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ArticleLiveSendStudio NX Update
- By Chris Smith
- Published 06/21/2006
It's been a while since I've blogged, because I've been busy trying to get SendStudio NX finished.
I just added a new feature which a lot of people should like (well I hope so!). You'll be able to embed images from a newsletter inside the email you send out.
The current version references the images via a URL, so you can't view the newsletter offline or change the paths to images because that will break your newsletters.
The new option will embed the images with the email, so the emails can be viewed offline. There are advantages to both methods, so the choice will be yours when you send a newsletter or create/edit an autoresponder.
If you leave them on your website, then the email size is greatly reduced however you can't view the newsletter offline.
If you include the images with your email, you can view the newsletter offline but the email size is increased (in some cases it would be a substantial increase).
There were about 12 different cases I had to worry about when adding this new feature (I think I covered all options):
- multipart (both html & text versions of the email are included) emails with attachments, embedding the images
- multipart emails with attachments, not embedding the images
- multipart emails without attachments, embedding the images
- multipart emails without attachments, not embedding the images
- html emails with attachments, embedding the images
- html emails with attachments, not embedding the images
- html emails without attachments, embedding the images
- html emails without attachments, not embedding the images
On top of that I had to make sure that sending text emails with and without attachments worked ok, and that setting or not setting the embedded image flag didn't stop them from working properly. (If I missed any scenarios post a comment and let me know!)
Phew!
The main problem I had was making sure that the boundaries between the email sections lined up properly and were only included where they were needed.
Including extra boundaries made my email program think there were attachments when there weren't. Including them in the wrong places stopped the email from displaying at all, so it was tricky to get it working for all test cases.
Another thing crossed off the list!
I just added a new feature which a lot of people should like (well I hope so!). You'll be able to embed images from a newsletter inside the email you send out.
The current version references the images via a URL, so you can't view the newsletter offline or change the paths to images because that will break your newsletters.
The new option will embed the images with the email, so the emails can be viewed offline. There are advantages to both methods, so the choice will be yours when you send a newsletter or create/edit an autoresponder.
If you leave them on your website, then the email size is greatly reduced however you can't view the newsletter offline.
If you include the images with your email, you can view the newsletter offline but the email size is increased (in some cases it would be a substantial increase).
There were about 12 different cases I had to worry about when adding this new feature (I think I covered all options):
- multipart (both html & text versions of the email are included) emails with attachments, embedding the images
- multipart emails with attachments, not embedding the images
- multipart emails without attachments, embedding the images
- multipart emails without attachments, not embedding the images
- html emails with attachments, embedding the images
- html emails with attachments, not embedding the images
- html emails without attachments, embedding the images
- html emails without attachments, not embedding the images
On top of that I had to make sure that sending text emails with and without attachments worked ok, and that setting or not setting the embedded image flag didn't stop them from working properly. (If I missed any scenarios post a comment and let me know!)
Phew!
The main problem I had was making sure that the boundaries between the email sections lined up properly and were only included where they were needed.
Including extra boundaries made my email program think there were attachments when there weren't. Including them in the wrong places stopped the email from displaying at all, so it was tricky to get it working for all test cases.
Another thing crossed off the list!
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5 Responses to "SendStudio NX Update" 
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said this on 28 Jun 2006 4:40:57 PM CDT
Sendstudio is great product. Altough the standart version took quite some work to be adapted to a different language it is a robust product that is very straight forward. I look forward to the NX version this will enable us non english users simplify the customization of such a fine application. We will include the SendStudio application as the emarketing add on option in our future solutions for clients we develop web sites for.
Carlos Dieter www.stedica.com Mexico City |
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said this on 27 Jun 2006 9:57:37 AM CDT
Just found this after asking the question to support about embedding. So is this available now or on a release schedule. I asked originally because someone used sendstudio to send me spam, i was interested as it had embedded images which is what my client needs for her newsletter.
Thanks Gavin [Editors Note] Hi Gavin, it's coming in SendStudio NX, yes. |
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said this on 22 Jun 2006 12:04:15 AM CDT
I a new customer to SendStudio 2004. Is SendStudio NX a different product or a soon to be released update?
Thanks in advance, Robert Mesa [Editors note: Hi Mesa, It's an update to the existing product, yes. It's not a new product. It's the current release with heaps more features and updates] |
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said this on 25 Jun 2006 7:51:54 PM CDT
Hi Guys,
I just wanted to send you a note and thank you for a great product (Send Studio). Since I have absolutely no programming experience, Im always skeptical when a salesperson tells me 1. that the program can do everything I need it to do and 2. That I dont need to be a programmer to make it happen. Well, Send studio is the real deal. Interspire set it up on my Midphase account. Anytime I had question it was answered quickly. When I needed a little guidance, support was right there for me. But best of all, it does exactly what I need it to do, exactly how I need it to work. Ive set up a years worth of marketing in a few hours. Im already reactivating former clients with my newsletters and the entire process is on auto-pilot. I always track my return on investment related to marketing. The software paid for itself the first time I sent out a newsletter. Im in the black on this investment before the second newsletter even has launched. The hours of time saved with the product is priceless. Feel free to use this letter to promote your product. George W. Kukurin DC DACAN Goodyear Arizona. USA |
