nopCommerce Tips: Sending a Newsletter with nopCommerce

Last Updated on Tuesday, 23 October 2012 03:37 Written by Carole Bennett Sunday, 21 October 2012 12:00

nopCommerce allows site visitors to leave their e-mail addresses to be contacted for promotions, sales and the like. You have the option to allow non-registered users to use this subscription system, in the interests of encouraging them to become regular customers. The question is: now that you have those names and e-mail addresses, what are you going to do with them? We’ll cover how to convert those subscribers into buyers with nopCommerce.

Log into your nopCommerce instance as an admin, and navigate to the Administration section. There, select “Promotions”>”Campaigns”. I know, I know, it would make more sense to say “Newsletters”, but bear with me. This interface was designed to allow you to send out as much or as little as needed to your customers, so “Campaigns” it is.

Understanding the phpFox Admin Control Panel

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 May 2012 12:32 Written by Stephanie Brown Saturday, 26 May 2012 12:00

This article focuses on the basic sections and features of the phpFox admin control panel (admincp).

The Dashboard is the first page you see when you login to your admincp.  This page will show you basic site statistics for the day, which admins are currently active, and the latest news and updates from phpFox itself.

A key feature of this page is the AdminCP Notes box.  This text box can be used to keep whatever notes are important to you, I have used it when setting up a site to keep track of what has been done and what still needs to be done.  I have also used it to keep track of banned members and why they have been banned, ip addresses of spammers, members that have been warned, and even members that I thought might be worthy of a promotion to moderator of the site.

mojoPortal Tips: Creating a Custom Newsletter Template

Last Updated on Monday, 7 May 2012 04:27 Written by Carole Bennett Saturday, 12 May 2012 12:00

So – you’ve got your mojoPortal website set up, you’ve been creating great content on your blog, people like what you’ve got to say, and once you set up your newsletter subscription, you’ve got people who’ve signed up to receive your newsletter. Now it’s time to get on the ball and get your newsletter template created, and send out that newsletter!

In mojoPortal Tips: Sending Newsletters to Your Subscribers, Part 1 and Part 2, we covered how to send out a newsletter to your subscribers. Before you do that, you’ll need to create a template that’s optimized for your needs.

mojoPortal comes with two default templates; “business1″ and “template1″. You can either start with these, or use your own. TemplatesBox provides a great selection of free newsletter templates, in a wide variety of styles and colors to work with your branding and site design.

mojoPortal Tips: Sending Newsletters to Your Subscribers, Part 2

Last Updated on Monday, 9 April 2012 05:03 Written by Carole Bennett Tuesday, 27 March 2012 12:00

In Part 1, we left off with creating a newsletter instance, and adding the Newsletter Subscription feature to your website. We will pick up from there, with the assumption that you already have some subscribers, because you have introduced it with a compelling description and made it easy for them to subscribe.

1.  Log into your mojoPortal instance as an administrator
2. Click “Administration” on the grey admin bar at the bottom of your screen
3.  Click the “Newsletter Administration” link

mojoPortal Tips: Sending Newsletters to Your Subscribers, Part 1

Last Updated on Tuesday, 6 March 2012 03:32 Written by Carole Bennett Sunday, 11 March 2012 12:00

There are a lot of really great newsletter services out there, such as Constant Contact, iContact, and Vertical Response. However, if you’re wanting a solution that’s already integrated into your current workflow, you might find mojoPortal’s built-in Newsletter feature worth a try.

In today’s article, let’s go through the steps to create a newsletter instance, and make it visible to your users to subscribe to.

1) Log into your mojoPortal instance as an administrator

2) Click “Administration” on the grey admin bar at the bottom of your screen

3) Click the “Newsletter Administration” link