Re: Email template names

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1997


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 12570
interpreted = N
texte = At 10:32 PM 7/19/97, altered the fabric of cyberspace, writing:Jerry,There seems to be good news and bad news here.> Hi Grant (or anyone who knows the answer), > > In the old WebMerchant Lite there were three names you could use for the > text of emails. They were CustomerTemplate, OrdersTemplate and > PurchaseTemplate. Does WebCatalog 2.0 look for the same file names for > the Emailer program to send. >I don't know about the 'old' program. I got started here in the future.> The reason I ask is that Emailer seems only to send the ThankYou.txt > template and nothing else i. e. not the Fulfillment.txt template. It also > sends me three copies of each order, and each has a different number in > the EmailCompleted folder. >The good news: WebCat finds Emailer and sends mail. This means that WebCat and Emailer are setup correctly.You can use the [SendMail] tag to send any form base or data base information you wish.First check your WEBDNA to see that you are addressing the mail correctly. Since you are getting 'three' copies, it seems to me that you are sending three copies of some file information and that they are just not being addressed correctly.[SendMail to=[v.email]&subject=Thank You for Ordering!&from=Sales@YourDomain.com] Form information and [xxxtags][/SendMail]In the above [v.email] comes from a form varable, it can come from a db record or you can just put in a e-mail address.You can use multiple [SendMail] commands for a single form. Often a single form needs to be sent to more than one person. Just repeat the [SendMail] and change the addressing.In your case Jerry, it seems that you are using one [SendMail] tag and three forms. All three are being sent, but just to you.> A little summary on this issue would be very helpful to us all, I suspect. >I hope that this will get you going.<--Glenn-->~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Glenn & Renee Davis Exclusively Web / Net Highway (916) 887-0678 Web Page Design / Hosting Services POB 157, Cool,CA 95614-0157 http://www.ExclusivelyWeb.com http://www.Net-Hwy.com &&& ||| (@ @) (@ @) ----------------------------ooO---U---Ooo---------------ooO--(_)--Ooo------->> Mailto:renee@Net-Hwy.com Mailto:glenn@Net-Hwy.com Mailto:renee@ExclusivelyWeb.com Mailto:glenn@ExclusivelyWeb.com Graphics Design Webmaster Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Email template names (Grant Hulbert 1997)
  2. Re: Email template names (Glenn Davis 1997)
  3. Email template names ( 1997)
At 10:32 PM 7/19/97, altered the fabric of cyberspace, writing:Jerry,There seems to be good news and bad news here.> Hi Grant (or anyone who knows the answer), > > In the old WebMerchant Lite there were three names you could use for the > text of emails. They were CustomerTemplate, OrdersTemplate and > PurchaseTemplate. Does WebCatalog 2.0 look for the same file names for > the Emailer program to send. >I don't know about the 'old' program. I got started here in the future.> The reason I ask is that Emailer seems only to send the ThankYou.txt > template and nothing else i. e. not the Fulfillment.txt template. It also > sends me three copies of each order, and each has a different number in > the EmailCompleted folder. >The good news: WebCat finds Emailer and sends mail. This means that WebCat and Emailer are setup correctly.You can use the [sendmail] tag to send any form base or data base information you wish.First check your WEBDNA to see that you are addressing the mail correctly. Since you are getting 'three' copies, it seems to me that you are sending three copies of some file information and that they are just not being addressed correctly.[SendMail to=[v.email]&subject=Thank You for Ordering!&from=Sales@YourDomain.com] Form information and [xxxtags][/SendMail]In the above [v.email] comes from a form varable, it can come from a db record or you can just put in a e-mail address.You can use multiple [sendmail] commands for a single form. Often a single form needs to be sent to more than one person. Just repeat the [sendmail] and change the addressing.In your case Jerry, it seems that you are using one [sendmail] tag and three forms. All three are being sent, but just to you.> A little summary on this issue would be very helpful to us all, I suspect. >I hope that this will get you going.<--Glenn-->~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Glenn & Renee Davis Exclusively Web / Net Highway (916) 887-0678 Web Page Design / Hosting Services POB 157, Cool,CA 95614-0157 http://www.ExclusivelyWeb.com http://www.Net-Hwy.com &&& ||| (@ @) (@ @) ----------------------------ooO---U---Ooo---------------ooO--(_)--Ooo------->> Mailto:renee@Net-Hwy.com Mailto:glenn@Net-Hwy.com Mailto:renee@ExclusivelyWeb.com Mailto:glenn@ExclusivelyWeb.com Graphics Design Webmaster Glenn Davis

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