Can this be done?

Report · Dec 04, 2007

I would like to allow my client to be able to send an HTML email that the client will be able to edit the body of the HTML. I understand how to email based on forms from a DB but am having trouble figuring this one out.

Basically the client will need to be able to enter the body text have it inserted into a DB then from a mass email page have that body text inserted into a basic HTML code and massed emailed so it will display in an email browser..

I am having trouble with this. I can get the dynamic email to send but it will not query the DB so I need to some how convert that dynamically generated HTML email to a static HTML and mass email it out..

How can this be done?

B

Report · Dec 04, 2007

Put your client onto a 3rd party emailer. I use and LIKE -

http://www.mailchimp.com

You can set up the template, and let the client do the rest.

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"theMachien" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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>I would like to allow my client to be able to send an HTML email that the
> client will be able to edit the body of the HTML. I understand how to
> email
> based on forms from a DB but am having trouble figuring this one out.
>
> Basically the client will need to be able to enter the body of text have
> it
> inserted into a DB then from a mass email page have that body text
> inserted
> into a basic HTML code and massed emailed so it will display in an email
> browser..
>
> I am having trouble with this. I can get the dynamic email to send but it
> will
> not query the DB so I need to some how covert that dynamically generated
> HTML
> email to a static HTML and mass email it out..
>
> B
>

Report · Dec 05, 2007

Ok that is all fine and good but I do not want an added expense for the client. There has to be a way to do it with out a 3rd prty pay-per service.

Can't be that complex...I am assuming that I need to some how have the dynamic page submit to a page and then grab the static HTML from it then populate the mass email and allow the client to send it......

Anyone?

thanks
B

Report · Dec 06, 2007

Is the text you are storing in the database dynamic? Does the client
create a template that is store in the db and then you do basically a
mail merge to produce mass mail?

Am I understanding this properly?

Thanks.

Chris
theMachien wrote:
> Ok that is all fine and good but I do not want an added expense for the client. There has to be a way to do it with out a 3rd prty help.
>
> Anyone?
>
>
> thanks
> B

Report · Dec 06, 2007

Well I know that I am not doing a great job of explaining what I am trying to do. Thats probably why I am struggling with it.

Let me try and summerize this again. Ok

Client Logs into Admin side and goes to edit_newsletter_email.asp
Here he defines the Body of the email and it is submitted to the DB
Then this page forwards to a preview page of what the HTML email will look like with the body of the page querying the DB
Now here is where I get stuck. How do I grab this Dynamically generate code from the page that is a .asp and extract it so it is basic HTML and put that HTML code into a db so when he goes to the admin_news_email.asp all he has to do is enter a subject and the body of the email queries the DB and populates the body of the email with the HTML code. Then he clicks send!

Hope that makes more sense...

B