Do you have information you want to share with your customers? Maybe you’d like to send them a regular newsletter, or perhaps you want them to sign up for an upcoming course? You need a mailing list. Here’s how you can add one to your WebPlus X6 website…
First things first
Mailing lists in WebPlus are processed free of charge as one of our Smart Objects, so you’ll need a Serif Web Resources account. If you have one, just skip to the next paragraph. If you don’t have one, click on Insert > Smart Objects. In the window that appears, click Create Account. You’ll need to type in your email address and a password to sign up. You’ll get an email straight away and you can activate your account by clicking the link in it.
Create the list
If the Smart Object Window isn’t open already, click on Insert > Smart Object. Then click New’¦ followed by User List before clicking OK. In the next window, click on Mailing List.
On the right-hand side of the new window, name your mailing list then click Create.
Right, that’s the mailing list set up.
Add the list
Now you need to get people on it. This is normally done by inserting a simple sign-up form on your website.
While you are in the Smart Object window, make sure your mailing list is selected then click Insert.
Click anywhere on your page to insert the sign-up form. You can resize the box and move it around at any time.
Whenever anyone enters their email address in the box and clicks Sign Up (or whatever you change the text to), they will automatically get added to your list.
Tip: If you want to add email addresses manually, open the Smart Objects window and select your mailing list. Click Manage then type in the email address in the Add New User section. You’ll need to click the Add User button afterwards. You can also delete email addresses in this window.
OK, so you’ve created a list and asked people to sign up. Now here’s how you can send them all an email…
Send an email
Open the Smart Objects window and select your mailing list. Click Manage then click the Import/Export tab at the top. In the Export Users section, choose the appropriate export file type (based on your email client) from the drop down list then click Save.
Save the file to a memorable location the open your email client and import the list. You can now send an email to everyone at the same time.
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