Discussion on Fresh Newsletter - Hybrid Email Template + Access to Gifky Layout Builder

Discussion on Fresh Newsletter - Hybrid Email Template + Access to Gifky Layout Builder

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i am a newbie. can anyone tell me how to use the “forward to a friend, online version, mobile version and unsubscribe”? i can edit through dreamweaver, but still do not know how to use these or connect them? do i have to build different sites on my website for it?

Hi jaygloria,

Thanks for your interest in Fresh Newsletter. Unsubscribe, forward to a friend and online version links are available in most email campaigns management services such as Mailchimp, Campaign Monitor, etc… To use view online version link without such service you need to host version of the newsletter online and change href value to the online location of that version.

Hope that helps.

how do i know when you have new version or update? Actually i have v1.2

Thanks

Hi desicr,

Thanks for purchasing Fresh Newsletter. As far as I am aware currently there is no way in ThemeForest (except for WordPress themes) to get notified when new version or update is made. You just have to check items from time to time to make sure you have the latest version.

Current version of Fresh is v1.3, but the only difference between v1.3 and v1.2 which you have is the help documentation. There were no changes made in the newsletter files.

Regards.

Many thanks for the excellent backup service on this product.

I had a few problems (more related to Sendblaster than the product) and Gifky went out of his way to assist.

I would not hesitate in recommending this product.

Thanks cracklin, always happy to help :)

Regards.

thanks for the reply. I purchased this however when opening the help file I cannot get the images to show. i have tried different browsers and MS word. How does one see the images

Tks

Hi cracklin,

Thanks for purchasing Fresh Newsletter. The images should be showing properly, if you can’t see them in the help file please make sure that you extracted the files and that you didn’t move the .html file away from it’s images folder. It’s meant to be opened in the browser. If you still can’t see the images please send me a screenshot of how you see the page to gifkynet {@} gmail.com

Regards.

Many thanks for your quick reply to my query in not being able open the help file with pictures. I have unzipped this and all is ok.

I initially inquired as to the ability to use this template in Sendblaster which you were kind enough to reply to as well.

I have opened one of the templates as an Html file in Sendblaster and sent a copy to myself using outlook. Unfortunately it does not seem to render correctly either in Senbalster or as an outlook mail. all pictures and backrounds do not show.

I can forward a screen shot but am not sure how to on this thread.

My apologies for bugging you however I am obviously doing something wrong!

Hi cracklin,

In order to use the template in any email service which doesn’t allow you to upload your images with the template (such as Sendblaster) you need to host the image on your website, here are the steps:

  1. Choose the color theme you want to use and upload the included “images” folder to your website via FTP.
  2. Open the layout HTML file using any text editor and convert each image path to full absolute path for example from “images/logo.png” to “http://yourWebsite/newsletter1/images/logo.png” that can be done quickly if the text editor you are using has “find and replace” feature so you can find all images/ and replace it with the path of the images folder hosted on your website in the previous example that would be “http://yourWebsite/newsletter1/images/”, If you are using Windows Notepad just press Ctrl + H to open the “find and replace” window.

Now images should appear fine in Sendblaster.

Regards.

Hi

is it compatible with sendblaster?

tks

Hi cracklin,

According to this features list sendblaster allows importing HTML files, so in that case all my email templates are compatible with it.

Regards.

I am going to ask what are probably two really stupid questions.

I have just purchased the theme and have found it so easy to work with so thank you.

I have used Microsoft Expression Web to make the changes required and have the file ready to upload to Mailchimp and see that I have to “Take that layout and zip it with the images folder, make sure to not have any spaces in the layout name or the zip file name” but how do I actually do this?

Probably a really dumb question but hope you can help.

Bruce

Hi Bhcheese,

When you are editing the email in Microsoft Expression Web you need to make sure that images which need to be aligned left or right of a text has in the HTML code the “align” attribute like the default images of the template, in Microsoft Expression Web if you click to align an image to the left or right of text the program will add a “float” to style of the image which is not supported by many email clients.

About the font size, make sure to specify the font-size in those TDs which the text appears to be bigger in them, like that:
<td style="font-size:12px;">text</td>

Regards.

Thank you so much again for your help. Once I sorted the image problem, the text issue disappeared which is strange but… who cares. Love your template and thank you so much for your support.

Glad the issue is fixed, enjoy using the newsletter :)

Hi, I purchased this item and the layout in Outlook 2010 looks bad. Regardless of how much MS is a pain in my side, there are a ton of people who use it. I took the HTML and basically cut it down to a single table with a simple “some text” in a td and the td is over flowing out past the image header/footer. I have set the table/td widths in a style, inline, and css. Do you have any ideas why this is happening?

Hi jmhagerty,

Thanks for purchasing Fresh Newsletter, when I view the newsletter in Outlook 2010 I don’t see any problems, from which program you send the newsletter? Do you see the problem in the original newsletter code before any modifications applied? If you have edited the newsletter in any HTML editor send me copy of the HTML file to gifkynet {@} gmail.com

Regards.

Hi, how are you? Can I use it on mailchimp? Is compatible?

