Setting up a newsletter. . .

Hello
I would like to add a newsletter to my site that users can subscribe their email address to. Just wondering how people have done it before with iWeb and the process you went through? I am basically after a "Sign Up To Our Newsletter" with a box labeled "email" that they enter their address into. .??
Im new to Mac so any new email software names etc you will have to explain.
Many thanks

There are a lot of ways to do this. Here are two different approaches, for example... The first is a simple form to go on your webpage from Will Englefield...
http://web.mac.com/will.englefield/iWeb/WillG4PB/Forms.html
The next is a free service from http://www.bravenet.com ...
http://www.bravenet.com/webtools/elist/

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How do export a Pages newsletter so that it opens in any mailprogram?

I tried exporting it as a PFD, a Jpeg, etc....
But then it appears as an attachment in most mailprograms, people have to click on it in order to see it.
Obviously I want them to see the newsletter right away when they open the message....
HELP!!!!

Obviously I want them to see the newsletter right away when they open the message....
This is difficult to do, because you are down to working with HTML or with plain text, if you want a newsletter to be rendered by an e-mail application.
There is the further limitation that people tend not to want HTML in their e-mail, so they set up their e-mail applications to turn HTML into plain text.
Perhaps your best bet is to set up a newsletter as an HTML page on your site, and send people a link to the HTML page.
It is possible that people do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed, but they are sure to have an HTML reader installed (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera ....).
If you pick PDF, disable the checkbox 'Use Ligatures' in the document Inspector. If you pick a font from Apple, Adobe or Microsoft with many ligatures, you cannot search them after saving into PDF.
/hh

Two different verification E-Mails

Hi,
in BC, there are two different verification E-Mails. When setting up a Newsletter-campaign, there is an Autoresponder which is send to my subscribers, telling them to double-opt-in by pointing to a verification link ( {tag_varificationurl} ) This link is customizable. ( {tag_varificationurl,my own text here} ). But there is another E-Mail to verify the subscription, its under : Site-Manager -> System-Emails -> E-Mail-Marketing (Doppelt-Opt-in Email). There is a difference to customize the verification link in here.
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That's correct. Two finger pinch/zoom doesn't work in mail. You can zoom the whole screen by holding CNTL while you scroll up on the mouse or trackpad. CNTL scroll down to unzoom.
Regards,
Captfred

How can I make a catalog request form?

We have a catalog that we mail out to our customers. How can I make a form in BC that I can include on my site that will take the customers information and put it somewhere that will let me export that information once a month or so for mailings? Any ideas? Thanks.
Josh

Hi Josh,
You sure can!
Couple options I can see...
1) Have customer fill out a subscription form that will add them automatically to a mailing list after submitting.
2) Update the purchase form to subscribe customers to a mailing list after purchase.
In either case you just need to select the list you want the custom to be subscribed into within the web form. You can export the list or set-up a newsletter campaign to these specific customers.
Another option is to run a customer/order report based on your filters. Then use the subscribe option to add the group of customers into an existing mailing list.
Hope this helps!
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Turn off Autogrid in Pages...

I am having problems setting up a newsletter in Pages. I am not able to place graphics exactly where I want them. Is there a way to turn the Autogrid feature off in Pages?
I tried Pica and Point to get smaller units... Autogrid

John,
Your question would be best if it had its own topic. Especially since this is a pretty old thread. I'll ask the hosts to move it to its own topic if they can.
As for turning off the autogrid in Pages, it can't be done, but you can over-ride it. Try moving floating objects using the arrow keys or by holding down the ⌘ key while moving the objects with the mouse.

I have created a newsletter in indesign cs4 how can I set zooms for each article for the user

I have created a e-newsletter in Indesign. I have successfuly saved it as a SWF then as a PDF from acrobat.
The problem is that when the user zooms in the resolution is not good.
How can I let the user zoom in to read each article. Would I create buttons with zoom settings for each article. If this is the case do I do it in Indesign or Flash and can I still save it as a PDF file and it will keep the interactivity?
I would greatly appreciate any help with this issue. It is driving me mad trying to get the information I need.
Thank you

Hi Bob
Dont know what you mean by deleting my signature in the forum. Sorry its my
first time using a forum.
So just to confirm if I want a user to zoom in on an article I can't do it
in Indesign or Flash.
cheers
PAMELA
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You don't. There are third party solutions available for that. Sorry but I
don't have any links handy right now.
And please delete your signature...it's making a mess of the forum display
of your posts.
Bob

Hi guys i really need help with a newsletter set up

so my newsletter that i am having difficulty with is 4 pages with a 3 column and each page needs to have a headline and sub headline the problem i am having is creating enough space for the sub headline with enough room for the text i was wondering if anyone has a mock set up file that i could use to see where my margins are off by any help will be greatly appreciated. oh and the size is 8.5x11 mine just doesn't seem to look right.

Alright. I'll ask what I'm sure everyone else is wondering...
Have you ever done this before? Have you opened a book or watched a video?
I'm not trying to be a jerk, but the questions you're asking are so basic that I'm a bit concerned about what's going to happen when you run across something complicated.
I strongly suggest that you buy Sandee Cohen's Visual Quick Start Guide. About $23 at Amazon: http://bit.ly/cO6rsz.
You should also consider a month to month subscription to Lynda.com. At $25/month it's a bargain.
Bob

Newsletter Template / Page set up for print

Hi,
I'm in the process of creating a template for a newsletter, and am not sure how best to start with formating this template so it will be suitable for sending to a printers for a run of about 500 copies each time.
The newsletter will be A4 in size, and will consist of about 12 pages each issue.
Does that mean that I would create an A3 Pages document, and apply 2 pages of the newsletter to this, so it can be folded to create an A4 'book'? Can Pages deal with auto page numbers like this? Or am I pushing it too far?
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I know Pages isn't an ellaborate DTP application, but we're using it so it can be easily used by someone in our organisation.
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c

Number one rule of commercial printing:
Speak to your printer BEFORE you do anything.
Your printer will tell you what their requirements are.
That almost certainly is not a Pages document and usually is not imposed.
Normally these days it is a pdf file in a format acceptable to the Printer, which is not easy with Pages/OSX.
1. Pages/OSX does not produce pdfs conforming with the PDF/X standard required for commercial offset or digital printing
2. Pages does not have bleeds or crop marks. You will have to construct those in oversize sheets (add an extra 10mm all round to do this)
3. Pages does not have slugs to aid the printer in accurately positioning and controlling the printed sheets, you can add your own or find prebuilt pdfs or leave it to the Printer's imposition software to add.
4. Pages/OSX does not use spot colors if you need those, but will let you add pdf elements that contain spot colors. This will produce more than the standard 4 cmyk plates, but not less.
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6. Pages does not manage either resolution or cmyk well. Although this can be overcome with a great deal of manual work, it is very easy to miss exceptions and make mistakes because Pages does not flag problems nor allow systematic use of named accurate color samples/profiles.
A great many of the problems are due to the way has Pages been written but many others are due to what Apple has done/not done with OSX. There is other low cost software such as Swift Publisher which overcomes most (but not all) of the problems either internally or countering those in OSX.
The usual tools of the trade that do deliver accurate Print ready PDFs are Adobe Indesign and Quark Xpress. Both are expensive and require knowledge and skill to achieve accurate results.
It is normal to vet a pdf file through a program like Acrobat Pro to check for errors so that you can correct them before go to the very expensive press run.
There is only one low cost easy to use software that I currently know of that truly delivers on accurate commercial printing, that is Serif PagePlus X7 and unfortunately that is not available for OSX, but you can use it on a Mac running Windows in emulation.
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