Introduction

 

You may enter preset dynamic codes in a message (see chapter 6.4):

${online_version_url}$ = ” if this message does not display correctly, click here”.
${taf_url}$ = “tell a friend about this group”

 

 

Objective

 

To insert the “taf_url” code in the body of the mail in order to allow users to tell their friends about the group and to deploy this type of mail correctly with ContactLab.

 

 

Entering the code

 

The taf_url code (“taf” stands for “tell a friend”) has the same syntax as all the other dynamic codes of ContactLab:

${taf_url}$

 

It may be inserted in any part of the body of the message (both html and text-only).

For example (html):

 

<p><a href=”${taf_url}$”>Click here</a> to tell a friend about this group.</p>

 

or (txt):

To tell a friend about this group, click on this link: ${taf_url}$

 

When the mail is read by the user, the taf_url code acts as a link to a form: the user may use this form to inform other email addresses (up to 10) about the group.
The friends who have been told about the group will receive a mail with the required message and a link to the static version (html document) of the message.

 

 

Sending a message with taf_url

 

As previously mentioned, the friends who have been told about the group will receive a mail with the required message and a link to the static version (html document) of the message. You will then have to publish the static version of the message online from ContactLab.

 

The correct procedure is shown below.

In Create > New Campaign, after entering the body of the message containing the taf_url in the “Message contents” sheet, click on Next at the bottom of the page.

The Summary sheet will contain a warning message in red:

 

ATTENTION: web publication is required

 

fig 1

 

In the box “Web-publishing options” (fig 1) it is possible to:

– Upload a custom template

– To define the publication URL. The system by default set the object of the campaign.

It is possible to rename the page, the important thing is that there is always the extension file .html

– You can see the overview of the web version that will be seen by the friend who will receive the email.

– Edit the actual template with the html editor.

 

If you don’t Publish on the web the TAF link is not going to work.

 

Multilingual form

 

 

if you want to display the form in other languages you have to add to ${taf_url}$ a language code with the following syntax:

${taf_url}$&lang=en

 

The available languages are:

 

&lang=de = german

&lang=en = english

&lang=es = spanish

&lang=fr = french

&lang=it = italian