How to send nice html newsletters?

[Bruno Busco]

Hi,
I would like to send a nicely shaped HTML newsletter to users subscribed in
a contact list.
How to do this?
Should I define a FTL file? A piece of content? And then how to make the
content being sent to the list?

Thank you very much for any pointer on something already in place OOTB or
for any suggestion on how to implement this.

-Bruno

[chris snow-2]

Birt is one option.

On 8 May 2010 09:29, "Bruno Busco" <[hidden email]> wrote:

Hi,
I would like to send a nicely shaped HTML newsletter to users subscribed in
a contact list.
How to do this?
Should I define a FTL file? A piece of content? And then how to make the
content being sent to the list?

Thank you very much for any pointer on something already in place OOTB or
for any suggestion on how to implement this.

-Bruno

[Bruno Busco]

Hi Chris,
so, at the moment, there is no UI to select a content (or a Birt report) to
be sent to a Contact list, right?
What would be the best way to extend the OOTB applications to add this
feature in a general way so that could be submitted back to the trunk?

-Bruno

2010/5/8 chris snow <[hidden email]>

> Birt is one option.
>
> On 8 May 2010 09:29, "Bruno Busco" <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I would like to send a nicely shaped HTML newsletter to users subscribed in
> a contact list.
> How to do this?
> Should I define a FTL file? A piece of content? And then how to make the
> content being sent to the list?
>
> Thank you very much for any pointer on something already in place OOTB or
> for any suggestion on how to implement this.
>
> -Bruno
>

[chris snow-2]

I'm not in front of my pc at the moment so take this with a pinch on salt

On 8 May 2010 11:00, "Bruno Busco" <[hidden email]> wrote:

Hi Chris,
so, at the moment, there is no UI to select a content (or a Birt report) to
be sent to a Contact list, right?
What would be the best way to extend the OOTB applications to add this
feature in a general way so that could be submitted back to the trunk?

-Bruno

2010/5/8 chris snow <[hidden email]>


> Birt is one option.
>
> On 8 May 2010 09:29, "Bruno Busco" <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Hi,...

[Ruth Hoffman-2]

Hi Bruno:
I wrote an application that takes a Freemarker template, based on the
mailing list id, merges it with dynamic data and sends it using the
basic sendMail service to all the contact mechs associated with the
mailing list id.

I mostly used existing services. What needed to be done was put together
existing services in a way that made sense to an end-user managing lots
of mailing lists, mailing events and email templates.

Regards,
Ruth
----------------------------------------------------
Find me on the web at http://www.myofbiz.com or Google keyword "myofbiz"
[hidden email]


Bruno Busco wrote:

> Hi,
> I would like to send a nicely shaped HTML newsletter to users subscribed in
> a contact list.
> How to do this?
> Should I define a FTL file? A piece of content? And then how to make the
> content being sent to the list?
>
> Thank you very much for any pointer on something already in place OOTB or
> for any suggestion on how to implement this.
>
> -Bruno
>
>  

[Ruth Hoffman-2]

Hi Bruno:
One more thing, my application lets the mailing list manager view the
HTML email as it is being built. So, you can work up your template, view
it as the client would see it using the OFBiz webapp I built and then,
when the email manger is happy with the Freemarker template, apply it to
the mailing list.

The application supports an unlimited number of mailing lists, templates
per list, list owners (the list "manager") and of course, an unlimited
number of contact mechs per list.

Regards,
Ruth
----------------------------------------------------
Find me on the web at http://www.myofbiz.com or Google keyword "myofbiz"
[hidden email]

Ruth Hoffman wrote:

> Hi Bruno:
> I wrote an application that takes a Freemarker template, based on the
> mailing list id, merges it with dynamic data and sends it using the
> basic sendMail service to all the contact mechs associated with the
> mailing list id.
>
> I mostly used existing services. What needed to be done was put
> together existing services in a way that made sense to an end-user
> managing lots of mailing lists, mailing events and email templates.
>
> Regards,
> Ruth
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Find me on the web at http://www.myofbiz.com or Google keyword "myofbiz"
> [hidden email]
>
>
> Bruno Busco wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I would like to send a nicely shaped HTML newsletter to users
>> subscribed in
>> a contact list.
>> How to do this?
>> Should I define a FTL file? A piece of content? And then how to make the
>> content being sent to the list?
>>
>> Thank you very much for any pointer on something already in place
>> OOTB or
>> for any suggestion on how to implement this.
>>
>> -Bruno
>>
>>  
>

[BJ Freeman]

I extened the ecommerce email configuration.
it has all the data needed just have to add service to pull from the
data resource and put it together.
allowing different data resources to be integrated, provides away for
static components as well as ones that change.
then created a UI to manage the sections per news letter.
this way you can have umteen type of newsletters.



