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HTML
143 lines
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HTML
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<td><span class="help_header">Help - Templates</span> </td>
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<p>The Templates menu allows you to manage all of the templates
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used in Gossamer List: the "Templates" that build the pages
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users see while using Gossamer List as well as the "Email
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Templates" used to build the emails that are automatically
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sent to subscribers. The "Language" menu allows you to edit
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the language that Gossamer List will display in prompts, warnings
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and error messages. The "Template Globals" menu allows you
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to add and edit globals: HTML tags that can be used in all
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templates. </p>
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<p><span class="helptitle">Templates</span><br>
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Clicking "Templates" allows you to edit the templates that
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create Gossamer List's HTML pages. By altering these templates,
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you can customize the appearances and functions of the HTML
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pages through which you and your users interact with Gossamer
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List. </p>
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<p>- Select a specific template from the drop-down menus.
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<p>- Click "Load" to see the template displayed in the main
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text area in the centre of the page. </p>
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<p>- Text wrapping can be toggled on and off by clicking the "Enable/Disable Wrap" button. </p>
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<p>- The size of the main text area can be edited (enter values
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for the columns and rows in the "Resize" fields and click
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the "Resize" button). Text wrapping can also be toggled
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on and off. </p>
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<p>- Insert changes to the template in HTML in the
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main text area. </p>
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<p>- You can automatically go to a certain line in the template
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by entering the desired line number in the "Line" field
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and clicking the "Go" button. </p>
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<p>- Click "Save" to confirm your changes to the template
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(you can alter the name of the template in the field beside
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the "Save" button). </p>
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<p><span class="helptitle"><a name="tpl_email">Default Email Templates</a></span><br>
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Clicking the "Default Email Templates" link brings up a menu allowing you toedit the templates that will build the default subscription, unsubscriptionand validation emails that are sent to your subscribers and your users'subscribers. Note that these templates only determine the initial content ofthese templates for new users; you and your users can modify your ownpersonal email templates from the "Email Templates" section of the Accountmenu.
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</p>
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<p>- Select the specific template you wish to modify from
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the drop-down menu and click "Load". The email template
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will be displayed in the "To", "Subject", "From", "Extra
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Body" and "E-mail body" fields. </p>
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<p>- Make changes to the text and tags included in the desired
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fields and click the "Save" button. The following tags can
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be included in any of the fields: </p>
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<blockquote>
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<p><%pro_first_name%> will automatically insert the
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value entered in the "Full Name" field in the Account
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menu. <br>
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<%pro_last_name%> will automatically insert the
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value entered in the "Full Name" field in the Account
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menu. <br>
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<%usr_email%> will automatically insert the value
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entered in the "Email" field in the Account menu. <br>
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<%pro_url%> will automatically insert the value
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entered in the "URL" field in the Account menu. <br>
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<%sub_email%> will automatically insert the subscriber's
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email address. <br>
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<%sub_name%> will automatically insert the subscriber's
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name. </p>
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<div align="justify">
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<p>You can save the template under a different name by entering
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one in the "Save template as:" field and clicking the "Save"
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button. </p>
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<p><span class="helptitle"><a name="tpl_language">Language</a> </span><br>
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Clicking "Language" displays a menu allowing you to view
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and modify the text that will be displayed in prompts, warnings
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and error messages.</p>
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<p>- Click on a language category (ADD, LOG, SYS, etc.) to
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bring up a list of all messages in that category. </p>
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<p>- Re-type the message in the "Description" field in the
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language you want, and click the "Save Changes" button.
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Changes to the messages will be applied throughout Gossamer
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List wherever the corresponding language code (displayed
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to the left of the "Description" field) is found. </p>
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<p>- You can also add or delete codes and descriptions in
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the User Language menu. Enter new codes and descriptions
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in the blank fields at the bottom of the page, or check
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the "Delete" boxes beside the messages and click the "Save
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Changes" button. The titles of new codes will have to begin with the category they belong to and an underscore: "ADD_newcode", for example.</p>
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<p><span class="helptitle"><a name="tpl_global">Template Globals</a></span><br>
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Clicking "Template Globals" allows you to edit Gossamer
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List's globals. Globals are tags that call a variable (text,
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HTML, etc.) that can be used in all templates. By editing
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and adding globals, you can configure frequently used tags
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to be quickly and easily inserted into any template you
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wish. </p>
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<p>- To edit an existing global, make changes to the content
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in its "Description" field, and click the "Save Changes"
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button. </p>
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<p>- To create a new global, enter a name for it in the blank
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"Code" field at the bottom of the menu. Enter the new global's
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content in the blank "Description" field at the bottom of
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the menu (globals can be written in HTML or regular text),
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and click the "Save Changes" button. </p>
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<p> </p>
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