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DREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuide3ContentsPreface7OverviewofListGenerator9AboutPreferenceCenterandMini-Forms10RelationshipBetweenTemplates,ProfileFields,andForms11ProcessofImplementingListGenerator12AbouttheImplementation12DescriptionoftheImplementationProcess12ConfiguringListGenerator15SettingUpandConfiguringListGenerator16ConfiguringListGeneratorSettings16AbouttheDNSSetting17SpecifyingtheLevelofAuthentication17SettingUserPrivileges18ChoosingProfileFieldsinDREAMmail19ChoosingProfileFieldsattheClient-Level19ChoosingProfileFieldsattheSite-Level19MakingMailingListsAccessibletoListGenerator20GuidelinesforMakingMailingListsaccessibletoListGenerator20ModifyingMailingListProperties20CreatingCampaignsforListGenerator21CreatingcampaignsforListGenerator21CreatingNotificationTriggeredMessagesforListGenerator22AboutNotificationTriggeredMessages22HowManyNotificationTriggeredMessagesShouldICreate23Contents4DREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuideCreatingNotificationTriggeredMessagesforListGenerator23AccessingtheMessagesWindow23EnteringMessageInformation24ComposingaTriggeredMessage24ConfiguringMessageSettings25ContentsofMessageBody26AboutEventVariables26EventvariablesinNotificationTriggeredMessages26NewProfileMessage27ProfileUpdatedMessage27NewPasswordMessage29EmailChangeConfirmationMessage29Unsubscribe/SubscribeMessage30EncryptingaSubscriber'sEmailAddressinURLsThatYouSend30TrackingUnsubscribesbyMessage32Prerequisites32ModifyingLoginandProfilePagesinPreferenceCenterFormsandMini-Forms.
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32ActivatingtheTrackingofUnsubscribesbyMessage32BuildingthePreferenceCenter35CreatingFormsinDREAMmail36DecidingtoUsePreferenceCenterFormsorMini-Forms36AboutListGeneratorFormManager36DevelopingHTMLTemplatesforListGenerator37PagesandHTMLTemplates37AutomaticMappingofProfileFieldsandMailingLists37RulesandGuidelinesforCreatingHTMLTemplates38HTMLElementsandAttributesinTemplate38AboutHTMLTemplates39GuideforTrackingUnsubthroughSSLGMini-Forms39CreatingHTMLPagesUsingPreferenceCenterForms40ProcessofBuildingaPreferenceCenterUsingPreferenceCenterForms40ConfiguringaPreferenceCenterUsingPreferenceCenterForms41CreatingaLoginPageUsingPreferenceCenterForms43TwoFormsonaSingleLoginPage43CreatingtheHTMLTemplateforaLoginPagewithTwoFormsonOnePage44HTMLTemplateLoginPageExample45SettinguptheLoginFormforTwoFormsonOnePage47TwoFormsonTwoSeparateLoginPages48CreatingtheHTMLTemplateforaLoginPagewithTwoFormsonTwoSeparatePages49ExampleoftheHTMLTemplateofaLoginPage50SettinguptheLoginFormforTwoFormsonTwoPages52SingleFormonaSingleLoginPage53CreatinganHTMLTemplateforaLoginPagewithOneFormonOnePage54ExampleoftheHTMLTemplateofaLoginPage55SettinguptheLoginPageFormforOneFormonOnePage55ContentsDREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuide5CreatingaProfilePageUsingPreferenceCenterForms58CreatinganHTMLTemplatefortheProfilePage58HTMLTemplateProfilePageExample59SettinguptheFormfortheProfilePageUsingPreferenceCenterForms60CreatingaPasswordChangePageUsingPreferenceCenterForms62CreatinganHTMLTemplateforthePasswordChangePage62HTMLTemplatePasswordChangePageExample63SettinguptheFormforthePasswordChangePage64CreatingaNotificationPageUsingPreferenceCenterForms65CreatinganHTMLTemplateforaNotificationpage65HTMLTemplateNotificationPageExample65SettinguptheFormforaNotificationPageUsingPreferenceCenterforms66CreatingHTMLPagesUsingMini-Forms69BuildingaPreferenceCenterUsingMini-Forms69ConfiguringaPreferenceCenterUsingMini-Forms70CreatingaProfilePageUsingMini-Forms71CreatinganHTMLTemplatefortheProfilePage72HTMLTTemplateProfilePageExample73SettinguptheFormforaProfilePageUsingMini-Forms74CreatingaNotificationPageUsingMini-Forms76CreatinganHTMLTemplateforaNotificationPage76HTMLTemplateNotificationPageExample77SettinguptheFormforaNotificationPageUsingMini-Forms77TestingandPublishingPreferenceCenterFormsandMini-Forms80TestingaPreferenceCenter80PublishingPreferenceCenterFormsorMini-forms81Contents6DREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuideDREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuide7PrefaceAboutthisGuideThisguideispartofthesetofdocumentsthatdescribeDREAMmail.
ThisguideisintendedforusersresponsibleforsettinguptheListGeneratorfeature.
ListGeneratorisacustomeracquisitiontoolthathelpstoincreasethesizeandnumberofmailinglistsbyenablingyoutocreatewebpagesthatinteractwiththeDREAMmaildatabase.
ListGeneratorcanbeaself-servicetooloritcanbeimplementedbytheEpsilonSolutionServicesteam.
ThisdocumentdescribeshowtouseListGeneratorinself-servicemode.
Toperformthetasksdescribedinthisdocument,youmusthaveadministratorprivileges,whichallDREAMmailcustomersmightnothave.
Ifyoudonothavetheappropriateprivileges,someofthesetasksarehandledbyyourEpsilonrepresentative.
ListGeneratorcancapturesubscriptionsfromformsthatyousetuponyourwebsite.
Youcanalsouseittocollectopt-ininformation,demographicdata,andindividualcustomerpreferences.
Then,youcanusethisinformationtomanagemailinglists,helpsubscribersupdatetheirpreferences,andfilterandcustomizemessagesinemailcampaigns.
ThisguideassumesthatyouhaveknowledgeoftheterminologyandconceptsofDREAMmailandthatyouhaveintermediatetoadvancedHTMLprogrammingskills,withexperiencecreatingformsandtheabilitytoimplementclient-sidescripting(forexample,JavaScript).
Inaddition,theimplementationofListGeneratorrequirestheknowledgeofEpsilon'sprivacypolicy(seehttp://www.
epsilon.
com/epsilonstatic/privacy.
html.
Preface8DREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuideHowthisGuideisOrganizedThisguideisdividedintothefollowingsections:RelatedDocumentsRelateddocumentsinclude:DREAMmail5.
0UserGuideDREAMmail5.
0Real-TimeMessagingGuideDREAMmail5.
0AdManagerUserGuideDREAMmail5.
0ProgrammingGuideDREAMmail5.
0AdvancedMessagingGuideConventionsUsedinthisGuideThefollowingconventionsareusedinthisguide:SectionDescriptionOverviewofListGeneratorProvidessomebackgroundinformationonListGenerator,describesthecomponentsthatyouusetobuildapreferencecenter,anddiscussestheprocessofimplementingself-serviceListGenerator.
ConfiguringListGeneratorExplainsthesettingsthatmustbeconfiguredinListGeneratorandDREAMmail,andthetasksthatyouperformtosetupyourprofilefields,mailinglists,campaigns,andmessagesthatyouusetobuildapreferencecenter.
BuildingthePreferenceCenterExplainshowtobuildtheHTMLpagesofaListGeneratorusingeitherpreferencecenterormini-formsandHTMLtemplates.
ConventionUseBoldfacefontMenuoptions,buttonnames,keywordsCourierfontCodeexamplesItalicfontSectionanddocumenttitlesDREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuide9OverviewofListGeneratorListGeneratorisacustomer-acquisitiontoolthathelpsyoumanagemailinglistsbycapturingsubscriptions,unsubscriptions,preferences,andpersonalprofileinformationfromsubscribersandpotentialsubscriberswhoenterdataintoHTMLformsthatyoumakeavailableonyourwebsite.
TheHTMLpagesonyourwebsitethatcontaintheseformsarereferredto,collectively,asapreferencecenter.
ByusingListGeneratortocreatetheseforms,youenablesubscribersandpotentialsubscriberstoenterregistrationorpreferencedatainyourwebsite,whichsubsequentlyupdatesdataintheDREAMmaildatabase.
ApreferencecenterconsistsofoneormoreHTMLpages,dependingonyourneeds.
Youcancreatemultiplepreferencecenters.
Ifyourbusinessrequiresit,youcancreateaseparatepreferencecenterforeachsitethatyourun.
YoucreateapreferencecenterusingHTMLtemplatesandpreferencecenterormini-formsthatyousetupinDREAMmail.
Then,youassociatethetemplates,theforms,andprofilefieldsinDREAMmailtocreatethepageswheresubscriberscanupdatetheirpreferences.
"RelationshipBetweenTemplates,ProfileFields,andForms"onpage11providesadditionalinformation.
ThischapterprovidesanoverviewofListGeneratorandprovidesthefollowinginformation:AboutPreferenceCenterandMini-FormsProcessofImplementingListGeneratorOverviewofListGenerator10DREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuideAboutPreferenceCenterandMini-FormsBothpreferencecenterandmini-formsprovidethemeansofcollectingdatafromthepreferencecenterofyourwebsite.
Theoverallprocessforcreatingthepreferencecenteristhesameregardlessofwhetheryouusepreferencecenterormini-forms.
However,therearesomedifferencesintheformsandwhatyoucandowiththem.
Thetypeofformthatyouchoosetoimplementdependsonyourbusinessneeds:PreferencecenterformsallowsyoutocreateHTMLpageswithembeddedformsthatcanbepasswordprotected.
Preferencecenterformsaretypicallyusedbymarketersbecausetheseformsallowmoreregistration-typedatatobecollected.
Epsilonhostspreferencecentersthatarecreatedusingpreferencecenterforms.
Mini-formsallowyoutocreateHTMLpageswithembeddedformsthatcannotbepasswordprotected.
Mini-formsaretypicallyusedfornewslettersubscriptionswhichdonotneedasmuchprofiledata—onlyemailaddressandsubscriptioninformation—anddonotrequirepasswordprotection.
Youhostpreferencecentersthatarecreatedusingmini-forms.
AsaDREAMmailadministrator,orastandarduserwiththeappropriateprivileges,youcanuseListGeneratortocreateyourownpreferencecenterformsormini-forms.
"CreatingFormsinDREAMmail"onpage36providesadditionalinformation.
Note:MaintenanceofexistingMiniforms/Preferencecenters:AfterchangingalllinksandURLsonpageshostedonyourwebsite,youdonotneedtore-publishyourPreferenceCentersorMiniformsinDREAMmail.
Thechangesmadeinthebackendwillbesufficienttoinsurefunctionality.
However,shouldyoudecidetore-publishaformforanyreason,forexample,becauseyoueditedthecontent,pleasebeawarethattheDREAMmailUIwillshowtheoldgenericDNSsetting(http://lgapp.
edc.
dartmail.
netorhttp://prefctr.
ddc.
dartmail.
net).
TheseDNSsettingsmustbechangedtothenewsettings(http://lgapp.
eu.
epidm.
netandhttp://prefctr.
na.
epidm.
net)respectivelyinthecourseofediting.
WerecommendyouthoroughlytestanySelf-ServiceListGeneratorFormifyouedititaftertheDNSchangewascomplete.
OverviewofListGeneratorDREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuide11RelationshipBetweenTemplates,ProfileFields,andFormsTobuildapreferencecenter,afteryouconfigureListGeneratorandDREAMmail,youdevelopHTMLtemplates,createpreferencecenterformsormini-forms,anduploadthetemplatestoDREAMmailsothatyoucanassociatethemwiththeformsyoucreatedandtheprofilefieldsinthedatabase.
Figure:HTMLtemplatesareuploadedtoDREAMmailandareassociatedwithpreferencecenterformsormini-forms,whicharemappedtoprofilefieldsinthedatabasetocreateapreferencecenter.
OverviewofListGenerator12DREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuideProcessofImplementingListGeneratorThissectionincludesthefollowingtopics:AbouttheimplementationDescriptionoftheimplementationprocessAbouttheImplementationTobeginplanningtheimplementationofListGenerator,thereissomeinformationthatyoushouldknowbeforeyougetstarted:ListGeneratorcanbeimplementedasaself-servicetool.
However,yourEpsilonrepresentativemustenablethisfeatureforyou.
