SUN
Complimentary Test Import Process
This exercise will walk you through the process you
will go through for importing a SUN newsletter into a
Constant Contact campaign. You will need a working
knowledge of Constant Contact to perform this test.
For this newsletter campaign you will receive a ZIP file which
includes three files from me, an Adobe file to see the finished product,
a HTML file and a TEXT file. Normally my
members receive these files attached to their email but it wasn't
technically possible with this offer. If you are
unfamiliar with downloading zip and exe files please read my How
to have a successful download instructions.
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Once you have the two files, Open Constant Contact
Constant Contact recently added a upgraded version to their offering.
Since I'm not sure which version you are using, I've left the
instructions generic since they both function very similarly. This
quick tutorial is for demonstrators who are comfortable working in
Constant Contact already. For detailed instructions please see
Constant Contact help files.
1) Create a new an Email
2) Name the Campaign (Stampin Samples Sept) and click Next. The name
is just so you can recognize the campaign later.
3) Select Category - Custom and click next
or
Email Template - Use my own code
4) Select HTML and click next
5) Fill in all information. Message Header, Personalization and
Message Footer with your information.
6) Select Advanced Editor
7) Under HTML editor tab:
Clear all exist HTML-It's important that there is nothing in the box.
Open the attached HTML file
Copy/Paste contents into the Advanced Editor
8) Repeat process with text.
9) Preview your newsletter. Both the HTML Version and the Text Version.
10) Click on the Save & Return button
11) Done!
Although this
newsletter is dated and has my contact information, it
is still a good test to run through. If you are
getting Constant Contact errors that say "Your html must close the <HTML> tag" or you have no pictures in the
HTML version, please see Still Having Trouble
Downloading section.
Not all computers or browsers
react the same, so follow these instructions for
best results:
- Right click on the download link (Mac:
Control click) and choose “Save Target As”
or a similar save option if your browser
says something different.
- Choose a location for the download. I
recommend that you create a new folder in
your "My Documents" folder.
- Click okay to begin the download.
- When the download is complete, navigate
to the folder you created, and you should
find the file there.
- If the file is a WinZip Self-Extracting
file (filename.exe) you will need to
open the file to retrieve the working files.
Double-click on the file and a dialog box
will open. Notice the folder where the
file will be unzipped to or select another
folder name. Select "Unzip".
- If the file is zipped (filename.zip) it will need to be
extracted before it is usable. In Windows,
right click on the file and choose “extract”
or “extract all.” On the Mac, double click
the file. Choose a location for the
files to be located at.
- Download activity is heaviest on the
server when the first couple days after I
release a new
product. If you have trouble
during that time, you might want to try back
a little later.
- Still having trouble? Have dial up? File
opens into HTML? Click
here for further suggestions and
instructions.
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Some computers open files differently than others. If when you open the
*_HTML.txt file you receive a complete graphical newsletter and
not the HTML code (I call this garbly gook), your computer may have default settings
to do this. Normally, that would be fine but it is not going to help you this time. I recommend
instead of
double-clicking with your mouse to open the file - try highlighting or selecting the
file. The selecting FILE from the menu options above or using the right-button on the mouse.
It should look something like this below.
You will have the OPEN WITH option. This allows
you to pick and choose what
program you want to use to open the file.
I recommend Notepad as the program of choice.
MAC Users - I'm a PC girl but I do have several MAC user
members. They suggest using the HELP VIEWER instead of
the Notepad option above.
You should see something like this (garbly gook).
This is called HTML. Please select all the HTML and copy and
paste it into Constant Contact. Please note the very first thing
you should see is <HTML and the very last thing should be </HTML>.
Browsers
Different browsers respond in different ways when downloading. If you
still encounter difficulties, you might have better results with a
different browser. For instance, if you are using Internet Explorer, you
might try Firefox or Netscape instead. We find that sometimes Internet
Explorer is a little quirky and another browser will not have the same
issues. Firefox and Netscape can be downloaded at no charge from their
respective websites:
http://www.firefox.com/
http://browser.netscape.com/ns8/
If you have a dial-up connection my files are generally very small so
it should not take very long to download these files.
If you are still having difficulty please feel free to write to me.
We will do whatever we can to make sure you have a successful and
enjoyable experience with our resources. Please include as much
details as you can.
Click here to email me
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"Having
Debbie compose a newsletter for me with only my
personalization to add is a huge benefit to my
business. It does not take much time to think of a greeting,
my customers loved the personal audio message, and the ease
of having a wonderful looking newsletter go out in a timely
manner. It saves me time and makes me look awesome in the
eyes of my customers. Debbie does a wonderful job and I
would recommend this service to any demonstrator."