=========================
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Bruno Busco sent the following on 5/8/2010 1:28 AM:

> Hi,
> I would like to send a nicely shaped HTML newsletter to users subscribed in
> a contact list.
> How to do this?
> Should I define a FTL file? A piece of content? And then how to make the
> content being sent to the list?
>
> Thank you very much for any pointer on something already in place OOTB or
> for any suggestion on how to implement this.
>
> -Bruno
>

[BJ Freeman]

sounds like a great app ruth.

=========================
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http://bjfreeman.elance.com
Strategic Power Office with Supplier Automation <http://www.businessesnetwork.com/automation/viewforum.php?f=93>
Specialtymarket.com <http://www.specialtymarket.com/>

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Ruth Hoffman sent the following on 5/8/2010 5:58 AM:

> Hi Bruno:
> One more thing, my application lets the mailing list manager view the
> HTML email as it is being built. So, you can work up your template, view
> it as the client would see it using the OFBiz webapp I built and then,
> when the email manger is happy with the Freemarker template, apply it to
> the mailing list.
>
> The application supports an unlimited number of mailing lists, templates
> per list, list owners (the list "manager") and of course, an unlimited
> number of contact mechs per list.
>
> Regards,
> Ruth
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Find me on the web at http://www.myofbiz.com or Google keyword "myofbiz"
> [hidden email]
>
> Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>> Hi Bruno:
>> I wrote an application that takes a Freemarker template, based on the
>> mailing list id, merges it with dynamic data and sends it using the
>> basic sendMail service to all the contact mechs associated with the
>> mailing list id.
>>
>> I mostly used existing services. What needed to be done was put
>> together existing services in a way that made sense to an end-user
>> managing lots of mailing lists, mailing events and email templates.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Ruth
>> ----------------------------------------------------
>> Find me on the web at http://www.myofbiz.com or Google keyword "myofbiz"
>> [hidden email]
>>
>>
>> Bruno Busco wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> I would like to send a nicely shaped HTML newsletter to users
>>> subscribed in
>>> a contact list.
>>> How to do this?
>>> Should I define a FTL file? A piece of content? And then how to make the
>>> content being sent to the list?
>>>
>>> Thank you very much for any pointer on something already in place
>>> OOTB or
>>> for any suggestion on how to implement this.
>>>
>>> -Bruno
>>>
>>>  
>>
>

[Bruno Busco]

Thank you Chris, Ruth and BJ,
I think that this feature would be very appreciated if included in the OOTB
applications.
As you say it is almost everything already there....

