How to edit a Subscribe 2 Newsletter with Dreamweaver

Log into your Subscribe 2 administration via your web browser:

• Click on Show Templates in the left navigation
• Click on ‘Edit’ Fall/Winter newsletter in our example - or any existing newsletter template
  
  
  
• Open Macromedia Dreamweaver if it’s not already open
  
• Select ‘File’ – ‘New’ from the top navigation – select ‘Basic page’ and ‘HTML’ in the window that opens and then click on ‘Create’
  
  
  
  
• Click on ‘File’ - ‘Save as’ – name it something descriptive for that page and save to your hard drive (navigate to a folder/location of your choice)
  
  
  
  
  
• Back in your browser window in the Subscribe 2 administration area:
  Place your cursor in the html field and press Ctrl and ‘a’ (select all) and then Ctrl and ‘c’ (copy):
  
  
  
  
• In Dreamweaver:
• Click on code view
  
  
  
• Place your cursor in the html field and press Ctrl and ‘a’ (select all) and then Ctrl and ‘v’ (Paste)
  
• Save your file and click on Design view – your page should look something like the below:
  
  
  
• Make your editorial changes to the copy of the page –make sure to leave Hello %name% and %unsubscribe% alone – those places will be filled with the recipients name and unsubscribe information when the newsletter is published.
  
• You can edit your links in Dreamweaver by highlighting the text you want to serve as a link and writing the COMPLETE URL (http://www.your-site.com/page.html) into the links box in the properties window at the bottom – you can cut and paste the URL’s from your browsers address bar (navigate to the page on your site you want the link to go to)– makes it easier.
  
  
  
• Save the file again when you are done with all your edits.
• Click on code view
  Place your cursor in the html field and press Ctrl and ‘a’ (select all) and then Ctrl and ‘c’ (copy)
  
  
  
  
• Back in your browser window in the Subscribe 2 administration area:
  Place your cursor in the html field and press Ctrl and ‘a’ (select all) and then Ctrl and ‘v’ (paste)
• In the ‘Template Name/Identifier box type in a new name for your updated newsletter
• Change the Subject line to reflect the new name
• Click ‘Save’
• Your new newsletter is now listed – click on ‘preview’ to see what it will look like in the email version – if everything is the way you want it to, you can proceed to mailing your newsletter.
  

Mailing your Subscribe 2 Newsletter

• In the left navigation click on ‘Create Mailing’
• Select the newsletter you want to mail out from the drop down window and click on ‘next’
  
  
  
• Click on ‘Continue’ in the next screen, if you want to send the letter out to everybody on your list.
• Click on ‘Send’
  
  
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