Custom Email custom feature/da: Difference between revisions

;How to use

:1. Enable <span style="background-color:#d4f8e5; padding:5px; border-radius:5px;">Custom Email</span> feature on your <span style="background-color:#d4f8e5; padding:5px; border-radius:5px;">Custom features</span> page, <span style="background-color:#d4f8e5; padding:5px; border-radius:5px;">Look and Feel</span> section.

:2. Click on <span style="background-color:#d4f8e5; padding:5px; border-radius:5px;">Create template</span> link to get to the editor and be able to setup your first template.

:3. Please select either <span style="background-color:#d4f8e5; padding:5px; border-radius:5px;">Create from templates</span> if you would like to select one of our beautiful premade options or <span style="background-color:#d4f8e5; padding:5px; border-radius:5px;">Create new empty</span> to start adding all the elements from scratch.<br>

:Add template name for the empty template type (pre-made templates can be renamed during editing) and hit <span style="background-color:#d4f8e5; padding:5px; border-radius:5px;">Create</span> button to get to the editing mode.

:4. Add/Edit text blocks, add images, links, menus, columns, upload your company logo, use brand colors, and many more with the integrated editor.<br>

:Please use the tools on the right side of the page and visualization in the center, drag and drop, adjust the desired elements to get the necessary look.

:5. You can also switch to <span style="background-color:#d4f8e5; padding:5px; border-radius:5px;">Mobile</span> mode to adjust email look for mobile phones.

:6. It is important <span style="background-color:#d4f8e5; padding:5px; border-radius:5px;">to add <nowiki>{{content}}</nowiki> tag</span> to the desired place in the template as in real emails it will be replaced with the booking/purchase related information.<br>

:Without this tag the customization will not be applied to the notification and it will be sent as plain text.

:<span style="background-color:#ffe9e9; padding:5px; border-radius:5px;">'''Please note!''' All variables that are related to appointments or purchases data should only be used either in <span style="background-color:#d4f8e5; padding:5px; border-radius:5px;">Settings</span> -> <span style="background-color:#d4f8e5; padding:5px; border-radius:5px;">Email and SMS Settings</span> or in the corresponding <span style="background-color:#d4f8e5; padding:5px; border-radius:5px;">custom feature</span> options.</span>

:(optional) You can also use <span style="background-color:#d4f8e5; padding:5px; border-radius:5px;"><nowiki>{{name}}</nowiki></span> and <span style="background-color:#d4f8e5; padding:5px; border-radius:5px;"><nowiki>{{email}}</nowiki></span> tags here in case you need to reflect recipient's name and/or email separately from main notification content.

:<span style="background-color:#ffe9e9; padding:5px; border-radius:5px;">'''Please note!''' The templates are regularly automatically saved so you do not need to manually save them.</span>

:7. Use the <span style="background-color:#d4f8e5; padding:5px; border-radius:5px;">Preview</span> option at the bottom to check the look.

:8. (optional) In case you need similar designs with some small changes only or with different content please use <span style="background-color:#d4f8e5; padding:5px; border-radius:5px;">Clone</span> option to make a copy of the previously saved template.

:9. Once all the necessary templates are ready please go back to <span style="background-color:#d4f8e5; padding:5px; border-radius:5px;">Custom features</span> -> <span style="background-color:#d4f8e5; padding:5px; border-radius:5px;">Look and Feel</span> -> <span style="background-color:#d4f8e5; padding:5px; border-radius:5px;">Custom email.</span>

:10. Please <span style="background-color:#d4f8e5; padding:5px; border-radius:5px;">select the template</span> for each <span style="background-color:#d4f8e5; padding:5px; border-radius:5px;">notification type.</span>

:11. Send <span style="background-color:#d4f8e5; padding:5px; border-radius:5px;">test emails</span> to check the look with sample content.

:12. If you would like to set same template for all the notifications types within one block please use right-side <span style="background-color:#d4f8e5; padding:5px; border-radius:5px;">drop-down menu options.</span>

:13. In case you have various custom features with own notification types enabled you will be able to see the corresponding <span style="background-color:#d4f8e5; padding:5px; border-radius:5px;">blocks</span> in <span style="background-color:#d4f8e5; padding:5px; border-radius:5px;">Custom Email</span> settings.<br>

:Please open <span style="background-color:#d4f8e5; padding:5px; border-radius:5px;">each block</span> and set the templates for the notifications you wish to have the customized look.  

:Save settings once done.

:14. It is also possible to use customized emails when you need to manually send some email from <span style="background-color:#d4f8e5; padding:5px; border-radius:5px;">Reports</span> -> <span style="background-color:#d4f8e5; padding:5px; border-radius:5px;">Bookings details</span> or <span style="background-color:#d4f8e5; padding:5px; border-radius:5px;">Reports</span> -> <span style="background-color:#d4f8e5; padding:5px; border-radius:5px;">Clients.</span><br>

:Just check the desired boxes there, click on <span style="background-color:#d4f8e5; padding:5px; border-radius:5px;">Send E-mail</span> button and <span style="background-color:#d4f8e5; padding:5px; border-radius:5px;">choose the template</span> to be applied in the first drop-down in the popup. Add subject and content. Send the message.