Youwillneedadedicatedprogrammingresourcetoimplementthisfeature.
ThispersonwillworkwithyourEpsilonrepresentativetoconfigureListGeneratorandcreateandmaintaintheHTMLpagesonyourwebsite.
ThetimerequiredtoimplementListGeneratorvariesdependingonyourrequirementsandsystemsetup;planatleasttendays.
ThisdoesnotincludethetimerequiredtodevelopyourHTMLpages,which,dependingontheircomplexity,couldtaketwotothreeweeks.
ListGeneratorrequiresconfigurationofadomainname,orDNS(DomainNameSystem).
TheDNSmapsyourIPaddresstoamoreeasilyrememberedname,thedomainname.
ThedomainwhereyouimplementListGeneratormustbedifferentfromthedomainyouuseformailing.
Werecommendthatitbeasub-domainofyourDREAMmailmailingsub-domain.
TherearefouraspectstoimplementingListGenerator:SetupandconfigurationofDREAMmailDevelopmentoftheHTMLtemplatesCreationofpreferencecenterformsormini-formsTestingandpublishingoftheHTMLpagesthatmakeupthepreferencecenterTheindividualstagesofthisprocessaredescribedbelow.
DescriptionoftheImplementationProcessThetablebelowdescribestheprocessofimplementingListGeneratortocreateapreferencecenter.
StageDescription1RequestthatyourEpsilonrepresentativeenableListGeneratorforyou.
2YourEpsilonrepresentativesetsupyourDNS.
ThesetupoftheDNStakesaminimumoffourbusinessdaysandrequiresanupdatetotheDREAMmailproductiondatabase.
Uptosixadditionaldaysareusedfortherestofsetupandtesting.
Ifyourequireadigitalcertificate,Epsilonpurchasesitonyourbehalf.
Thisrequiresaminimumoftenbusinessdays.
3YouconfigureuserprivilegesandauthenticationsettingsforListGenerator.
"SettingUpandConfiguringListGenerator"onpage16providesdetailedinformation.
OverviewofListGeneratorDREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuide134Determinewhichuserprofilefieldsyouwanttobeavailableinpreferencecenterformsormini-forms.
Decidewhetheryouwantthesefieldstobeavailableattheclient-levelorsite-level.
Toenablevisitorstosubscribeorunsubscribeattheclientlevel,selecttheClientUnsubscribefield.
Toenablevisitorstosubscribeorunsubscribeonlyatthesitelevel,youmustselecttheUnsubscribefieldforeachsite.
"ChoosingProfileFieldsinDREAMmail"onpage19providesdetailedinformation.
Createnewprofilefieldsasnecessary.
5CreatemailinglistsandensurethattheycanbeaccessedinListGenerator.
"MakingMailingListsAccessibletoListGenerator"onpage20providesdetailedinformation.
6Createcampaignsforeachsiteassociatedwiththepreferencecenter.
"CreatingCampaignsforListGenerator"onpage21providesdetailedinformation.
7CreatenotificationtriggeredmessagestobesentinresponsetoeventsthatyouspecifyinListGenerator.
"CreatingNotificationTriggeredMessagesforListGenerator"onpage22providesdetailedinformation.
8DevelopHTMLtemplatesthatyouwilluploadtoListGenerator.
ThesetemplatesareusedtocreatetheHTMLpagesinyourpreferencecenter.
"DevelopingHTMLTemplatesforListGenerator"onpage37providesdetailedinformation.
9Setuppreferencecenterformsormini-formsandassociatethemwithyourHTMLtemplates.
"CreatingHTMLPagesUsingPreferenceCenterForms"onpage40or"CreatingHTMLPagesUsingMini-Forms"onpage69providedetailedinformation.
10Testandpublishtheforms.
"TestingandPublishingPreferenceCenterFormsandMini-Forms"onpage80providesdetailedinformation.
StageDescriptionOverviewofListGenerator14DREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuideDREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuide15ConfiguringListGeneratorBeforeyoucanuseListGenerator,certainsettingsmustbeconfiguredinListGeneratorandDREAMmail.
SomeofthesetaskscanonlybehandledbyaEpsilonrepresentative;othertasksareyourresponsibility.
IfyoudonothaveDREAMmailadministratorprivileges,yourEpsilonrepresentativeworkswithyoutoconfigureListGeneratorandcertainsettingsinDREAMmail.
YoustillhandletheothersetuptasksinDREAMmail.
Thissectioncontainsthefollowingtopics:SettingUpandConfiguringListGeneratorChoosingProfileFieldsinDREAMmailMakingMailingListsAccessibletoListGeneratorCreatingCampaignsforListGeneratorCreatingNotificationTriggeredMessagesforListGeneratorTrackingUnsubscribesbyMessageConfiguringListGenerator16DREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuideSettingUpandConfiguringListGeneratorTherearefourmaintaskstosettingupandconfiguringListGenerator.
TwoofthesetasksarehandledbyaEpsilonrepresentative:enablingListGeneratorandconfiguringtheDNS;andtwoarehandledbyyou:specifyingthetypeofauthenticationyouwanttouseforthepreferencecenter(pagescreatedwithmini-formscannotbepasswordprotected)andsettinguserprivileges.
ThetasksperformedbyyourEpsilonrepresentativerequireyourinputandcollaboration.
Toperformthetasksrequired,youmusthaveDREAMmailadministratorprivileges,whichallDREAMmailcustomersmightnothave.
Ifyoudonothavetheappropriateprivileges,yourEpsilonrepresentativehandlesthesetasks.
ThissectionprovidesinformationonthefourtaskstosettingupListGenerator:ConfiguringListGeneratorSettingsAbouttheDNSSettingSpecifyingtheLevelofAuthenticationSettingUserPrivilegesConfiguringListGeneratorSettingsYourEpsilonrepresentativeworkswithyoutoconfiguretheListGeneratorsettings.
ToconfigureListGeneratorsettings:StepAction1YourEpsilonrepresentativeaccessestheListGeneratorsettingsinDREAMmail.
ClickAdmin>ClientSetup>ListGeneratorConfigurationtab.
2ToenableListGeneratorforyou,yourEpsilonrepresentativeenablestheThisisaListGeneratorClientfield.
3YouchooseoneofthethreeauthenticationlevelsforthepreferencecenterthatyoucreateinListGenerator.
"SpecifyingtheLevelofAuthentication"onpage17providesadditionalinformation.
IfyoudonothaveDREAMmailadministratorprivileges,yourEpsilonrepresentativehandlesthistask.
Note:Ifyoumakeachangetotheauthenticationsettingafteryoucreateandpublishapreferencecenterform,youmustre-publishallformsundertheclient.
Ifyoudonotre-publishtheforms,thepreferencecenterstopsfunctioning.
4YourEpsilonrepresentativeentersthedomaintobeusedforListGeneratorintheDNSSettingsfield.
ThismustbetheDNSthatisregisteredwithEpsilon.
Ifitisnotregistered,youcannotsetupapreferencecenter.
IftheDNSisonasecuresite,Epsilonpurchasesadigitalcertificateonyourbehalf.
"AbouttheDNSSetting"onpage17providesadditionalinformation.
5ClickSave.
ConfiguringListGeneratorDREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuide17AbouttheDNSSettingTheDNSthatyouuseforListGeneratorissetupbyyourEpsilonrepresentativewhousesinformationthatyouprovide.
TheDNSsettingspecifiesthedomainusedbyListGeneratorwhereyourpreferencecenterresides.
Thisdomainmustbedifferentfromtheonethatyouuseforsendingmessages.
Youshoulduniquelybrandallofthedomainsandsub-domainsthatyouuseinDREAMmail.
Epsilonrecommendsthatthesub-domainyouchooseforListGeneratorbeanextensionofyourexistingDREAMmailmailingsub-domain.
Thisensuresthattherearenoprivacyissuesrelatingtothird-partyURLs.
Forexample,ifyourmailingdomainismail.
xyz.
com,yourpreferencecentercouldbesubscribe.
mail.
xyz.
com.
orsubscribe.
xyz.
com.
Bydefault,allformsthatyouusetocreateapreferencecenterinheritthedefaultDNSsetting.
However,whenyoucreatepreferencecenterformsormini-forms,youcanoverwritethedefaultDNSandusespecificDNSsettingsforeachone.
Todothis,youenterthedefaultDNSsettingforListGeneratorandthenwhenyoucreatepreferencecenterformsormini-forms,youentertheadditionalsub-domains.
"AboutListGeneratorFormManager"onpage36providesadditionalinformation.
IfyoudonothavearegisteredDNS,youmustworkwithyourEpsilonrepresentativetodecidehowtoproceed.
Note:ChangeinDNSSetting:PleasebeawarethattheDREAMmailuserinterfacewillshowtheoldgenericDNSsetting(http://lgapp.
edc.
dartmail.
netorhttp://prefctr.
ddc.
dartmail.
net).
TheseDNSsettingsmustbechangedtothenewsettings(http://lgapp.
eu.
epidm.
netandhttp://prefctr.
na.
epidm.
net)respectivelyinthecourseofediting.
WerecommendyouthoroughlytestanySelf-ServiceListGeneratorFormifyouedititaftertheDNSchangewascomplete.
SpecifyingtheLevelofAuthenticationTheauthenticationleveldetermineshowusersaccessapreferencecentercreatedwithpreferencecenterforms.
IntheListGeneratorConfigurationwindow,forthePasswordRequiredfieldyoumustchooseoneofthefollowingthreesettings:Yes(subscribersmustenterapasswordtochangetheirpreferences.
)Ifyouchoosethissetting,thenyoumustspecifyatleastonePasswordRule.
Youcansetanycombinationofthethree.
Youcanrequire:Aminimumlengthofcharactersinapassword;between1and128charactersBothupperandlowercasecharactersbeincludedinapasswordBothalphabeticandnumericcharactersbeincludedinapasswordNo(Pagesarenotpasswordprotected.
)Allsubscriberssharethesameclientauthenticationpassword,whichwillbepassedtolistgeneratorautomaticallyfromtheclient'swebsite.
Ifyouchoosethisoption,agenericpasswordisusedforauthentication.
Youmustenterthepasswordtobeusedautomatically.
Usersarenotpromptedforaloginorpasswordwhentheyaccessthepreferencecenter.
Important:Ifyoumakeachangetotheauthenticationsettingafteryoucreateandpublishapreferencecenterform,youmustre-publishallformsundertheclient.
Ifyoudonotre-publish,thepreferencecenterstopsfunctioning.
ConfiguringListGenerator18DREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuideSettingUserPrivilegesDREAMmailusersmusthaveexplicitpermissiontoaccessListGenerator.
YoumusteithercreatenewuserloginsorupdateexistingloginssothatspecificuserscanaccesstheListGeneratorfeatures.
Youmusthaveadministratorprivilegestoperformthistask.
TosetuserprivilegesinDREAMmail:StepAction1ClickAdmin>UserManager.
2EnsurethattheListGeneratorprivilegesareenabled.
TheListGenerator-relatedprivilegesare:ListGenerator:Create/Modify/DeletePreferenceCenters&Mini-FormsLists:Create/Modify/DeleteListsLists:BrowseLists,ClientandSiteUserProfiles,andClientExclusionRulesMailings:Create/Modify/DeleteTriggerMailingsMailings:NotificationTriggersMailings:RecurringTriggersMailings:ConfirmationTriggers3ClickSaveConfiguringListGeneratorDREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuide19ChoosingProfileFieldsinDREAMmailTomakeprofilefieldsavailableinpreferencecenterformsandmini-forms,inDREAMmailyoumustselectthefieldsthatyouwanttouseattheclient-levelandsite-level.
Toenablevisitorstosubscribeorunsubscribeattheclientlevel,selecttheClientUnsubscribeprofilefield.
Toenablevisitorstosubscribeorunsubscribeonlyatthesitelevel,youmustselecttheUnsubscribeprofilefieldforeachsite.
Rememberthatclient-levelandsite-levelprofilefieldsaremanagedseparately.
Ifyouaresurethatyouwantoneormorefieldstobeaccessibletoallsites,chooseaprofilefieldattheclient-level.
If,however,specificfieldsmustbeexcludedfromasite,besuretochoosetheprofilefieldsatthesite-level.
ChoosingProfileFieldsattheClient-LevelTochooseprofilefieldsattheclient-level:ChoosingProfileFieldsattheSite-LevelTochooseprofilefieldsatthesite-level:StepAction1ClickAdmin>ClientUserProfile.
TheClientLevelProfileFieldswindowopens.