-Bruno

2010/5/8 BJ Freeman <[hidden email]>

> sounds like a great app ruth.
>
> =========================
> BJ Freeman
> http://bjfreeman.elance.com
> Strategic Power Office with Supplier Automation <
> http://www.businessesnetwork.com/automation/viewforum.php?f=93>
> Specialtymarket.com <http://www.specialtymarket.com/>
>
> Systems Integrator-- Glad to Assist
>
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> >
>
>
> Ruth Hoffman sent the following on 5/8/2010 5:58 AM:
> > Hi Bruno:
> > One more thing, my application lets the mailing list manager view the
> > HTML email as it is being built. So, you can work up your template, view
> > it as the client would see it using the OFBiz webapp I built and then,
> > when the email manger is happy with the Freemarker template, apply it to
> > the mailing list.
> >
> > The application supports an unlimited number of mailing lists, templates
> > per list, list owners (the list "manager") and of course, an unlimited
> > number of contact mechs per list.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ruth
> > ----------------------------------------------------
> > Find me on the web at http://www.myofbiz.com or Google keyword "myofbiz"
> > [hidden email]
> >
> > Ruth Hoffman wrote:
> >> Hi Bruno:
> >> I wrote an application that takes a Freemarker template, based on the
> >> mailing list id, merges it with dynamic data and sends it using the
> >> basic sendMail service to all the contact mechs associated with the
> >> mailing list id.
> >>
> >> I mostly used existing services. What needed to be done was put
> >> together existing services in a way that made sense to an end-user
> >> managing lots of mailing lists, mailing events and email templates.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Ruth
> >> ----------------------------------------------------
> >> Find me on the web at http://www.myofbiz.com or Google keyword
> "myofbiz"
> >> [hidden email]
> >>
> >>
> >> Bruno Busco wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>> I would like to send a nicely shaped HTML newsletter to users
> >>> subscribed in
> >>> a contact list.
> >>> How to do this?
> >>> Should I define a FTL file? A piece of content? And then how to make
> the
> >>> content being sent to the list?
> >>>
> >>> Thank you very much for any pointer on something already in place
> >>> OOTB or
> >>> for any suggestion on how to implement this.
> >>>
> >>> -Bruno
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
>
>
>

[Bruno Busco]

This is just the application I was looking for.
I need to send to users HTML notification mails for events that happen on
the server.
I want to define a contact list for every event so that I can control who is
informed of what by including users in contact lists or not.
Emails should be HTML because they must include HTML links so that the user
can click on the links and go directly to the related OFBiz page.

-Bruno

2010/5/8 Ruth Hoffman <[hidden email]>

> Hi Bruno:
> One more thing, my application lets the mailing list manager view the HTML
> email as it is being built. So, you can work up your template, view it as
> the client would see it using the OFBiz webapp I built and then, when the
> email manger is happy with the Freemarker template, apply it to the mailing
> list.
>
> The application supports an unlimited number of mailing lists, templates
> per list, list owners (the list "manager") and of course, an unlimited
> number of contact mechs per list.
>
>
> Regards,
> Ruth
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Find me on the web at http://www.myofbiz.com or Google keyword "myofbiz"
> [hidden email]
>
> Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>
>> Hi Bruno:
>> I wrote an application that takes a Freemarker template, based on the
>> mailing list id, merges it with dynamic data and sends it using the basic
>> sendMail service to all the contact mechs associated with the mailing list
>> id.
>>
>> I mostly used existing services. What needed to be done was put together
>> existing services in a way that made sense to an end-user managing lots of
>> mailing lists, mailing events and email templates.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Ruth
>> ----------------------------------------------------
>> Find me on the web at http://www.myofbiz.com or Google keyword "myofbiz"
>> [hidden email]
>>
>>
>> Bruno Busco wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> I would like to send a nicely shaped HTML newsletter to users subscribed
>>> in
>>> a contact list.
>>> How to do this?
>>> Should I define a FTL file? A piece of content? And then how to make the
>>> content being sent to the list?
>>>
>>> Thank you very much for any pointer on something already in place OOTB or
>>> for any suggestion on how to implement this.
>>>
>>> -Bruno
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>

[BJ Freeman]

not sure about your email client but mine show the clickable links
without html.
like my signature

=========================
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http://bjfreeman.elance.com
Strategic Power Office with Supplier Automation <http://www.businessesnetwork.com/automation/viewforum.php?f=93>
Specialtymarket.com <http://www.specialtymarket.com/>

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Bruno Busco sent the following on 5/8/2010 6:40 AM:

