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Instructions about email announcements and import users

by Dan Thomas — last modified Monday, January 28, 2008, 11:20 AM
I've created announce-email functionality. To use it, log in (with your Manager rights):
 
1) Create or go to any page in the website that you want to broadcast.
2) Put the email message in the Description, and any further detail in the body.
3) Drop down the Action menu, and choose "email all website members"
4) All members receive an email like this:
 
Dear [username],

[Description]

More information at: [siteURL]
 
E.g. based on the homepage,
 
Dear Tim Sanders,

Looking for a fantastic volunteer summer experience?

More information at: http://www.amigosboston.org
 
5. You will also receive a confirmation email that tells you who received your broadcast.
 
Now if you want to add members, I will need you to email me a CSV file (easily produced by Excel) with your members in the following format:
 
loginid, name, email address, password
 
e.g.,
dthomas, Dan Thomas, dthomas@ois-online.com, abcdefg
dleaver, Don Leaver, etc.
 
I will copy it to my hard drive, then run the importUsers script, and your members are in the database.
 
Note:
1. Their folder is only created when they log in the first time.
2. Tell me if you want a generic password for everyone, then you can leave it out of the CSV file.
3. Passwords must be 5 characters or more in length.