Hi cgsolitario,

I’m fine, thanks. :)

Yes, Fresh Newsletter is compatible with mailchimp, help documentation included in the download covers steps for using and editing it in mailchimp’s visual editor.

Regards.

Hello Gifky

I like the template a lot and got the final product ready now.

I got maybe the most stupid question to ask.

But how do I send it? – If I don’t want to use it as a newsletter. But send it to a couple of people. Is it possible to do within Outlook(2011 Mac).

Regards, Michael

Hi Michael,

Thanks for purchasing Fresh Newsletter, I believe you should be able to send it from Outlook on Mac or Apple Mail, contact me from my profile contact form so I can send you instructions.

Regards.

I will do that, thanks a lot for the quick response.

Regards,

Hi – I really like your Fresh template. However when I display it in Dreamweaver CS6 in Design mode, the banner image in 1.html does not display the correct width. It is fine in browsers and Live mode. Is there a reason for this?

Hi slselwyn,

Just answered your email, don’t worry that’s just a Dreamweaver rendering issue the final look of the template is exactly how it is rendered in the browser.

Regards.

Hi I can’t figure our how to use the read more option, their is nothing in your documents about it ?

Hi mckenzgd,

Thanks for purchasing Fresh Newsletter. In the “read more” button you should place the link to the website where you have more information/full article etc. If you place all information in the newsletter then you don’t need to use “read more” option.

Regards.

hello.I bought this templete, how Inserting an Link in to 1- unsubscribe click here ? 2-Forward to a friend ? please

Hi eden71,

Thanks for purchasing Fresh Newsletter, the unsubscribe & forward to a friend links are available in most email campaigns management services such as Mailchimp, Campaign Monitor, etc… otherwise you can’t use them.

There is a “forward to a friend” substitute, check out: addthis.com > Email Newsletter, you can create a similar “email a friend” button (check out Catch Email Template layout#1 last content block).

Regards.

Hi -are the email templates compatible with Sendblaster ?

http://www.sendblaster.com/

Peace.

Hi Peaceonearth,

Yes you can use this email template in SendBlaster as referenced here.

Regards.

I bought this templete, its five stars but also the after sales help I received is first class. Two questions I asked were answered withing 30 minutes and resolved both my queries!

Thanks again and good luck!

Thanks for your great feedback, glad I was helpful :)

Regards.

Hey Gifky

I just purchased your work! Could you find time to explain how to hook it up to Windows Live Mail please.

Awesome stuff by the way!

Thanks

Hi neil74white,

Thanks for purchasing Fresh Newsletter. Please contact me via my profile so I can send you via email instructions with screenshot.

Regards.

Hi I love this template but I’m a newbie and the help info is confusing to me, can you recommend a web video on editing html templates for the novice.

Thanx

Hi taste1,

Thanks for purchasing Fresh Newsletter, it’s best to edit it in the email program/service you are using so you won’t need to deal with the code.

If you want to edit the newsletter then import it to your email program, you can use any free WYSIWYG HTML editor such as Mozilla SeaMonkey and you won’t need to deal with the code.

If you want to deal with the code, basic knowledge of HTML is enough, here are some great videos.

Regards.

Hi, Great Work!

I am looking at purchasing this, its by far the best newsletter I have seen but I have one question. You say it is tested with Windows Live Mail yet upon Google Searches it says that Windows Live Mail does not support newsletters. Do you provide instructions on how this works because all I use is Windows Live Mail.

Thanks

Hi neil74white,

Thanks for your interest in Fresh Newsletter, yes you can use it in Windows Live Mail, just go ahead purchase the newsletter and contact me via my profile and will send you the instructions how to send it via Windows Live Mail.

Regards.

I just realized the changes and made the theme work. Also, I had a question about the PSD files. I have PSD CS6 and it wouldnt open. Do you know why that is?

It should open, the folders are not visible so make sure to click on the “eye” sign next to the color theme you want to view (as shown in the documentation).

Hey Vincent,

Im using mail chimp and looked in the email html where it would say say the suggested code to sitch for it to work and couldnt find it. What exactly am i doing wrong?

The html uploaded fine into mailchimp without editing the code and combining the images with it. Also, when i put the image folder inside the file and zipped it, it turned the templete into nothing but error codes and weird letters.

Do i still need to edit the html? How updated is the help documentation?

Thanks,

Alex

Hi Alex,

Thanks for purchasing Fresh Newsletter, just search for <body only as the “link” & “vlink” values may change from color theme to another, and edit it as mentioned in the documentation.

Will update the documentation shortly since Mailchimp has changed the upload instructions, here are the new steps: Go to Mailchimp, In the Dashboard click on My Templates button, Code Your Own, Import Zip File.

Following the previous steps should make it work in Mailchimp without errors :)

Feel free to contact me via my profile if you need anything else.

Regards.

and following it up, may I use it once a month for the same client? and for some other clients? Please, clarify me the extent of the license.

Hi Vicente,

Yes can use it once a month for the same client. Regular license for a single client you can’t use it for other clients, for each client you will need to purchase a separate regular license.

Regards.

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