> This is just the application I was looking for.
> I need to send to users HTML notification mails for events that happen on
> the server.
> I want to define a contact list for every event so that I can control who is
> informed of what by including users in contact lists or not.
> Emails should be HTML because they must include HTML links so that the user
> can click on the links and go directly to the related OFBiz page.
>
> -Bruno
>
> 2010/5/8 Ruth Hoffman <[hidden email]>
>
>> Hi Bruno:
>> One more thing, my application lets the mailing list manager view the HTML
>> email as it is being built. So, you can work up your template, view it as
>> the client would see it using the OFBiz webapp I built and then, when the
>> email manger is happy with the Freemarker template, apply it to the mailing
>> list.
>>
>> The application supports an unlimited number of mailing lists, templates
>> per list, list owners (the list "manager") and of course, an unlimited
>> number of contact mechs per list.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Ruth
>> ----------------------------------------------------
>> Find me on the web at http://www.myofbiz.com or Google keyword "myofbiz"
>> [hidden email]
>>
>> Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Bruno:
>>> I wrote an application that takes a Freemarker template, based on the
>>> mailing list id, merges it with dynamic data and sends it using the basic
>>> sendMail service to all the contact mechs associated with the mailing list
>>> id.
>>>
>>> I mostly used existing services. What needed to be done was put together
>>> existing services in a way that made sense to an end-user managing lots of
>>> mailing lists, mailing events and email templates.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Ruth
>>> ----------------------------------------------------
>>> Find me on the web at http://www.myofbiz.com or Google keyword "myofbiz"
>>> [hidden email]
>>>
>>>
>>> Bruno Busco wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I would like to send a nicely shaped HTML newsletter to users subscribed
>>>> in
>>>> a contact list.
>>>> How to do this?
>>>> Should I define a FTL file? A piece of content? And then how to make the
>>>> content being sent to the list?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you very much for any pointer on something already in place OOTB or
>>>> for any suggestion on how to implement this.
>>>>
>>>> -Bruno
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>

[Bruno Busco]

You are right.
HTML mail is not necessary to embed links.
But definitively needed to have a nice look.

-Bruno


2010/5/8 BJ Freeman <[hidden email]>

> not sure about your email client but mine show the clickable links
> without html.
> like my signature
>
> =========================
> BJ Freeman
> http://bjfreeman.elance.com
> Strategic Power Office with Supplier Automation <
> http://www.businessesnetwork.com/automation/viewforum.php?f=93>
> Specialtymarket.com <http://www.specialtymarket.com/>
>
> Systems Integrator-- Glad to Assist
>
> Chat  Y! messenger: bjfr33man
> Linkedin
> <
> http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=1237480&locale=en_US&trk=tab_pro
> >
>
>
> Bruno Busco sent the following on 5/8/2010 6:40 AM:
> > This is just the application I was looking for.
> > I need to send to users HTML notification mails for events that happen on
> > the server.
> > I want to define a contact list for every event so that I can control who
> is
> > informed of what by including users in contact lists or not.
> > Emails should be HTML because they must include HTML links so that the
> user
> > can click on the links and go directly to the related OFBiz page.
> >
> > -Bruno
> >
> > 2010/5/8 Ruth Hoffman <[hidden email]>
> >
> >> Hi Bruno:
> >> One more thing, my application lets the mailing list manager view the
> HTML
> >> email as it is being built. So, you can work up your template, view it
> as
> >> the client would see it using the OFBiz webapp I built and then, when
> the
> >> email manger is happy with the Freemarker template, apply it to the
> mailing
> >> list.
> >>
> >> The application supports an unlimited number of mailing lists, templates
> >> per list, list owners (the list "manager") and of course, an unlimited
> >> number of contact mechs per list.
> >>
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Ruth
> >> ----------------------------------------------------
> >> Find me on the web at http://www.myofbiz.com or Google keyword
> "myofbiz"
> >> [hidden email]
> >>
> >> Ruth Hoffman wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi Bruno:
> >>> I wrote an application that takes a Freemarker template, based on the
> >>> mailing list id, merges it with dynamic data and sends it using the
> basic
> >>> sendMail service to all the contact mechs associated with the mailing
> list
> >>> id.
> >>>
> >>> I mostly used existing services. What needed to be done was put
> together
> >>> existing services in a way that made sense to an end-user managing lots
> of
> >>> mailing lists, mailing events and email templates.
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>> Ruth
> >>> ----------------------------------------------------
> >>> Find me on the web at http://www.myofbiz.com or Google keyword
> "myofbiz"
> >>> [hidden email]
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Bruno Busco wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Hi,
> >>>> I would like to send a nicely shaped HTML newsletter to users
> subscribed
> >>>> in
> >>>> a contact list.
> >>>> How to do this?
> >>>> Should I define a FTL file? A piece of content? And then how to make
> the
> >>>> content being sent to the list?
> >>>>
> >>>> Thank you very much for any pointer on something already in place OOTB
> or
> >>>> for any suggestion on how to implement this.
> >>>>
> >>>> -Bruno
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >
>
>
>

[BJ Freeman]

true, the feed back I get is that they have their email client convert
emails to txt, mostly for security reasons.
so I have a selection for them to select how they want the email sent.
so the original is done in HTML but it then converted to text.


