Cameo now supports PDF templates.These are like existing letter templates, but they produce PDF files instead of paginated HTML.
The PDF file doesn’t need to just end up in pending letters: it can be saved to several different places, and used as an email attachment. Read More…
Selecting images in templates
For the recipient to see an image in an email sent from Cameo, it must be on a public web site. For WordPress sites, that means putting the images in the media library. When including an image in an email in Cameo, ideally you should be able to select the one you want from a set of thumbnail previews. This means Cameo has to be able to talk to your public website to find out what images are on offer. This article shows how to set that up. Read More…
Supplying credentials for image selection
Some WordPress (and other) sites disable their public API. Cameo uses that to display a set of images to choose from when inserting an image using the template editor. WordPress can still provide access to its image list using an “application password”.
Cameo now provides a box to enter this password so protected sites can still offer their images to Cameo. Read More…
News builder event blocks
Cameo’s news builder now offers ready-made blocks in your publicity mailshots for multiple event summaries and single event listings. Single event listings include the event’s full description in your template. Multiple event summaries include a grid of event information (1, 2 or 3 across) including event venue and timing, thumbnail, short summary and booking and more information links. Read More…
Formatted full event descriptions
Event definitions in Cameo now include a formatted full description field. The “cameoeventslistings” WordPress plugin embeds this in your website, and news builder blocks include it in your emails. Read More…
Snippets, stationery, out box and problem emails have moved
Several sections in Cameo have been re-arranged. Reach “Snippets” and “Stationery” through links next to where they are used in templates. “Out Box” and “Problem Emails” combine into a new section “Sent Email” in “Communications”. The way they work is unchanged. Read More…
Organisation social media links
Administrators can save your organisation’s social media account URLs in the Organisation Details section on the Organisation Settings menu. These are then available as template substitutions and, in particular, in News Builder social media blocks. 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…
News builder: a small button with big impact
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. Read More…
“Merge Individuals”
The new Merge Individuals button in Templates and Mailshots lets you add people to a mailshot after you have sent it to the rest of the template’s audience. The selected memberships alongside override the usual audience. Read More…