2Choosetheprofilefieldsthatyouwanttobeavailablewhenyoucreatepreferencecenterformsormini-forms.
Usethecheckboxestoindicatewhichprofilefieldsyouwanttoinclude.
Youusethesefieldstocollectuserregistrationdataonyourpreferencecenter.
3ClickSave.
StepAction1ClickAdmin>SiteUserProfile.
TheCustomizeProfileUpdateswindowopens.
2Choosetheprofilefieldsthatyouwanttobedisplayedinyourpreferencecenterformsandmini-forms.
Allprofilefieldsthatyouchooseattheclientlevelareautomaticallyappliedtoallsites.
Youcannotexcludeanyclient-levelprofilefieldsbutyoucanaddprofilefieldsatthesitelevel.
3ClickSave.
ConfiguringListGenerator20DREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuideMakingMailingListsAccessibletoListGeneratorListGeneratormustbeabletoaccessandupdateDREAMmailmailinglists.
ThismeansthatforeachmailinglistthatyouintendtousewithListGenerator,youmustenabletheListGeneratorproperty.
Youcanenablethispropertywhenyoucreateamailinglistforthefirsttimeorwhenyoumodifythepropertiesofanexistingmailinglist.
ThereasonthatmailinglistsneedtobeaccessibletoListGeneratorissothatwhensubscribersmakechangestotheirmailinglistpreferences,ListGeneratorcanupdatethemailinglistsinDREAMmail.
Ifyouimplementsubscriptionandunsubscriptionfeaturesatthemailinglistlevel,thenallapplicablelistsmustbeaccessibletoListGenerator.
Ifyouimplementsubscriptionandunsubscriptionfeaturesatthesiteorclientlevel,youmustmakeallmailinglistsinuseaccessibletoListGenerator.
GuidelinesforMakingMailingListsaccessibletoListGeneratorWhenyoumakemailinglistsaccessibletoListGenerator,keepinmindtheseguidelines:YoushouldonlymakestandardmailinglistsaccessibletoaListGenerator—donotuseapproval,proof,orproofandapprovalmailinglists.
Donotmakeaglobalmailinglist,(onethatissharedwithmultiplesites)accessibletoListGeneratorbecausethiscancauseconflictsinupdatingunsubscriptionandprofiledata.
RememberasyoucreatenewmailingliststomakethemaccessibletoListGenerator.
TheMessageManagementGuideprovidesinformationaboutcreatingmailinglists.
ModifyingMailingListPropertiesToensurethatmailinglistscanbeaccessedbyListGenerator,setorupdatethepropertiesofthemailinglist:StepAction1ClickData>MailingLists.
TheMailingListwindowopens.
2ClicktheViewActionsiconnexttothemailinglistyouwanttomodify.
3SelectProperties.
ThePropertiestabappears.
4MinimizetheMailingListInformationwindowandtheMailingListUserAccesswindow.
TheMailingListPropertieswindowappears.
5ClicktheListGeneratorAccessibleoption.
6ClickSave.
ListGeneratorcannowaccessthemailinglist.
7RepeatforanyothermailinglistsonthissiteandthenonallothersiteswhereyouwantListGeneratortobeabletoupdatemailinglists.
ConfiguringListGeneratorDREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuide21CreatingCampaignsforListGeneratorTokeeptriggeredmessagesorganized,Epsilonrecommendsthatyoucreateaseparatecampaignoneachsiteforthenotificationtriggeredmessagesthatareusedbyapreferencecenter.
Thisallowsyoutopersonalizemessagesforeachsiteandorganizeyourmessagesinamoreintuitivemanner.
ThestepsforcreatingacampaignaresimilartothoseyoufollowtocreateanyothercampaignexceptthataListGeneratorcampaigncannotrequireprooforapproval.
CreatingcampaignsforListGeneratorTocreateacampaignforuseinListGenerator:StepAction1ClickCampaignsmenuitem.
TheCampaignsListwindowopens.
2ClickNew.
TheCampaignInformationwindowopens.
3EnteracampaignnameintheCampaignNamefield.
EnterameaningfulnamesuchasPrefCenterNotification.
4EnteranexpirationdateintheExpirationDatefield.
KeepinmindthatyouwantListGeneratorcampaignstolastaslongaspossible,sothatyouarenotconstantlycreatinganewones.
Setthelengthofthecampaigntoatleastoneyear.
5SetthefieldsintheProofandApprovalMailingListssectionsothatmessagesinthiscampaigndonotrequireapproval.
Triggeredmessagescannotbecreatedincampaignsthatrequireapprovalsoyoumustset:ProofListtoNonespecifiedSendmessagesincampaignforapprovaltonotenabledApprovalListtoNoneSpecifiedApproverEmailAddresstoblank6GototheDefaultEmailAddressessectionandintheFromAddresslist,selecttheaddressthatisusedinallmessagesassociatedwiththiscampaign.
7Ensurethattheotherdefaultaddressesdonothaveaddressesspecified.
SetthefollowingthreefieldstoNoneSpecified:ReplyToSubscribeAddressUnsubscribeAddress8ClickSave.
Thecampaignisdisplayed.
ConfiguringListGenerator22DREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuideCreatingNotificationTriggeredMessagesforListGeneratorNotificationtriggeredmessagesareautomatedmessagessentasconfirmationtosubscriberswhentheycreateorupdatetheirprofile,requestachangeofemailaddress,changesubscriptionpreferences,orregenerateanewpassword.
ListGeneratorusesnotificationtriggeredmessagestosendconfirmationofeventsthatsubscribersperformonthepreferencecenterpages.
AfteryouhavecreatedthesenotificationtriggeredmessagesinDREAMmail,whenyoucreateaNotificationpageforthepreferencecenter,youselecttheappropriatenotificationtriggeredmessagetobeused.
"CreatingaNotificationPageUsingPreferenceCenterForms"onpage65providesadditionalinformation.
Inadditiontosendinganotificationtriggeredmessageinresponsetoanevent,youcanalsospecifyatextmessagetobedisplayedtothesubscriberatthetimeoftheevent.
"CreatingaNotificationPageUsingPreferenceCenterForms"onpage65and"CreatingaNotificationPageUsingMini-Forms"onpage76providesadditionalinformation.
Thissectiondiscussesthefollowingtopics:AboutNotificationTriggeredMessagesHowManyNotificationTriggeredMessagesShouldICreateCreatingNotificationTriggeredMessagesforListGeneratorContentsofMessageBodyAboutEventVariablesNewProfileMessageProfileUpdatedMessageNewPasswordMessageEmailChangeConfirmationMessageUnsubscribe/SubscribeMessageEncryptingaSubscriber'sEmailAddressinURLsThatYouSendAboutNotificationTriggeredMessagesTherearetwokindsoftriggeredmessagesinDREAMmail—notificationtriggeredmessagesandrecurringtriggeredmessages.
ThetriggeredmessagesthatyoucreateforListGeneratormustbenotificationtriggeredmessages.
AnotificationtriggeredmessageisanemailmessagethatDREAMmailsendstosubscriberstoconfirmthatanactionhasbeencompleted.
AllmessagesinDREAMmail,includingnotificationtriggeredmessages,mustbecreatedwithinacampaign.
Youcannotcreatenotificationtriggeredmessagesinacampaignthatrequiresapproval.
Becauseofthis,EpsilonrecommendsthatyoucreateaseparatecampaignforListGeneratormessages,tohelpyoustayorganized.
"CreatingcampaignsforListGenerator"onpage21providesadditionalinformation.
ConfiguringListGeneratorDREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuide23HowManyNotificationTriggeredMessagesShouldICreateThenumberofnotificationtriggeredmessagesthatyoucreatedependsonyourimplementationofListGeneratorandthefunctionalityinyourpreferencecenter.
Youarenotrequiredtocreateorsendanynotificationtriggeredmessages.
Ingeneral,therearefivedifferentnotificationtriggeredmessagesthatcoverthemajorityofsituationswhereyouwanttosendanotificationtriggeredmessageassociatedwithListGenerator:Newprofile—AmessagetonewsubscriberswhologgedintoListGeneratorforthefirsttimeandrequesttobeaddedtoamailinglistProfileupdated—AmessagetosubscriberswhoupdatetheirprofilesorchangesubscriptionsNewpassword—AmessagetosubscriberswhorequestanewpasswordEmailchangeconfirmation—AmessagetothenewemailaddresstoconfirmthatthesubscriberhaschangedhisorheremailaddressUnsubscribe/subscribe—AmessagetonewsubscriberswhosubscribeorexistingsubscriberswhounsubscribefromamailinglistCreatingNotificationTriggeredMessagesforListGeneratorTocreatenotificationtriggeredmessagesforListGenerator:AccessingtheMessagesWindowUsetheMessageswindowtoperformmessagemanagementtasks.
Basicmessagemanagementtasksincludecreating,editing,deleting,andarchivingmessages.
FromtheMessageswindow,youcanspecifythetypeofmessageyouwanttocreateandapplyatemplatetothemessage.
TodisplaytheMessageswindow:StepAction1AccessingtheMessagesWindow.
2EnteringMessageInformation.
3ComposingaTriggeredMessage.
4ConfiguringMessageSettings.
StepAction1ClicktheCampaignsmenuitem.
TheCampaignsListswindowopensdisplayingalistofactivecampaigns.
2ClicktheViewActionsiconlocatednexttothenameofthecampaignyouwanttoopen.
TheViewActionsmenuappears.
3ClickOpen.
TheCampaignsInformationwindowopens.
ConfiguringListGenerator24DREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuideEnteringMessageInformationComposingatriggeredmessageissimilartocomposingastandardmessage.
Youspecifyasubjectline,body(inoneormoreformats),andanypersonalizationthatyouwanttouse.
Toentermessageinformation:ComposingaTriggeredMessageUsetheMessageComposerwindowtocomposeatriggeredmessage.
Tocomposeamessage:4MinimizetheCampaignsInformationwindow.
TheMessageswindowdisplays.
StepActionStepAction1AccessingtheMessagesWindow.
Youcannotcreatetriggeredmessagesinacampaignthathasbeenconfiguredtorequireapproval.
2SelectNotificationTriggeredMessagefromtheNewlist.
Note:IfyouarecomposingatriggeredmessageforRTMorListGenerator,youmustspecifyNotificationTriggeredMessageasthetype.
3ClickNew.
TheMessageInformationwindowdisplays.
4TypeanameforthemessageintheNamefield.
5SelectanitemfromtheTypedrop-downlistifyouwanttoassignatypetothemessage.
ThisfeatureenablesEpsilontoreportonyourtriggeredmessagesonthebasisofthetypeyouspecify.
OthersisthedefaultvalueStepAction1Selectthesender'saddressfromtheFromAddressdrop-downlist.
SelectaFromAddressonlyifyouwanttooverridethedefaultFromAddressspecifiedforthecampaign.
IftheFromAddressthatyouwanttouseisnotdisplayedinthedrop-downlist,youcancreateitintheAddressesmoduleaccessedbyclickingData>Addresses.
2TypeaDisplayNameifyouwanttomodifythewaythatthefromaddressisdisplayedinthemessage.
3TypeasubjectlineforthemessageintheMessageSubjectfield.
Includeanyreferencestodynamicpersonalizationthatyouwanttouse.
Note:Ifyouusedynamicpersonalizationinthesubjectfieldofthemessage,donotentertextafterareferencetoaprofilefield,orcontentsegment.
Ifyoudo,DREAMmailcannotsendyourmessage.
(Youcanentertextonlybeforetheprofilefieldorcontentsegment.
)4Clickthetabthatcorrespondstotheformatinwhichyouwanttocomposethemessageandpositionyourcursorinthecanvasarea.
ForHTML-basedmessages,clicktheHTMLtab.
ConfiguringListGeneratorDREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuide25ConfiguringMessageSettingsUsetheSettingswindowtoconfigureoptionsforyourmessage.
Toconfiguremessagesettings:5Typethecontentforthebodyofthemessage.
6ClickInserttoenterareferencevariableoraSharetoSocialbuttontopersonalizethesubjectorthebodyofthemessage.
Note:Themaximumallowablenumberofclientprofilefieldsfornotificationtriggeredmessagesis512.
Ifthenumberofprofilefieldsfortheclientexceeds512,thenotificationtriggeredmessagewilltimeoutandwillnotbedeployed,ifdesired.
7ClickURLTrackingtoeditURLstobetrackedinthemessageandtoprovidelabelsforyourURLs.
TheURLlabelsareusedinDREAMmailreports.
8ClickCreate.
Aconfirmationmessageappears.
