Installation
- Navigate to the Add New sub-page under the Plugins admin page.
- Search for
Connections Business Directory Anniversary and Birthday Emails. - The plugin should be listed first in the search results.
- Click the Install Now link.
- Click the Activate Plugin link to activate the plugin.
- Configure the display of the content block.
Configuration
To configure the options for this extension navigate to the Connections : Settings admin page and click the “Anniversary and Birthday Email” tab. All options for this extension are found under this tab.
Event Notification Types
This option allows you to determine which event notification email that you wish to have sent. You can choose the send anniversary or birthday email or both.
Admin Notification Email
This allows you to enable an admin email notification of each event email sent to one of your directory anniversaries. This option is disabled by default. If you wish to enable it, click the box to add a check and then click the Save button at the bottom of the settings tab. Before you enable this option you should configure the following:
To Name :: This is the name of the individual who is to receive the admin notification email.
To Email :: This is the email address of the individual who is to receive the admin notification email.
Subject :: This is the subject of the admin notification. You can use the email template tags in this field.
Message :: This is the message body of the admin notification. You can use the email template tags in this field.
From Email Configuration
This section of settings allows you to configure the email sent to the user on their anniversary or birthday. The From Name, From Email and Subject option are shared between the anniversary and birthday email. You can configure a different message for each event type using the corresponding message option.
From Name :: This is the entry name of the individual who is to receive the event notification email.
From Email :: This is the entry email address of the individual who is to receive the event notification email.
Subject :: This is the subject of the admin notification. You can use the email template tags in this field.
Anniversary Message :: This is the message body of the anniversary notification. You can use the email template tags in this field.
Birthday Message :: This is the message body of the birthday notification. You can use the email template tags in this field.
Email Template Tags
%sitetitle%— Will be replaced with the Site Title.%type%— Will be replaced with the event email type, eg. “Anniversary” or “Birthday”.%fullname%— Will be replaced with the entry’s full name.%firstname%— Will be replaced with the entry’s first name.%lastname%— Will be replaced with the entry’s last name.%unsubscribe%— Will be replaced with the unsubscribe link.
Advanced Options
Number of Days :: The number of days before the event to send the email. Enter 0 to have the email sent on the day of the event.
Time to Start :: Specify the hour of each day in which to start sending email. Valid input is 0–23 where 8 means start sending email starting after 8:00 am.
Email per Batch :: The number of emails to send per batch. Batches will be sent once per hour.
FAQs
None so far :)