top to enter into Configuration Mode. Select the '''Edit icon '''next to the Calendar that you want to copy into an Email Broadcast Message. :: [[File:Calendars internet enabled.png|600px|border]] : :* If you ensure that the calendar is '''Internet-Enabled, '''a URL link should appear in the details of the calendar. Copy and paste the URL of the calendar; then, when creating a new Broadcast Message, simply paste the link into the body of the message. ===Adding an Image to an Email Broadcast===1. Create an Internet-enabled [[Smartfolder]]. * See [[SmartFolders Overview#Folder Settings|Folder Settings]]. 2. Upload the '''image '''into the [[Smartfolder]] that you have made. * See [[SmartFolders Overview#Uploading Files to a Folder|Uploading Files to a SmartFolder]]. 3. Choose '''View [[URL]] '''from the '''File Options '''list of the uploaded image. * See [[SmartFolders Overview#File Options|File Options]]. 5. In the '''HTML code '''of your '''Email Broadcast, '''add the [[URL]] to your IMG tab. * The HTML content of an email broadcast can be configured when you first create an email broadcast - see [[Overview of the Email Broadcast Application#Creating an Email Broadcast Message|Creating an Email Broadcast Message]], '''Message Format.''' 6. '''Save '''the Email Broadcast. 7. Click the '''Preview '''button to see that the image has been successfully inserted into the broadcast message.
==See Also==:* [[Email]]:* [[Email & Email Broadcast Security|Email & Email Broadcast Security]]
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