9Configurethemessagesettings.
10ClickthePreviewicontoviewhowyourmessagewillactuallybeinthetextorHTMLformats.
11Armthetriggeredmessage.
StepActionStepAction1SpecifyoneofthefollowingthreeoptionstodeterminewhenDREAMmailsetsacookieonthesubscriber'scomputer:SetonClick—WhenthesubscriberclicksonatrackedURLinthemessage,DREAMmailsetsacookie.
ThisisthedefaultsettingformessagesintextandHTMLformats.
SetonOpen—WhenthesubscriberopensanHTML-formatmessage,DREAMmailsetsacookie.
SetcookieonbothOpenandClick—WhenthesubscriberopensanHTML-formatmessageorclicksonatrackedURLinthemessage,DREAMmailsetsacookie.
2Verifyattachments.
IfyouhadselectedtoattachafiletothemessageintheMessageComposerwindow,thenameoftheattachmentisdisplayedhere.
3VerifytrackedURLs.
IfyouhadselectedtotrackURLstothemessageintheMessageComposerwindow,thenameoftheURLisdisplayedhere.
4Specifythecharacterset.
Sitescanbeconfiguredtosupportmultiplelanguages.
Ifyoursitesupportsmultiplelanguages,youcanchooseacharactersetwithwhichtocomposethemessage.
(Youcannotusemorethanonecharactersetinanindividualmessage.
)Tooverridethedefaultlanguagesettingforasitewhenyoucomposeamessage,specifyadifferentcharactersetforthemessage.
ConfiguringListGenerator26DREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuideContentsofMessageBodyBesidestext,anotificationtriggeredmessagecancontainreferencesandeventvariables.
Referenceslinktocontentsegments,profilefields,oroffertablesandcanbeincludedinmessagestopersonalizethecontentsenttothesubscriber.
Formoreinformationaboutreferencestodynamiccontent,seetheMessageManagementGuide.
Eventvariablesactasplaceholdersforcontentfromaprofilefieldthatispassedaspartofthetriggeringevent;forexample,anemailaddresssenttoasubscriberasconfirmationafterheorsheupdatedanemailaddress.
AboutEventVariablesAneventvariableenablesyoutotakedatafromaprofilefieldandincludeitinamessage.
Thesyntaxofaneventvariableis:#EventVar:#,whereprofilefieldisthenameofanyprofilefieldinDREAMmail.
Forexample,#EventVar:SUBSCRIBE_LIST#canbeusedinamessagesentasconfirmationtoasubscribershowingthemailinglisttowhichheorshejustsubscribed.
WhenyouconfiguretheformusedtocreatetheProfilepage,youcanindicatewhichfieldscanbeusedaseventvariablesinnotificationtriggeredmessages.
"SettinguptheFormfortheProfilePageUsingPreferenceCenterForms"onpage60and"SettinguptheFormforaProfilePageUsingMini-Forms"onpage74providedetailedinformation.
EventvariablesinNotificationTriggeredMessagesTherearedifferenteventvariablesthatareapplicabletoeachofthefivedifferentListGeneratornotificationtriggeredmessages.
Forexample,thenewprofileconfirmationandthesubscription/unsubscriptionmessagesshouldnotincludeeventvariables.
Whenyouincludeeventvariablesinyournotificationtriggeredmessages,rememberthattheyarecase-sensitive.
Thelistthatfollowsshowstheeventvariablesthatcanbeusedineachnotificationtriggeredmessage.
Thedetailsoftheeventvariablesareprovidedinthediscussionsofeachmessage.
newprofilemessage:noeventvariablescanbeused.
profileupdatedmessage:(forclientlevel)FieldName(forsitelevel)SiteName_FieldName5SelectaReplyToAddress,SubscriptionAddress,andUnsubscriptionAddressifyouwanttooverridethedefaultaddressesspecifiedforthecampaign.
Note:SelecttheTrackunsubscribesfromrepliesorTrackunsubscribesfromUnsubscriptionaddresstotrackunsubscribesfromthismessageinyourDeliveryandResponsereport.
6TypethenamethatyouwantdisplayedastheReply-toaddressintheDisplayNametextfield.
StepActionConfiguringListGeneratorDREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuide27SUBSCRIBE_LISTSUBSCRIBE_LIST_HTMLUNSUBSCRIBE_LISTUNSUBSCRIBE_LIST_HTMLLGPASSWORDEMAILADDREncryptedEMAILADDRnewpasswordmessage:ASPURLLGPASSWORDemailchangeconfirmationmessage:EMAILCHANGEURLunsubscribe/subscribemessage:noeventvariablescanbeusedNewProfileMessageYousendanewprofilemessagewhenasubscriberlogsintothepreferencecenterforthefirsttimeandisaddedtoamailinglist.
Youcannotuseeventvariablesinthiskindofnotificationtriggeredmessage.
ExampleofanewprofilemessageNewprofilemessagescontainonlytext.
Youcannotuseprofilefieldsoreventvariablesinanewprofilemessage.
DearSubscriber,Thankyouforsubscribingtoournewsletters.
Youhavebeenaddedtothemailingliststhatyouselectedandwillsoonstarttoreceivetherequestedsubscriptions.
ProfileUpdatedMessageYousendaprofileupdatedmessagewhenasubscriberupdateshisorherprofile,orchangeshisorhersubscriptions.
YoucaninserttheprofilefieldsthatyouflaggedaseventvariablesintothemessagebodyontheProfilePageFieldsMappingpage.
"SettinguptheFormfortheProfilePageUsingPreferenceCenterForms"onpage60and"SettinguptheFormforaProfilePageUsingMini-Forms"onpage74foradditionalinformation.
Youcanalsoincludetheeventvariableslistedbelow.
EventVariableDescriptionClient-level:#EventVar:FieldName#Insertsthespecifiedprofilefieldintothemessagetext.
Site-level:#EventVar:SiteName_FieldName#Insertsthespecifiedprofilefieldintothemessagetext.
ConfiguringListGenerator28DREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuideNote:ThemailinglistnamesthatareinsertedintomessagesbyeventvariablesarethemoreclearandmeaningfulnamesthatyouspecifyintheDisplayNameinNotificationEmailcolumnwhenyoumapprofilefieldsfortheProfilepage.
"SettinguptheFormfortheProfilePageUsingPreferenceCenterForms"onpage60or"SettinguptheFormforaProfilePageUsingMini-Forms"onpage74provideadditionalinformation.
.
ExampleofaprofileupdatedmessageThefollowingexampleofaprofileupdatedmessageusesaprofilefieldtoinsertthenameofthesubscriberandtheeventvariable#EventVar:SUBSCRIBE_LIST#todisplaythenameofthemailingtowhichthesubscribersubscribed.
Dear#FirstName#,Thechangestoyouraccounthavebeenmadeandyouwillnowbeginreceiving#EventVar:SUBSCRIBE_LIST#asyouhaverequested.
#EventVar:LGPASSWORD#Insertsthenewpassword,inplaintext,intothemessagetext.
Note:Forsecurityreasonsthisshouldonlybeusedinthenewpasswordmessagethatissentwhensubscribersresettheirpasswords.
#EventVar:EMAILADDR#Insertsthesubscriber'semailaddressintothemessagetext.
#EventVar:SUBSCRIBE_LIST#Fortext-basedmessages,thiseventvariableinsertsthenamesoftheliststhatthesubscriberhassubscribedtointothemessagetext.
#EventVar:SUBSCRIBE_LIST_HTML#ForHTML-basedmessages,thiseventvariableinsertsthenamesoftheliststhatthesubscriberhassubscribedtointothemessagetext.
#EventVar:UNSUBSCRIBE_LIST#Fortext-basedmessages,thiseventvariableinsertsthenamesofthelistsfromwhichthesubscriberhasunsubscribedintothemessagetext.
#EventVar:UNSUBSCRIBE_LIST_HTML#ForHTML-basedmessages,thiseventvariableinsertsthenamesofthelistsfromwhichthesubscriberhasunsubscribedintothemessagetext.
EventVariableDescriptionConfiguringListGeneratorDREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuide29NewPasswordMessageYousendanewpasswordmessagewhenasubscriberrequestsanewpassword.
Youcanuseprofilefieldsinthemessagebodyandtheeventvariableslistedbelow.
ExampleofanewpasswordmessageThefollowingexampleofanewpasswordmessageusesaprofilefieldtoinsertthenameofthesubscriberandtheeventvariable#EventVar:LGPASSWORD#toprintthesubscriber'spassword.
Dear#FirstName#Yournewpasswordis#EventVar:LGPASSWORD#.
Goto#EventVar:ASPURL#toupdateyourprofile.
EmailChangeConfirmationMessageYousendanemailchangeconfirmationmessagetothenewemailaddresstoconfirmthatthesubscriberhaschangedhisorheremailaddress.
ThesubscriberisrequiredtoconfirmthechangebyclickingonaURLwithin96hours(fourdays)ofreceiptofthisconfirmationmessage.
Intheconfirmationmessage,includeawarningthatexplainsthattheemailaddresschangetakeseffectonlyafterthesubscriberclickstheaddresschangeURLandthattheconfirmationmustbecompletedwithinfourdays.
Theonlyeventvariableallowedinthiskindofmessageis#EventVar:EMAILCHANGEURL#.
Youcannotuseprofilefieldsinthismessage.
ExampleofanemailaddresschangeconfirmationmessageThefollowingexampleofanemailaddresschangeconfirmationmessageprovidesalinkthatthesubscriberclickstoconfirmthechangeofemailaddress.
DearSubscriber,Wehavereceivedyourrequesttochangeyouremailaddress.
Toconfirmyourrequest,pleaseclick#EventVar:EMAILCHANGEURL#andfollowtheinstructionsonline.
Untilyouconfirmyourrequest,allmailwillbesenttoyourpreviousemailaddress.
Ifyoudonotconfirmthisrequestwithinfourdays,youraddresschangewillnottakeeffect.
EventVariableDescription#EventVar:LGPASSWORD#Insertsthenewpasswordintothemessagetext.
Note:Thiseventvariableismandatory.
Ifyoudonotincludeit,theuserdoesnotreceivethenewpasswordasrequested.
#EventVar:ASPURL#InsertstheURLofthepreferencecenter.
EventVariableDescription#EventVar:EMAILCHANGEURL#InsertstheaddresschangeURLthatthesubscribermustclicktoconfirmthatheorshewantstochangeanemailaddress.
ConfiguringListGenerator30DREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuideUnsubscribe/SubscribeMessageAnunsubscribe/subscribemessageissentwhenanewsubscribersubscribesoranexistingsubscriberunsubscribesfromamailinglistfromtheloginpage.
Youcannotuseeventvariablesinthiskindofnotificationtriggeredmessage.
EncryptingaSubscriber'sEmailAddressinURLsThatYouSendWhenasubscriberclicksaURLinanotificationmessagethatwastriggeredbyanaction,anewURLissentbacktothesubscriber.
Whenthesubscriberclicksthelink:Ifthepreferencecenterisnotpassword-protectedoragenericpasswordisused,thesubscriberautomaticallylogsintothepreferencecenterIfuniquepasswordsareimplementedinthepreferencecenter,thesubscriberdoesnotautomaticallyloginIfyouwantsubscriberstobeabletoautomaticallylogintoapreferencecenter,thesubscriber'semailaddressmustbeencryptedintheURLthatyousend;otherwise,theemailaddressisdisplayedintheaddressfieldofthebrowser.
Fromaprivacyperspective,thisisunacceptable.
ThisonlyoccursfornotificationtriggeredmessagesspecifictoListGenerator.
Topreventthesubscriber'semailaddressfrombeingdisplayed,youmustusethe#EncryptedEMAILADDR#eventvariablewhenyoucreatetheURLforthepreferencecenter.
Inaddition,youmustalsousetheDMEmailAddrandDMEmailAddrEncryptedvariablesintheURL.
Thesyntaxforencryptinganemailaddressis:DMEmailAddr=#EventVar:EncryptedEMAILADDR#&DMEmailAddrEncrypted=truewhere:DMEmailAddristhevariableusedtospecifyanemailaddressoreventvariable#EventVar:EncryptedEMAILADDR#istheeventvariableusedtospecifyanencryptedemailaddress&DMEmailAddrEncrypted=trueor&DMEmailAddrEncrypted=falseindicateswhethertheaddressisencrypted.
ExamplesofencryptedandunencryptedemailaddressesinaURLThefollowingexamplesshowURLswithencryptedandunencryptedpasswords.
