Newletter HTML, appearance ...etc.

[Antonimous]

Is anyone aware of a simple fix so that we can edit the newsletter the same way we can edit the product info. I use Dreamweaver to make my product descriptions and simply paste the info in the descriptions.... looks great. If I do this in the newsletter box I get the html text for my newsletter.

 

I tried the contribution regarding WYSIWYG and it doesn't work for folks who have other modifications.

 

I just want to create a nice newsletter. Shame on OSC for leaving that option to the rest of us to try and fix! That should be standard....what's the point!

[Guest]

HTML WYSIWYG does work for folks with other mods installed. You should mention the specific problem you have and ask for help.

[Guest]

If you are talking about the email you recieve when you send newsletters.

 

edit the newsletters.php file in catalog/admin/includes/modules/newsletters/

 

around line 65. look for $mimemessage->send.

 

I use

$mimemessage->send($mail['customers_firstname'] . ' ' . $mail['cus

       tomers_lastname'], $mail['customers_email_address'], '', EMAIL_FROM, $this

       ->title, "MIME-Version: 1.0n" .  "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-88

       59-1");

 

to make mine send out in HTML format.

 

I tried everything to change the $mimemessage - new (line 62) to use the MIME-Version: 1.0 n portion of my fix, but no luck.

[xtremelyfit]

I used your code and it helped to get rid of the html code appearing in the email, but it doesn't retain the spacing and other formatting that is there in the newsletter preview screen. Any thing else I should be doing?

[Guest]

If you are formatting using HTML code it should work.

 

For instance you use a <br> for a line break.

 

A <p> with a </p> surroounding the paragraphs.

 

But I am sure you know this.

[xtremelyfit]

Thanks for the quick response. I have all the appropriate HTML formatting and when I send the newsletter it shows up fine in the email I open up in Outlook Express, but in the one that I open up in my free Yahoo mail account all the html tags are visible. Yahoo says that's because the sender did not properly indicate that the message should be treated as html. Do you know where in the newsletter module I would make that indication?

[Guest]

Not sure but take a look at line 62.

 

I think you might replace:

$mimemessage = new email(array('X-Mailer: osCommerce bulk mailer'));

with

$mimemessage = new email(array('Content-type: text/html'));

 

No way for me to test this, so it is just a guess.

[Guest]

or

$mimemessage->add_text($message);

 

and change it to

 

$mimemessage->add_html($message);

 

this may be all you really need, taking out the other I gave you earlier.

[xtremelyfit]

This last one did it. thanks again

[Guest]

actually found that on another post but cannot find it now.

[Guest]

wow, when you search for the right word you get it.

 

here it is http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/viewtopic.php...ght=mimemessage

[xtremelyfit]

I see you're in Kennesaw - I'm in Covington - I appreciate your help - maybe I can return the favor sometime

[Guest]

just glad I could help.