Adding link to Automatic Emails...

I have started to set up automatic emails in the Email Settings within the product to those who subscribe, but I cannot find a way of putting a link to a webpage on the email. Is that not possible?

Cant just ad:
http://www.yoursite.com
into the email?

David

Hi David,

No, there seems no option to add a link in the Email Settings when I'm adding an Automatic Email. There is no 'button' to add links and I've tried selecting some text and right clicking - there's no link option.

Best Regards,
Benedict

I see- theres no button. But you can just type it in?

David

The link...

Hi David,

Sorry - I'm showing my ignorance here.

As far as I can see with the text, I can only type in what people can read, in which case the link would be quite long and cumbersome. Is there a way that I can enter a code so that the reader can read, for example, Animation Project whilst the link 'behind' it is the cumbersome link?

Best Regards,
Benedict

Hi Benedict,

You can add a link like this:

Code:

<a href="[COLOR="red"]http://yourcumbersomelink.com/foo/bar.html[/COLOR]">[COLOR="green"]text of link[/COLOR]</a>

But you have to set the message type to 'HTML Email'... otherwise it will come out just like that... which means the whole email should be valid html too...

So, probably best to create a TEST product and try it out on yourself before you use with a real product and real users

Cheers
Rob

Many thanks Rob!

That's great! Just one more thing... is there a way of testing the email other than having a test subscriber? I've looked in the editing of the email and haven't found a button to test it...

Best Regards,
Benedict