TheencryptionpresentedintheseexamplesappliesonlytomessagestriggeredbyListGeneratoranddoesnotapplytoanyothertypeofmessagesentbyDREAMmail.
Encryptedhttp://MyWebServer/MyListGenCenterDMEmailAddr=#EventVar:EncryptedEMAILADDR#&DMEmailAddrEncrypted=trueUnencryptedhttp://MyWebServer/MyListGenCenterDMEmailAddr=#EventVar:EmailAddr#&DMEmailAddrEncrypted=falseorConfiguringListGeneratorDREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuide31http://MyWebServer/MyListGenCenterDMEmailAddr=#EventVar:EmailAddr#ConfiguringListGenerator32DREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuideTrackingUnsubscribesbyMessageDREAMmailletsyoutrackunsubscribesbymessagebyincludingamessageIDintheunsubscribelinkinanemailmessage.
Toenabletrackingthroughyourpreferencecenter,youmustmodifythepreferencecenterformsormini-formsthatyouusetocreatetheLoginandProfilepagesofyourpreferencecenter,republishyourpreferencecenterformsormini-forms,andthenactivatethisfeatureinDREAMmaileachtimeyoucreateamessage.
Note:ALoginpageisusedonlyinpreferencecentersthathavebeencreatedbyusingpreferencecenterforms;apreferencecentercreatedbyusingamini-formdoesnotincludeaLoginpage.
PrerequisitesIfyouimplementthetrackingofunsubscribesbymessage,youmustcodeyourHTMLpagesusingaserver-sidelanguage(suchasASP.
NET)regardlessofwhetheryouusepreferencecenterformsormini-forms.
StaticHTMLpagescannotcapturethemessageIDcontainedintheunsubscribelinkandpassthatinformationtoDREAMmail.
ModifyingLoginandProfilePagesinPreferenceCenterFormsandMini-FormsTotrackunsubscribesbymessage,DREAMmailmustbeabletoassociatetheunsubscribedemailaddresstoaspecificmessage.
Todothis,youusetheDMAILVAR_UNSUBvariableasanattributeinanINPUTelementintheLoginandProfilepagesofyourpreferencecenterformsormini-forms.
SyntaxThisisthesyntaxoftheDMAILVAR_UNSUBvariable:">"CreatingaLoginPageUsingPreferenceCenterForms"onpage43,"CreatingaProfilePageUsingPreferenceCenterForms"onpage5853,and"CreatingaProfilePageUsingMini-Forms"onpage71foradditionalinformationonusingthisvariable.
Afteryoumakeanymodificationstopreferencecenterormini-forms,youmustrepublishthem;"TestingandPublishingPreferenceCenterFormsandMini-Forms"onpage80providesadditionalinformation.
ActivatingtheTrackingofUnsubscribesbyMessageAfteryouconfigureyourpreferencecenterformsormini-forms,youcanactivatethetrackunsubscribesbymessagefeatureeachtimeyoucreateamessage.
ToenableDREAMmailtotrackunsubscribesbymessagethroughyourpreferencecenter,setthemessagepropertiesintheMessagemodulewhenyoucreateamessage.
Todothis:StepAction1AccesstheMessagewindow.
"AccessingtheMessagesWindow"onpage23providesdetailedinformation.
2ClickNewtocreateanewmessage.
ConfiguringListGeneratorDREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuide333ClicktheTrackunsubscribesfromListGen/PrefCtroptionintheSettingssection.
TheListGen/PrefCtrURLtextboxdisplays.
4TypetheunsubscribeURLintheListGen/PrefCtrURLtextbox.
Forexample:http://www.
yourcompany.
com/unsubscribe.
aspwherewww.
yourcompany.
comisthedomainthatyourEpsilonrepresentativesetupforyouruseinListGeneratorunsubscribe.
aspisthepageinyourpreferencecenterthatprocessesunsubscriberequestsDREAMmailappendsthemessageIDtoanyinstanceofthisURLitfindsinyourmessageintheText,AOL,HTMLtextareaoftheMessageComposer.
5Finishcreatingyourmessage.
6ClickSave.
StepActionConfiguringListGenerator34DREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuideDREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuide35BuildingthePreferenceCenterOnceyouhaveconfiguredListGeneratorandsetupyourprofilefields,mailinglists,campaigns,andmessages,youcandevelopyourHTMLtemplatesandcreateeitherpreferencecenterformsormini-formstobuildapreferencecenter.
Thischapterdiscussesthefollowingtopics:CreatingFormsinDREAMmailDevelopingHTMLTemplatesforListGeneratorCreatingHTMLPagesUsingPreferenceCenterFormsCreatingaLoginPageUsingPreferenceCenterFormsCreatingaProfilePageUsingPreferenceCenterFormsCreatingaPasswordChangePageUsingPreferenceCenterFormsCreatingaNotificationPageUsingPreferenceCenterFormsCreatingHTMLPagesUsingMini-FormsCreatingaProfilePageUsingMini-FormsCreatingaNotificationPageUsingMini-FormsTestingandPublishingPreferenceCenterFormsandMini-FormsBuildingthePreferenceCenter36DREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuideCreatingFormsinDREAMmailThissectiondiscussesthefollowingtopics:DecidingtoUsePreferenceCenterFormsorMini-FormsAboutListGeneratorFormManagerDecidingtoUsePreferenceCenterFormsorMini-FormsApreferencecentercanbecreatedwitheitherpreferencecenterformsormini-formsbutnotacombinationofthetwo.
Ifyoucreatemultiplepreferencecenters,youcancreatesomebasedonpreferencecenterformsandothersbasedonmini-forms.
Indecidingwhichtypeofformtouse,keepthesefactsinmind:PreferencecenterformsareusedtocreateHTMLpageswheresubscriberscansubmit,view,andupdateprofiledata(preferences,subscriptions,unsubscriptions,andsoon).
Theseformsaresometimesreferredtoaspre-populated,meaningthatanyexistingprofiledatacanbere-displayedtothesubscriber.
preferencecenterformsaretypicallyusedbymarketers.
Epsilonhostspreferencecentersthatyoucreateusingpreferencecenterforms.
Mini-formsareusedtocreateHTMLpagesthatarenotpasswordprotected,wheresubscriberscansubmitandre-submitprofiledata,butwheretheycannotviewexistinginformation.
Subscriberscansubmitandre-submitprofiledata(preferences,subscriptions,unsubscriptions,andsoon),buttheycannotviewexistinginformation.
Mini-formsaretypicallyusedfornewslettersubscriptions.
Youhostpreferencecentersthatyoucreateusingmini-formsAboutListGeneratorFormManagerTheListGeneratorFormManageristhestartingpointforcreatingandeditingpreferencecenterformsandmini-forms.
FromtheDREAMmailmenu,clickAdmin>ClientSetup>ListGeneratorFormManagertab.
TheListGeneratorFormManagerappears,asillustratedbelow:Figure:ListGeneratorFormManagerPreferencecenterformsormini-formsthataredisplayedingraytexthavebeencustomizedbyEpsilonandcannotbeeditedbyyou.
ContactyourEpsilonrepresentativetomakechangestoacustomizedpreferencecenterformormini-form.
BuildingthePreferenceCenterDREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuide37DevelopingHTMLTemplatesforListGeneratorTheHTMLpageswithembeddedHTMLformsthatyoucreatearereferredtoasHTMLtemplatesinDREAMmail.
Youcanthinkofthemastemplatesthat,whenassociatedwithpreferencecenterformsormini-forms,createtheHTMLpagesofthepreferencecenter.
OnceyoudeveloptheseHTMLfiles,youuploadthemtoListGeneratortocreateapreferencecenter.
Thissectiondiscussesthefollowingtopics:PagesandHTMLTemplatesAutomaticMappingofProfileFieldsandMailingListsRulesandGuidelinesforCreatingHTMLTemplatesHTMLElementsandAttributesinTemplateAboutHTMLTemplates.
GuideforTrackingUnsubthroughSSLGMini-FormsPagesandHTMLTemplatesYouuseHTMLtemplatestocreateuptofourtypesofHTMLpages,dependingonyourbusinessrequirementsandtheformsthatyouuse.
YoucanprogramthesetemplatesinHTMLwithorwithoutClientsidescripts.
Preferencecenterformsincludethe:LoginpageProfilepageSystem-generatedpasswordpageThisisforpassword-protectedpreferencecentersonly.
WhenyousetupListGenerator,youdecidewhetheryouwanttoauthenticatesubscriberswhoaccessthepreferencecenter.
"SpecifyingtheLevelofAuthentication"onpage17providesadditionalinformation.
NotificationpageMini-formsincludethe:ProfilepageNotificationpage.
AutomaticMappingofProfileFieldsandMailingListsWhenyoucreateanHTMLtemplatetouseinapreferencecenter,youmustadheretospecificrulesandusetheHTMLFORMelementandspecificattributessothattheembeddedformscanbeprocessedbyListGenerator.
TheserulesenableListGeneratortomapthedatacapturedintheHTMLpagetofieldsintheDREAMmaildatabase.
WhenyouuploadanHTMLtemplateintoDREAMmailfromeitherthepreferencecenterformormini-formpage,ListGeneratorautomaticallymapsthetemplate'sfieldsandmailingliststoidenticallynamedprofilefieldsandmailinglistnamesintheDREAMmaildatabase.
Youcanoverridethesemappingsbyselectingadifferentvaluefromthedrop-downmenuassociatedwitheachfieldormailinglist.
Ifyoudonotwanttoincludeaspecificfieldinapage,leave-PleaseSelect-asthevalue.
BuildingthePreferenceCenter38DREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuideRulesandGuidelinesforCreatingHTMLTemplatesWhenyoucreateyourHTMLtemplates:Assignuniquenamestoallattributesusedwithforms.
EnsurethatthevalueoftheFORMelementinyourHTMLtemplatesissettothecorrectnameforeachtypeofHTMLtemplate.
SeethedescriptionoftheindividualHTMLtemplatesfortheexactname.
Ifnocharactersetisspecifiedinthetag,US-ASCIIisused.
DREAMmaildoesnotsupportUTF-8.
DonotinsertimagesinanHTMLtemplate;instead,createlinkstoimages.
Client-sidescriptingisallowed.
However,ifthetagincludestherunat='server'attribute,thescriptdoesnotexecute.
Youmustvalidateanyclient-sidescriptusedinapage.
Server-sidescriptingisnotallowed.
IntheembeddedformsontheHTMLtemplates,usefieldnamesthatmatchthenamesofprofilefieldsinDREAMmail.
ThisenablesautomaticmappingbetweenthefieldsinthetemplateandfieldsinDREAMmailwhenyouuploadtheHTMLtemplate.
Similarly,matchmailinglistnamesintheembeddedformswithmailinglistnamesusedinDREAMmail.
ListnamesintheformsmustbeprecededbySiteName_(whereSiteNameisthesiteinwhichthelistwascreated).
Note:IftheprofilefieldandmailinglistnamesinyourHTMLtemplatesdonotmatchthesamefieldsandmailinglistnamesinDREAMmail,youcansetoroverridemappingsafteryouuploadtheHTMLtemplates.
HTMLElementsandAttributesinTemplateYoucanincludethestandardsetofHTMLelementsinyourHTMLtemplates,butnotallofthemareprocessedspecificallybyListGenerator.
ListGeneratoronlyprocessesthefollowingFORMelementandattributesintheembeddedformsinyourHTMLtemplates:BuildingthePreferenceCenterDREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuide39AboutHTMLTemplatesInDREAMmailyoucannothavetwoprofilefieldswiththesamename.
Similarly,inyourHTMLtemplatesthenamesofattributesmustbeunique.
WhenyouincludescriptinginyourHTMLtemplates,makesuretoincludeerrormessagesandensurethattheyareself-explanatory.
Whenerrormessagesareambiguous,theyaddtothetimerequiredfordebugging.
DonotcreatemoreHTMLtemplatesthanisrequiredforyourbusinessneedsandimplementation.
GuideforTrackingUnsubthroughSSLGMini-FormsWhentrackingunsubfrommini-form,thehtmlformgeneratedbySSLGhastobetransformedbytheclient,intosomekindofserversidetechnology,suchasASP,tocapturetheunsubcipherandpostthecipherandprofiledatatoourmini-form.
Otherwise,thecipherappendedtothelinkislost,andunsubswillnotbetracked.
BuildingthePreferenceCenter40DREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuideCreatingHTMLPagesUsingPreferenceCenterFormsPreferencecenterformsenableyoutocreateembeddedformsinyourHTMLpagesthatsubscriberscanusetoaccessandupdatepersonalprofiledataandpreferences.
