Some Cameo plugins for WordPress websites use custom fields to tell the plugin about some aspect of the page. A box to control custom fields should be visible below the main editing area on WordPress’ page editor. If you don’t see this, you need to turn it on. This article shows the steps to do that in WordPress 5. Read More…
Installing Cameo’s WordPress plugins into your website
Cameo offers a number of plugins for WordPress plugins that let your WordPress website connect to Cameo. This article shows you how to install them into your website. Read More…
Cameo 10: proposed changes to lists
For Cameo 10, I am thinking about making some changes to how lists and templates work to address some problems, particularly with opting out. I envisage: • Separating opt-outs from lists, so that people opt-out from a small number of purposes for which templates are sent. •Allowing all lists to be subscribed to manually, in addition to anyone they automatically select. Read More…
Cameo version 10: what to expect
version 10 will introduce completely new features in the next few months: bookkeeping, merchandise sales, improvements to lists, PDF attachments, and internally, modernised JavaScript. Read More…
Using News Builder
News Builder is a major addition to Cameo’s template editor. With it you can compose structured mailshots from a set of ready-made, customisable blocks. Edit the text and replace place-holder images with your own in the usual way in the template editor. Text can include substitutions, of course. You can save individual blocks as amended, and these carry your own text for re-use as well as colour etc. Read More…
About query parameters in Cameo forms
Query parameters allow you to pass values to the form via the URL of the page it is embedded in, changing its behaviour. Cameo forms let you customise the names of query parameters they can use, and in many cases the default when the URL does not provide one. Read More…
About tables of items
Cameo displays lots of things in a summary table with more detail and controls to make changes if you expand the summary. These share a common look and feel. Many have filters and/or sorting controls in the table header. This article explains how to use these tables and filters. Read More…
How to make spreadsheet CSV reports (updated)
This article explains how to get a spreadsheet of selected data from a group of membership records as a CSV file. This is how you can do arbitrary reports and export data from Cameo. Read More…
Setting up a new Cameo installation
Cameo co-operates with a number of external services for things like sending and receiving email, taking payments and offering publically-accessible forms. This article explains what is needed to set these up. Read More…
More choices for biometric and physical key log-in
Windows 10 version 1903 (currently being distributed) links logging in to Windows with logging in to web sites such as Cameo using biometric sensors or physical keys. This offers many more choices for logging in to Cameo. (There is a small change in linking your Cameo login to a key, fingerprint or whatever to support this). Read More…