The procedure for creating an email message template is the same for all available messages. In order to start creating a template, choose the desired message type in the list by clicking on the Add button next to its name.
Figure 371: Creating a template (step 1/2)
The following screen will be displayed.
Figure 372: Creating a template (step 2/2)
The following parameters are available inside this screen:
Email Subject field for setting the subject of the email message (e.g. Your registration was successful!)
Email Reply to field for entering the email address you would like your customers to reply to
Email Text text area for defining the body of the email message (note: the merge fields are used within the text area see below)
Merge Fields fields used for customizing your email messages by entering further information about event name, fees, location, etc.; in order to add a merge field double click on the desired merge field and it will be added to the email template (see section Definition of merge fields for complete definition of all available merge fields )
For example: if you want to setup email template so that the message sent to the user contains first name for each of the recipient, double click the First_Name merge field; as a result, each email recipient/user will be addressed by his first name
Email Format pull down menu for choosing the email format which can be:
Text Email select this option if you want to send emails in text format
HTML Email select this option if you want to send emails in HTML format (note: this also enables you to use WYSIWYG editor options for formatting the text)
Text and HTML Email select this option if you want to send email messages both in text and HTML formats
Test template click on this button to test the template layout; you will be taken to the preview screen
Create Template click on this button to create this template and start sending email messages based on this template