ThereisapreferencecenterformforeachofthefourdifferentHTMLpagesthatmakeupapreferencecenter:LoginpageProfilepagePasswordchangepageNotificationpageBeforeyoubegintouploadyourtemplatesandsetupyourpreferencecenterforms,youfirstmustconfigurethepreferencecenterasdescribedhere.
ProcessofBuildingaPreferenceCenterUsingPreferenceCenterFormsThetablebelowdescribestheprocessofbuildingapreferencecenterusingpreferencecenterforms.
StageDescription1CreateanHTMLtemplateforeachpagethatyouplantouseinyourpreferencecenter.
"DevelopingHTMLTemplatesforListGenerator"onpage37andthedescriptionoftheHTMLtemplatesforthespecificHTMLpages,startingat"CreatingaLoginPageUsingPreferenceCenterForms"onpage43.
2ClickAdmin>ClientSetup>ListGeneratorFormManagertab.
3SelectPreferenceCenterfromtheCreatedrop-downlist.
4ClickNew.
Thisisthepreferencecenterthatyouarebuilding.
Toedit,duplicate,test,orpublishanexistingpreferencecenter,clicktheViewActionsiconnexttothenameofanexistingpreferencecenter.
5Configurethesettingsforthepreferencecenter.
"ConfiguringaPreferenceCenterUsingPreferenceCenterForms"onpage41providesdetailedinformation.
Whenyoumodifyanexistingpreferencecenter,somefieldscannotbeedited.
6SetupthepreferencecenterformsfortheHTMLpagesthatyouwanttouseinyourpreferencecenter.
Foreachpreferencecenterform,youmustuploadanHTMLtemplate.
SeethesectionthatdescribeseachHTMLpage,startingat"CreatingaLoginPageUsingPreferenceCenterForms"onpage43.
7Ifnecessary,overrideanyprofilefieldnamesspecifiedinthepreferencecenterformsthatwereincorrectlymappedwhenyouuploadedtheHTMLtemplate.
"AutomaticMappingofProfileFieldsandMailingLists"onpage37providesdetailedinformation.
8Savethepreferencecenter.
BuildingthePreferenceCenterDREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuide41ConfiguringaPreferenceCenterUsingPreferenceCenterFormsConfigurethesettingsforapreferencecenterthatyouarebuildingusingpreferencecenterformsinthePreferenceCenterTypesectionoftheCreatePreferenceCenterwindow.
Figure:CreatePreferenceCenterwindowToconfigureapreferencecenter:9Testandpublishtheformsofthepreferencecenter.
"TestingandPublishingPreferenceCenterFormsandMini-Forms"onpage80providesdetailedinformation.
StageDescriptionStepAction1EnteranameforthepreferencecenterinthePreferenceCenterNamefield.
Thenamecannotincludespacesorpunctuation.
Onceyousavethisform,youcannotchangethename.
2SpecifyhowyouwanttocreatetheLoginpageinthePreferenceCenterTypesection.
Validoptionsinclude:PreferenceCenterwithoneLogin/Sign-UppagecreatestwoHTMLformsonasinglepage.
PreferenceCenterwithdifferentpagesforLoginandSign-UpcreatestwoHTMLformsonseparatepages.
PreferenceCenterwithoneLogin/Sign-UppagecreatesasingleHTMLformonasinglepage.
"CreatingaLoginPageUsingPreferenceCenterForms"onpage43providesdetailedinformation.
Onceyouhaveselectedandsavedalayout,youcannotchangeit.
3EdittheDNSSettingsfieldifyoudonotwanttousethedefaultDNSsettingthatisdisplayed.
YoucanusemultipleDNSsettingsinListGeneratorbyenteringuniquedomainsforeachpreferencecenterformormini-form.
AllDNSsettingsmustberegisteredwithEpsilon.
"AbouttheDNSSetting"onpage17providesadditionalinformation.
BuildingthePreferenceCenter42DREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuide4Enterthenameofafolderinwhichthefilesthatcomprisethepreferencecenterwillbelocated.
ThefolderisadirectoryinListGeneratorinwhichthepreferencecenterformsarestored.
Thenameofthefoldermustbeuniqueinthedomaininwhichitiscreated.
Youcannotusethesamefoldernameforotherpreferencecenterformsormini-formsinthesamedomain.
5Enterthenameofafilethatcontainsthepreferencecenter.
ThefileandthenameofthefolderwhereitresidesarepartoftheURLofthepreferencecenter.
Forexample,intheURL:http://company.
net/sales_pc_subs/newssubcenter.
aspx,thefoldernameissales_pc_subsandthefilenameisnewssubcenter.
(Thesuffix.
aspxisappendedbyListGeneratortothefilename.
)6ClicktheBypasstheloginpagewhenaccessingtheformfromanemaillinkoptionifyouwantthesubscribertoskiptheloginprocedurewhenheorsheclicksaURLinamessagetoaccessapreferencecenter.
7ClickSaveandNexttocontinuetotheLoginpage.
"CreatingaLoginPageUsingPreferenceCenterForms"onpage43providesdetailedinformation.
StepActionBuildingthePreferenceCenterDREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuide43CreatingaLoginPageUsingPreferenceCenterFormsYoucancreateoneofthreetypesoflayoutsfortheLoginpageofapreferencecenter:PreferenceCenterwithoneLogin/Sign-Uppage—AsinglepagethatcontainsanHTMLloginformforexistingsubscribersandanHTMLsign-upformfornewsubscribers.
"TwoFormsonaSingleLoginPage"onpage43providesadditionalinformation.
PreferenceCenterwithdifferentpagesforLoginandSign-Up—Twologinpages:onepagewithanHTMLloginformforexistingsubscribersandanotherpagewithanHTMLsign-upformfornewsubscribers.
"TwoFormsonTwoSeparateLoginPages"onpage48providesadditionalinformation.
PreferenceCenterwithoneLogin/Sign-Uppage—OnepagewithoneHTMLformthatcanbeusedbyexistingsubscriberstologinandbynewsubscriberstocreatealoginforthepreferencecenter.
"SingleFormonaSingleLoginPage"onpage53providesadditionalinformation.
TwoFormsonaSingleLoginPageIfyouselectthePreferenceCenterwithoneLogin/Sign-Uppageoptionwhenyouconfigurethesettingsforapreferencecenter,youcreateaLoginpagethatconsistsofasingleHTMLpagethatcontainstwoHTMLforms:oneforanexistinguserandoneforanewuser.
YoucreateanHTMLtemplateandincludeattributesasplaceholdersforthefieldsontheLoginpage.
Then,whenyousetupthepreferencecenterformforthispage,youmaptheattributestoprofilefieldsintheDREAMmaildatabase.
Figure:SingleLoginpagewithoneformforexistingusersandonefornewuserstoregisterBuildingthePreferenceCenter44DREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuideCreatingtheHTMLTemplateforaLoginPagewithTwoFormsonOnePageIntheHTMLtemplateofaLoginpagethathasthelayoutoftwoformsonasingleloginpage,youcreateoneformforexistingsubscribersandoneformfornewsubscribers.
MakesurethattheHTMLthatyouwriteisvalidandthatyousaveitwithameaningfulnamesothatyoucanfinditwhenyouuploadittocreatetheLoginpage.
ExistingsubscribersformThefollowingFORMelementandattributescanbeusedintheHTMLcodeoftheformforexistingsubscribers.
Thiselementisrequiredandisusedtologinexistingsubscribers.
Thisattributeisrequiredandpassestheemailaddressofthesubscriber.
Thisattributeisrequiredforapassword-protectedpreferencecenter,butitisoptionalifthepreferencecenterisnotpassword-protected.
"SpecifyingtheLevelofAuthentication"onpage17providesadditionalinformation.
Thisattributeisoptional.
Thissetsaflagthatindicatesthatasubscriberforgothisorherpassword.
Acceptedvaluesare:-1–subscriberforgotpassword-0–subscriberdidnotforgetThisattributeisoptional.
Thissetsaflagthatindicatesthatthesubscriberistobeunsubscribedfromaclient-level,site-level,orlist-levelmailinglist,oristobesubscribedtoamailinglistthatcouldbeusedasanexclusionlistinmailings.
Acceptedvaluesare:-1–subscriberistobeunsubscribed-0–subscriberissubscribed">Thisattributeisoptional.
ThiscapturesthemessageIDincludedintheunsubscribelinkinamessage.
ThemessageIDispassedtothepreferencecenterandtoDREAMmailforreporting.
UseASP.
NETorotherscriptinglanguagetocaptureandpasstheunsubscriptioninformation.
"TrackingUnsubscribesbyMessage"onpage32providesadditionalinformation.
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0ListConfiguratorGuide45NewsubscribersformThefollowingFORMelementandattributescanbeusedintheHTMLcodeoftheformfornewsubscribers.
Thiselementisrequiredandisusedtoregisternewsubscribers.
Thisattributeisrequiredandpassestheemailaddressofthenewsubscriber.
Thisattributeisrequiredforapassword-protectedpreferencecenter,butitisoptionalifthepreferencecenterisnotpassword-protected.
"SpecifyingtheLevelofAuthentication"onpage17providesadditionalinformation.
Thisattributeisoptional.
HTMLTemplateLoginPageExampleThisexampleshowstheelementsandattributesspecifictoListGenerator,highlightedinblue,thatyouincludeintheHTMLtemplateofaLoginpagewithtwoformsononepage.
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MYCOMPANY.
COMRegisterherefortheUpdateReportbroughttoyoubyMYCOMPANY.
Ifyouhavecometorelyonemailasacore-marketingtool,youmayfindthise-newsletterhelpfulandinformative.
Wehavededicatedasectiontodiscussdevelopmentsinthemobilemarketingarena.
WehopeyoufindtheUpdateReporthelpful.
">Existingmembersloginhere:Email:BuildingthePreferenceCenter46DREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuideNotyetregisteredCreateyouraccounthere.
Name:Email:Password:ConfirmPassword:BuildingthePreferenceCenterDREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuide47SettinguptheLoginFormforTwoFormsonOnePageInthepreferencecenterformfortheLoginpage,youverifythattheattributesintheHTMLtemplatewereaccuratelymappedtofieldsintheDREAMmaildatabase.
Figure:Loginpagelayout:twoformsonasinglepageTocreatethislayout:StepAction1IntheListGeneratorFormManagerLoginPagewindow,enterorbrowseforthenameofthetemplateforthispageintheHTMLTemplateFileNamefield.
2ClickUpload.
ListGeneratorautomaticallymapsattributesintheHTMLtemplatetoprofilefieldsinDREAMmailthathavethesamename.
Youcanvalidatethatthesefieldsarecorrectlymapped;seeStep4.
3IntheLoginPage-ExistingUserFormsection,confirmthatExistingMemberFormisdisplayedintheFormfield.
Ifnot,usethedrop-downlisttoselectit.
4Ifnecessary,overridetheprofilefieldnamesspecifiedinanyofthefieldsinthisformiftheywereincorrectlymappedwhenyouuploadedtheHTMLtemplate.
(EmailAddressorUnsubscribe/Subscribeareshownabove.
)"AutomaticMappingofProfileFieldsandMailingLists"onpage37providesdetailedinformation.
5Specifythelevelatwhichtheunsubscribeorsubscribeactionisapplied.
YouspecifytheunsubscribeactiontotakeplaceatanylevelbychoosingbetweenClientUnsubscription,SiteUnsubscription,orMailingListUnsubscription.
Note:ToconformtoCAN-SPAMrequirements,youmustprovideanunsubscribelink(atclient,site,ormailinglistlevel)ontheLoginpage.
Ifyouchooseanunsubscribeactiontotakeplaceatthesiteormailinglistlevel,youmustspecifyasiteorlistusingthedrop-downlist.
YoucanspecifytheMailingListSubscriptionactionasanalternatewayofunsubscribing.
Insteadofdirectlyunsubscribingasubscriberfromalist,thisactionaddsthesubscribertoamailinglist.
YoucanthenusethelisttoexcludesubscribersfrommessagesthattargetsubscribersfromthemailingliststhatarecreatedinListGenerator.
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0ListConfiguratorGuideTwoFormsonTwoSeparateLoginPagesIfyouselectthePreferenceCenterwithdifferentpagesforLoginandSign-Upoptionwhenyouconfigurethesettingsforapreferencecenter,youcreateaLoginpagethatconsistsoftwoHTMLforms,eachonaseparateHTMLpage.
