Create a Standard Newsletter or Publication Template
- Read
the chapter titled “Newsletter/Publication Features in Detail” in the
Administration Manual.
- Click
on the Newsletter add icon on the Site Administration Menu.
- If you
are implementing an HTML Template then create or obtain a jpg format
graphic header approximately 700 X
150 pixels at 96 pixel per inch resolution and store it on your computer
for import in a later step.
- Enter
a descriptive title for the template into the Newsletter Name field. The
title entered into this field will appear in the Newsletter Types on the
Administration portion of the site and on the Newsletter Types list on the
Public portion of the site.
- Selects
one of the 3 different newsletter templates.
- Text-Only
Electronic Delivery creates and broadcasts text format email publications.
- HTML
Electronic Delivery creates and broadcasts HTML format email
publications.
- HTML
Printing Template compiles newsletters for printing on 8.5” X 11” or 11”
X 17” paper sheets.
- Enter the
date range of a volume. The system will automatically calculate volume
numbers based on this range each time a new issue is created.
- If the
newsletter type is replacing a former newsletter production system and the
organization wishes to continue with the previous volume and issue numbering
sequence, the active volume number may be entered here. Otherwise, the
volume may start with “1”. When the Date Range
of the Volume field value is exceeded, the next sequential volume number
will be assigned to new issues.
- If the
newsletter type is replacing a former newsletter production system and the
organization wishes to continue with the previous volume and issue
numbering sequence. In such a case the active issue number may be entered
here. Otherwise, the issue may start with “1”. When the Date Range
of the Volume field value is exceeded, the next issue will be assigned an
issue number of “1”.
- Enter
an email address in the Sender’s Email field. The address will appear in
the From: field of the electronic email header.
- If you
are creating a Text-Only Electronically Delivered template, enter a
header.
- If you
have set the template to a HTML Template Type, click on the Save button
and the image title browse button will appear on the page after it
refreshes. Click on the Browse button and locate the header image you
created in an earlier step and import it.
- Click
on the Color Scheme link and adjust the colors as desired.