In Mailster you can have multiple autoresponder to trigger your campaigns automatically. Some of them have a date or timestamp to get triggered within a certain timeframe. To not go way back to the beginning of time (and to accidentally sent to all your subscribers) Mailster uses a “Grace Period”.
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Permalink Structure
Mailster uses custom rewrite rules to process certain actions and to route users on the newsletter homepage. If you have problems with links this article can help.
Working with animated GIFs in Mailster
Animated Gifs can bring some life in your email marketing campaigns. Since Mailster uses WordPress native methods to resize images, so they fit correctly and reduce file size, the animation is may lost during this process.
How many subscribers can Mailster handle?
Technically there are no limits in Mailster. You can have unlimited subscribers, lists, forms and campaigns. There are some server related limits though.
Mailster and GDPR
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and is enforceable as law in all EU member states on May 25, 2018. While Mailster is technically compliance with this law you may have to bring some additional thing in place to make the whole process compliance for your site.
Implementing a re-permission program for GDPR
The new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requires you to have consent for all of your subscribers. Not only the new one but also for your existing once. To get the consent of your subscribers in Mailster you should send a dedicate campaign to all your subscribers and ask the to give you permission to […]
Using WooCommerce in your Newsletter Campaigns
If you’re running a WooCommerce Shop and like to send your latest products to your audience you can use Mailster with the WooCommerce Add on.
Adding custom code to your website
Sometimes it’s required to add custom code which extends the functionality of your website. In WordPress you have two ways which are recommended.
How to remove Visual Composer short codes in campaigns
If you are using Visual Composer to create your content in WordPress you may find the used short codes in your campaign.
Sending Plain Text Emails
For tracking reasons you can only send HTML emails in Mailster. If you like to send plain text messages there is a simple trick you can do.
Ignore certain Posts in your Campaigns
With Mailster you can send your latest posts automatically to your subscribers but sometimes you would like to exclude certain articles.
Understanding subscriber based timezone sending
If your subscribers are located in different timezone and you still like to reach them on the best time of the day this is the option you are looking for.
Build an Archive of your latest Newsletters
Displaying the latest campaigns in chronological order can get achieved in an easy way. Just enable the option on the Settings page (tab Front End):
Add a list of your latest post in your campaign
People are always interested in new stuff. If not give them an opportunity to visit your blog by offering links to older articles
Segmentation in Mailster
Segmentation let you target your audience more specific. This way you can send your campaigns only to a certain user group.
Get a notification on new subscribers
Get notifications for new subscribers is simple by enabling the option on the Subscribers tab in the Settings.
Use fullname instead of first- and lastname
When you write personalized newsletters you are probably familiar with the {firstname} and {lastname} tag. If you use both you should replace them with {fullname}
What is DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail)?
DKIM stands for DomainKeys Identified Mail and is a method for associating a domain name to an email message (Wikipedia) If you don’t have a verified domain and you have enabled the DKIM checkbox on the settings page you get a big red box an white input field.