OnepagecontainsanHTMLloginformforexistingsubscribers,theotherpagecontainsanHTMLsign-upformfornewsubscribers.
YoucreateanHTMLtemplateandincludeattributesasplaceholdersforthefieldsontheLoginpage.
Then,whenyousetupthepreferencecenterformforthispage,youmaptheattributestoprofilefieldsintheDREAMmaildatabase.
Figure:TwoLoginpages,oneforexistingusersandonefornewuserstoregister6IntheLoginPage-NewUserFormsection,confirmthatNewMemberFormisdisplayedintheFormfield.
Ifnot,usethedrop-downlisttoselectit.
7Ifnecessary,overridetheprofilefieldnamesspecifiedinanyofthefieldsinthisformiftheywereincorrectlymappedwhenyouuploadedtheHTMLtemplate.
(EmailAddressisshownabove.
)"AutomaticMappingofProfileFieldsandMailingLists"onpage37providesdetailedinformation.
8ClickSaveandNexttocontinuetotheProfilepage.
"CreatingaProfilePageUsingPreferenceCenterForms"onpage58providesdetailedinformation.
StepActionBuildingthePreferenceCenterDREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuide49CreatingtheHTMLTemplateforaLoginPagewithTwoFormsonTwoSeparatePagesIntheHTMLcodeofaLoginpagethathasthelayoutoftwoformsontwoseparateloginpages,youcreateanHTMLformforexistingsubscribersandanHTMLformfornewsubscribers.
MakesurethattheHTMLthatyouwriteisvalidandthatyousaveitwithameaningfulnamesothatyoucanfinditwhenyouuploadittocreatetheLoginpage.
ExistingSubscribersFormThefollowingFORMelementandattributescanbeusedintheHTMLcodeoftheformforexistingsubscribers.
Thiselementisrequiredandisusedtologinexistingsubscribers.
Thisattributeisrequiredandpassestheemailaddressofthesubscriber.
Thisattributeisrequiredforapassword-protectedpreferencecenter,butitisoptionalifthepreferencecenterisnotpassword-protected.
"SpecifyingtheLevelofAuthentication"onpage17providesadditionalinformation.
Thisattributeisoptional.
Thissetsaflagthatindicatesthatasubscriberforgothisorherpassword.
Acceptedvaluesare:-1–subscriberforgotpassword-0–subscriberdidnotforgetThisattributeisoptional.
Thisisahiddenattributethatredirectsthenewsubscribertothesign-uppage.
Acceptedvaluesare:-1–subscriberisnew-0–subscriberisnotnewThisattributeisoptional.
Thissetsaflagthatindicatesthatthesubscriberistobeunsubscribedfromaclient-level,site-level,orlist-levelmailinglist,oristobesubscribedtoamailinglistthatcouldbeusedasanexclusionlistinmailings.
Acceptedvaluesare:-1–subscriberistobeunsubscribed-0–subscriberissubscribed">Thisattributeisoptional.
ThiscapturesthemessageIDincludedintheunsubscribelinkinamessage.
ThemessageIDispassedtothepreferencecenterandtoDREAMmailforreporting.
UseASP.
NETorotherscriptinglanguagetocaptureandpasstheunsubscribeinformation.
"TrackingUnsubscribesbyMessage"onpage32providesadditionalinformation.
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0ListConfiguratorGuideNewsubscribersFormThefollowingFORMelementandattributescanbeusedintheHTMLcodeoftheformfornewsubscribers.
Thiselementisrequiredandisusedtologinnewsubscribers.
Thisattributeisrequiredandpassestheemailaddressofthesubscriber.
Thisattributedisrequiredforapassword-protectedpreferencecenter,butitisoptionalifthepreferencecenterisnotpassword-protected"SpecifyingtheLevelofAuthentication"onpage17)foradditionalinformation.
Thisattributeisoptional.
Thisattributeisoptional.
Thisisahiddenelementthatredirectsanexistingsubscribertothesign-uppage.
Acceptedvaluesare:-1–subscriberisanexistingsubscriber-0–subscriberisnewExampleoftheHTMLTemplateofaLoginPageThisexampleshowstheelementsandattributesspecifictoListGenerator,highlightedinblue,thatyouincludeinthetemplateofaLoginpagewithtwoHTMLformsontwoseparatepages.
Forthefirstpage.
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MYCOMPANY.
COMRegisterherefortheUpdateReportbroughttoyoubyMYCOMPANY.
Ifyouhavecometorelyonemailasacore-marketingtool,youmayfindthise-newsletterhelpfulandinformative.
Wehavededicatedasectiontodiscussdevelopmentsinthemobilemarketingarena.
WehopeyoufindtheUpdateReporthelpful.
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">Existingmembersloginhere:BuildingthePreferenceCenterDREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuide51Email:ForthesecondpageMYCOMPANY.
comRegisterherefortheUpdateReportbroughttoyoubyMYCOMPANYgroup.
Ifyouhavecometorelyonemailasacore-marketingtool,youmayfindthise-newsletterhelpfulandinformative.
Wehavededicatedasectiontodiscussdevelopmentsinthemobilemarketingarena.
WehopeyoufindtheUpdateReporthelpful.
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Newmembersregisterhere:Email:Name:Email:Password:ConfirmPassword:AlreadyregisteredGototheexistingmemberloginpage.
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BuildingthePreferenceCenter52DREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuideSettinguptheLoginFormforTwoFormsonTwoPagesInthepreferencecenterformfortheLoginpage,youverifythattheattributesintheHTMLtemplatewereaccuratelymappedtofieldsintheDREAMmaildatabase.
Figure:Loginlayout:twoformsonseparatepagesTocreatethislayout:StepAction1IntheListGeneratorFormManagerLoginPage-ExistingUserwindow,enterorbrowseforthenameofthetemplateforthispageintheHTMLTemplateFileNamefield.
2ClickUpload.
ListGeneratorautomaticallymapsfieldsinthetemplatetoprofilefieldsinDREAMmailthathavethesamename.
Youcanvalidatethatthesefieldsarecorrectlymapped;seeStep4.
3IntheLoginPage-ExistingUserFormsection,confirmthatLoginFormisdisplayedintheFormfield.
Ifnot,usethedrop-downmenutoselectit.
4Ifnecessary,overridetheprofilefieldnamesspecifiedinanyofthefieldsinthisformthatwereincorrectlymappedwhenyouuploadedtheHTMLtemplate.
"AutomaticMappingofProfileFieldsandMailingLists"onpage37providesadditionalinformation.
BuildingthePreferenceCenterDREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuide53SingleFormonaSingleLoginPageIfyouselectthePreferenceCenterwithoneLogin/Sign-Uppageoptionwhenyouconfigurethesettingsforapreferencecenter,youcreateaLoginpagethatconsistsofasinglepagewithonlyoneHTMLformforexistingsubscriberswhoarelogginginandfornewsubscriberswhowanttosignup.
YoucreateanHTMLtemplateandincludeattributesasplaceholdersforthefieldsonthisLoginpage.
Then,whenyousetupthepreferencecenterformforthispage,youmaptheattributestoprofilefieldsintheDREAMmaildatabase.
Figure:Loginpagewithoneformforbothexistinguserstologinandnewuserstoregister5Specifythelevelatwhichtheunsubscribeorsubscribeactionisapplied.
YouspecifytheunsubscribeactiontotakeplaceatanylevelbychoosingbetweenClientUnsubscription,SiteUnsubscription,orMailingListUnsubscription.
Note:ToconformtoCAN-SPAMrequirements,youmustprovideanunsubscribelink(atclient,site,ormailinglistlevel)ontheLoginpage.
Ifyouchooseanunsubscribeactiontotakeplaceatthesiteormailinglistlevel,youmustspecifyasiteorlistusingthedrop-downlist.
YoucanspecifytheMailingListSubscriptionactionasanalternatewayofunsubscribing.
Insteadofdirectlyunsubscribingasubscriberfromalist,thisactionaddsthesubscribertoamailinglist.
YoucanthenusethelisttoexcludesubscribersfrommessagesthattargetsubscribersfromthemailingliststhatcreatedinListGenerator.
6IntheLoginPage-NewUserFormsection,confirmthatLoginFormisdisplayedintheFormfield.
7Ifnecessary,overridetheprofilefieldnamesspecifiedinanyofthefieldsinthisformthatwereincorrectlymappedwhenyouuploadedtheHTMLtemplate.
"AutomaticMappingofProfileFieldsandMailingLists"onpage37providesadditionalinformation.
8ClickSaveandNexttocontinuetotheProfilepage.
"CreatingaProfilePageUsingPreferenceCenterForms"onpage58providesadditionalinformation.
StepActionBuildingthePreferenceCenter54DREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuideCreatinganHTMLTemplateforaLoginPagewithOneFormonOnePageIntheHTMLcodeofaLoginpagethathasthelayoutofoneHTMLformononeloginpage,youcreateanHTMLformforbothnewandexistingsubscribers.
MakesurethattheHTMLthatyouwriteisvalidandthatyousaveitwithameaningfulnamesothatyoucanfinditwhenyouuploadittocreatetheLoginpage.
ThefollowingFORMelementandattributescanbeusedintheHTMLcodeoftheform.
Thiselementisrequiredandisusedtologinbothnewandexistingsubscribers.
Thisattributeisrequiredandpassestheemailaddressofthesubscriber.
Thisattributeisrequiredforapassword-protectedpreferencecenter,butitisoptionalifthepreferencecenterisnotpassword-protected"SpecifyingtheLevelofAuthentication"onpage17providesadditionalinformation.
Thisattributeisoptional.
Thissetsaflagthatindicatesthatasubscriberforgothisorherpassword.
Acceptedvaluesare:-1–subscriberforgotpassword-0–subscriberdidnotforgetThisattributeisoptional.
Thisisahiddenattributethatredirectsthenewsubscribertothesign-uppage.
Acceptedvaluesare:-1–subscriberisnew-0–subscriberisnotnewThisattributeisoptional.
Thisattributeisoptional.
Thissetsaflagthatindicatesthesubscriberistobeunsubscribedfromaclient-level,site-level,orlist-levelmailinglist,oristobesubscribedtoamailinglistthatcouldbeusedasanexclusionlistinmailings.
Acceptedvaluesare:-1–subscriberistobeunsubscribed-0–subscriberissubscribed">Thisattributeisoptional.
ThiscapturesthemessageIDincludedintheunsubscribelinkinamessage.
ThemessageIDispassedtothepreferencecenterandtoDREAMmailforreporting.
UseASP.
NETorotherscriptinglanguagetocaptureandpasstheunsubscribeinformation.
"TrackingUnsubscribesbyMessage"onpage32providesadditionalinformation.
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0ListConfiguratorGuide55ExampleoftheHTMLTemplateofaLoginPageThisexampleshowstheelementandattributesspecifictoListGenerator,highlightedinblue,thatyouincludeintheHTMLtemplateofaLoginpagewithoneHTMLformononepage.
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MYCOMPANY.
COMRegisterherefortheUpdateReportbroughttoyoubyMYCOMPANY.
Ifyouhavecometorelyonemailasacore-marketingtool,youmayfindthise-newsletterhelpfulandinformative.
Wehavededicatedasectiontodiscussdevelopmentsinthemobilemarketingarena.
WehopeyoufindtheUpdateReporthelpful.
">Registerorloginhere:Email:EnterorCreatePassword:nbsp;SettinguptheLoginPageFormforOneFormonOnePageInthepreferencecenterformfortheLoginpage,youverifythattheattributesintheHTMLtemplatewereaccuratelymappedtofieldsintheDREAMmaildatabase.
BuildingthePreferenceCenter56DREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuideFigure:Loginpagelayout:singleformonasinglepageTocreatethislayout:StepAction1IntheListGeneratorFormManagerLoginPagewindow,enterorbrowseforthenameofthetemplateforthispageintheHTMLTemplateFileNamefield.
2ClickUpload.
ListGeneratorautomaticallymapsfieldsinthetemplatetoprofilefieldsinDREAMmailthathavethesamename.
Youcanvalidatethatthesefieldsarecorrectlymapped;seeStep4.
3IntheFieldsSelectionsection,confirmthatLoginFormisdisplayedintheFormfield.
Ifnot,usethedrop-downlisttoselectit.
4Ifnecessary,overridetheprofilefieldnamesspecifiedinanyofthefieldsinthisformthatwereincorrectlymappedwhenyouuploadedtheHTMLtemplate.
"AutomaticMappingofProfileFieldsandMailingLists"onpage37providesdetailedinformation.