=========================
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Strategic Power Office with Supplier Automation <http://www.businessesnetwork.com/automation/viewforum.php?f=93>
Specialtymarket.com <http://www.specialtymarket.com/>

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Bruno Busco sent the following on 5/8/2010 9:51 AM:

> You are right.
> HTML mail is not necessary to embed links.
> But definitively needed to have a nice look.
>
> -Bruno
>
>
> 2010/5/8 BJ Freeman <[hidden email]>
>
>> not sure about your email client but mine show the clickable links
>> without html.
>> like my signature
>>
>> =========================
>> BJ Freeman
>> http://bjfreeman.elance.com
>> Strategic Power Office with Supplier Automation <
>> http://www.businessesnetwork.com/automation/viewforum.php?f=93>
>> Specialtymarket.com <http://www.specialtymarket.com/>
>>
>> Systems Integrator-- Glad to Assist
>>
>> Chat  Y! messenger: bjfr33man
>> Linkedin
>> <
>> http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=1237480&locale=en_US&trk=tab_pro
>>
>> Bruno Busco sent the following on 5/8/2010 6:40 AM:
>>> This is just the application I was looking for.
>>> I need to send to users HTML notification mails for events that happen on
>>> the server.
>>> I want to define a contact list for every event so that I can control who
>> is
>>> informed of what by including users in contact lists or not.
>>> Emails should be HTML because they must include HTML links so that the
>> user
>>> can click on the links and go directly to the related OFBiz page.
>>>
>>> -Bruno
>>>
>>> 2010/5/8 Ruth Hoffman <[hidden email]>
>>>
>>>> Hi Bruno:
>>>> One more thing, my application lets the mailing list manager view the
>> HTML
>>>> email as it is being built. So, you can work up your template, view it
>> as
>>>> the client would see it using the OFBiz webapp I built and then, when
>> the
>>>> email manger is happy with the Freemarker template, apply it to the
>> mailing
>>>> list.
>>>>
>>>> The application supports an unlimited number of mailing lists, templates
>>>> per list, list owners (the list "manager") and of course, an unlimited
>>>> number of contact mechs per list.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Ruth
>>>> ----------------------------------------------------
>>>> Find me on the web at http://www.myofbiz.com or Google keyword
>> "myofbiz"
>>>> [hidden email]
>>>>
>>>> Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Bruno:
>>>>> I wrote an application that takes a Freemarker template, based on the
>>>>> mailing list id, merges it with dynamic data and sends it using the
>> basic
>>>>> sendMail service to all the contact mechs associated with the mailing
>> list
>>>>> id.
>>>>>
>>>>> I mostly used existing services. What needed to be done was put
>> together
>>>>> existing services in a way that made sense to an end-user managing lots
>> of
>>>>> mailing lists, mailing events and email templates.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Ruth
>>>>> ----------------------------------------------------
>>>>> Find me on the web at http://www.myofbiz.com or Google keyword
>> "myofbiz"
>>>>> [hidden email]
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Bruno Busco wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>> I would like to send a nicely shaped HTML newsletter to users
>> subscribed
>>>>>> in
>>>>>> a contact list.
>>>>>> How to do this?
>>>>>> Should I define a FTL file? A piece of content? And then how to make
>> the
>>>>>> content being sent to the list?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you very much for any pointer on something already in place OOTB
>> or
>>>>>> for any suggestion on how to implement this.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Bruno
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>
>>
>

[Patrick-4]

I would just invoke SendEmailFromScreen, and make a screen that you
want to send.

On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 3:28 AM, Bruno Busco <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hi,
> I would like to send a nicely shaped HTML newsletter to users subscribed in
> a contact list.
> How to do this?
> Should I define a FTL file? A piece of content? And then how to make the
> content being sent to the list?
>
> Thank you very much for any pointer on something already in place OOTB or
> for any suggestion on how to implement this.
>
> -Bruno
>