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0ListConfiguratorGuide575Specifythelevelatwhichtheunsubscribeorsubscribeactionisapplied.
YouspecifytheunsubscribeactiontotakeplaceatanylevelbychoosingbetweenClientUnsubscription,SiteUnsubscription,orMailingListUnsubscription.
Note:ToconformtoCAN-SPAMrequirements,youmustprovideanunsubscribelink(atclient,site,ormailinglistlevel)ontheLoginpage.
Ifyouchooseanunsubscribeactiontotakeplaceatthesiteormailinglistlevel,youmustspecifyasiteorlistusingthedrop-downlist.
YoucanspecifytheMailingListSubscriptionactionasanalternatewayofunsubscribing.
Insteadofdirectlyunsubscribingasubscriberfromalist,thisactionaddsthesubscribertoamailinglist.
YoucanthenusethelisttoexcludesubscribersfrommessagesthattargetsubscribersfromthemailingliststhatcreatedinListGenerator.
6ClickSaveandNexttocontinuetotheProfilepage.
"CreatingaProfilePageUsingPreferenceCenterForms"onpage58providesadditionalinformation.
StepActionBuildingthePreferenceCenter58DREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuideCreatingaProfilePageUsingPreferenceCenterFormsTheProfilepageallowsuserstoenterandsubmitpersonalpreferencedatathatDREAMmailupdatesintheDREAMmaildatabase.
YoucanonlycreateoneProfilepageperpreferencecenter.
Figure:ExampleofaProfilepageYoucreateanHTMLtemplateandincludeattributesasplaceholdersforthefieldsontheProfilepage.
Then,whenyousetupthepreferencecenterformforthispage,youmaptheattributestoprofilefieldsintheDREAMmaildatabase.
CreatinganHTMLTemplatefortheProfilePageIntheHTMLcodeofaProfilepageyoucreateoneHTMLformandcanincludethreetypesoffunctions:profilechangesfornewandexistingsubscribers,passwordchangesforexistingsubscribers,andmailinglistnamessothatsubscriberscanchoosetosubscribeorunsubscribe.
MakesurethattheHTMLthatyouwriteisvalidandthatyousaveitwithameaningfulnamesothatyoucanfinditwhenyouuploadittocreatetheProfilepage.
ProfileChangesbyNewandeEistingSubscribersFormThefollowingFORMelementandattributescanbeusedintheHTMLtemplateoftheProfilepage.
YoumapthevariablenamesyouuseheretothefieldsintheProfilePage-ProfileFieldsSelectionsectionofthepreferencecenterform.
Thiselementisrequiredandisusedforbothnewandexistingsubscribers.
Thisattributeisoptionalandpassestheemailaddressofthesubscriber.
Note:Ifyouwanttoaddanyotherprofilefields,usethesamenameastheprofilefieldsinDREAMmaildatabasetotakeadvantageofautomaticmapping.
Forsite-levelprofilefields,usethefollowingformat:sitename_profilefieldname.
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0ListConfiguratorGuide59ExistingSubscribersWhoChangePasswordsThefollowingattributescanbeusedintheHTMLtemplateoftheProfilepage.
YoumapthevariablenamesyouuseheretothefieldsintheProfilePage-PasswordChangeFieldsSelectionsectionofthepreferencecenterform.
Thisattributeisoptional.
Thisattributeisoptional.
Ifasubscriberentersapasswordofzerocharacters,thepasswordisnotupdated.
NamesofExistingMailingListsThefollowingattributecanbeusedintheHTMLtemplateoftheProfilepagetospecifymailinglistnames.
YoumapthevariablenamesyouuseheretothefieldsintheProfilePage-MailingListsSelectionsectionofthepreferencecenterform.
Thisattributeisoptional.
Acceptedvaluesare:-1–indicatessubscription-anyothervalueindicatesunsubscription.
HTMLTemplateProfilePageExampleThisexampleshowstheelementsandattributesspecifictoListGenerator,highlightedinblue,thatyouincludeintheHTMLtemplateofaProfilepage.
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Emailaddress*:Title:Mr.
Ms.
Mrs.
FirstName:LastName:CompanyName*:ECRMInfo*RequiredfieldClickheretoreceiveupdatesSettinguptheFormfortheProfilePageUsingPreferenceCenterFormsInthepreferencecenterformfortheProfilepage,youverifythattheattributesintheHTMLtemplatewereaccuratelymappedtofieldsintheDREAMmaildatabase.
TheProfilePageFieldsMappingwindowalsoallowsyoutoindicatewhichfieldscanbeusedaseventvariablesinnotificationtriggeredmessages.
Figure:ProfilepageTocreatetheProfilepage:StepAction1IntheListGeneratorFormManagerProfilePageFieldsMappingwindow,enterorbrowseforthenameofthetemplateforthispageintheHTMLTemplateFileNamefield.
2ClickUpload.
ListGeneratorautomaticallymapsfieldsinthetemplatetoprofilefieldsandmailinglistsinDREAMmailthathavethesamename.
Youcanvalidatethatthesefieldsarecorrectlymapped;seeStep4.
3IntheProfilePage-ProfileFieldsSelectionsection,confirmthatProfileFormisdisplayedintheFormfield.
Ifnot,usethedrop-downlisttoselectit.
BuildingthePreferenceCenterDREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuide614Ifnecessary,overridetheprofilefieldnamesspecifiedinanyofthefieldsinthisformthatwereincorrectlymappedwhenyouuploadedtheHTMLtemplate.
"AutomaticMappingofProfileFieldsandMailingLists"onpage37providesadditionalinformation.
5ChooseanyeventvariablesthatyouwanttouseinnotificationtriggeredmessagesinListGenerator.
SelecttheEventVarcheckboxesnexttoeachfieldthatyouwanttouseasaneventvariable.
6IntheProfilePage-PasswordChangeFieldsSelectionsection,validateoroverridetheprofilefieldnamesspecifiedinanyofthefieldsthatwereincorrectlymappedwhenyouuploadedtheHTMLtemplate.
"AutomaticMappingofProfileFieldsandMailingLists"onpage37providesadditionalinformation.
Note:ThePasswordChangeFieldsSelectionsectionisdisplayedonlyforpassword-protectedpreferencecenters.
Toimplementanotificationtriggeredmessagewhenausercreatesanewpassword,selecttheEventVarcheckboxforNewPassword.
7IntheMailingListsSelectionsection,validatethatthecorrectHTMLFormListNameismappedtoeachmailinglist.
Ifnecessary,overridetheprofilefieldnamesofanyincorrectmappings;formoreinformation,see"AutomaticMappingofProfileFieldsandMailingLists"onpage378IntheMailingListsSelectionsection,enteraclearandmeaningfulnameintheDisplayNameinNotificationEmailcolumn.
ThisisthelistnamethatisdisplayedinnotificationtriggeredmessagesinplaceofthelistnameusedinternallyinDREAMmail.
9ClickSaveandNexttocontinuetotheSystem-generatedPasswordChangepage.
"CreatingaPasswordChangePageUsingPreferenceCenterForms"onpage62providesadditionalinformation.
StepActionBuildingthePreferenceCenter62DREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuideCreatingaPasswordChangePageUsingPreferenceCenterFormsListGeneratordisplaystheSystem-generatedPasswordChangepagewhenanexistingsubscriberusesasystem-generatedpasswordtoaccessapreferencecenter.
Asubscriberrequestsasystem-generatedpasswordbyclickinga"lostyourpassword"link.
YoucreateanHTMLtemplateandincludeattributesasplaceholdersforthefieldsonthePasswordChangepage.
Then,whenyousetupthepreferencecenterformforthispage,youmaptheattributestoprofilefieldsintheDREAMmaildatabase.
Note:Thispageisdisplayedonlyifthepreferencecenterispassword-protected.
"SpecifyingtheLevelofAuthentication"onpage17providesadditionalinformation.
Figure:ExampleofaPasswordChangepageCreatinganHTMLTemplateforthePasswordChangePageIntheHTMLcodeofaPasswordChangepageyoucreateoneformforusebybothnewandexistingsubscribers.
MakesurethattheHTMLthatyouwriteisvalidandthatyousaveitwithameaningfulnamesothatyoucanfinditwhenyouuploadittocreatethePasswordChangepage.
ThefollowingFORMelementandattributescanbeusedintheHTMLtemplateofthePasswordChangepage.
YoumapthevariablenamesyouuseheretothefieldsintheSystem-GeneratedPasswordChangePageSelectionsectionofthepreferencecenterform.
Thiselementisrequiredandusedforbothnewandexistingsubscribers.
Thisattributeisoptional.
Thisattributeisrequired.
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0ListConfiguratorGuide63Thisattributeisoptional.
HTMLTemplatePasswordChangePageExampleThisexampleshowstheelementandattributesspecifictoListGenerator,highlightedinblue,thatyouincludeinthetemplateofaPasswordChangepage.
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    MYCOMPANY.
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comcenter.
Updateyourpasswordhere.
Allfieldsarerequired.
FirstName:LastName:EmailAddress:ExistingPassword: NewPassword: ConfirmPassword:   BuildingthePreferenceCenter64DREAMmail5.
0ListConfiguratorGuideSettinguptheFormforthePasswordChangePageInthepreferencecenterformforthePasswordChangepage,youverifythattheattributesintheHTMLtemplatewereaccuratelymappedtofieldsintheDREAMmaildatabase.
Figure:SettingupaSystem-generatedPasswordChangepageTocreatethePasswordChangepage:StepAction1IntheListGeneratorFormManagerSystem-generatedPasswordChangewindow,enterorbrowseforthenameofthetemplateforthispageintheHTMLTemplateFileNamefield.
2ClickUpload.
ListGeneratorautomaticallymapsfieldsinthetemplatetoprofilefieldsandmailinglistsinDREAMmailthathavethesamename.
Youcanvalidatethatthesefieldsarecorrectlymapped;seeStep4.
3IntheSystem-generatedPasswordChangePage-PasswordChangeFieldsSelectionsection,confirmthatChangePasswordFormisdisplayedintheFormfield.
Ifnot,usethedrop-downlisttoselectit.
4Ifnecessary,overridetheprofilefieldnamesspecifiedinanyofthefieldsthatwereincorrectlymappedwhenyouuploadedtheHTMLtemplate.
"AutomaticMappingofProfileFieldsandMailingLists"onpage37providesadditionalinformation.
5ClickSaveandNexttocontinuetotheNotificationpage.
"CreatingaNotificationPageUsingPreferenceCenterForms"onpage65providesadditionalinformation.
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0ListConfiguratorGuide65CreatingaNotificationPageUsingPreferenceCenterFormsIntheNotificationPagewindowyouenterthetext—anotificationmessage—thatisdisplayedtothesubscriberwheneventsoccurinthepreferencecenter(forexample,whenasubscribersuccessfullyupdatesaprofile).
Inadditiontodisplayingthesemessages,youcanalsocreateindividualnotificationtriggeredmessagestobesentbyDREAMmailinresponsetothesameevents.
YoucreateanHTMLtemplateandincludeattributesasplaceholdersforthefieldsontheNotificationpage.
Then,whenyousetupthepreferencecenterformforthispage,youmaptheattributestoprofilefieldsintheDREAMmaildatabase.
Figure:ExampleofaNotificationpageCreatinganHTMLTemplateforaNotificationpageWhenyouwritetheHTMLcodeofaNotificationpage,makesurethattheHTMLisvalidandthatyousaveitwithameaningfulnamesothatyoucanfinditwhenyouuploadittocreatetheNotificationpage.
ThefollowingFORMelementandattributecanbeusedintheHTMLtemplateoftheNotificationpage.
YoumapthevariablenamesyouuseheretothefieldsintheNotificationPageSelectionsectionThiselementismandatoryandusedforbothnewandexistingsubscribers.
##DMLGB_NOTIFICATION_INSERT_POINT##Thisisamandatorycontentreference.
ThisattributeisspecifictoListGeneratorandisusedtoinsertnotificationtextinamessage,whichisthetextthatyouspecifyineachofthetabsintheNotificationTextsectionoftheNotificationPagewindow.
Thistextdisplayedinthepreferencecenterisinadditiontothenotificationtriggeredmessagessenttosubscribers.
HTMLTemplateNotificationPageExampleThisexampleshowstheelementsandattributesspecifictoListGenerator,highlightedinblue,thatyouincludeinthetemplateofaNotificationpage.
NotificationPageMYCOMPANY.
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0ListConfiguratorGuide   ##DMLGB_NOTIFICATION_INSERT_POINT##