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1. When performing Bulk Operations only the NAME and E mail of the subscribers are used To use this option select the type of operation that you want to perform Import Remove Select the Input Format for the lists of subscribers Comma Separated or Tab Separated Values the list Order If the e mail goes before the name I E email server com John Doe or after John Doe email server com and the target lists lists to subscriber unsubscribe In the E mails box paste the lists of the subscribers to batch import remove There should be only ONE subscriber per line and must follow the order selected in the list order Click Bulk Process and the e mail will be registered removed from the selected lists 33 Bulk Operation Target Lists Options Suse oss Subscriber s E mails Lists Lem m usts This option lets you create and define your mailing lists Your mailing lists are your collections of subscribers e mail addresses interested in receiving your newsletters With Absolute Newsletter you can have any number of lists Your lists can be public or private you may set them to require a confirmation upon subscribing Opt in as well as a confirmation upon unsubscribing Opt out The LISTS screen displays all your current lists along with the following information You can filter this display by typing part of the name of the list and selecting the options disabled private a List Name Desc
2. 2000 2004 All Rights Reserved 62 Absolute Newsletter NET V5 O Mailing List Manager and E Mail Newsletter Publishing Software Developed by XI GLA SOFTWARE Copyright 2000 2005 All Rights Reserved Absolute Newsletter Administrator s Manual Copyright 2000 2005 All Rights Reserved Fir A 5 OFT W For more quality applications visit our site at http www xigla com 63
3. e Support for RSS or syndicating content through XML e Support for plugins for getting even more from the application Absolute News Manager is the complete tool for easy article publishing on your web site or corporate ntranet GET I T NOW AT http www xigla com Absolute News Manager By XIGLA SOFTWARE Copyright 2000 2004 All Rights Reserved 56 allan ABSOLUTE Banner Manager XE Ad Tracking Banner Management Software The powerful and easy to use web based banner management solution specially designed for webmasters who need fast scalable reliable and flexible ad serving and management front end Absolute Banner Manager XE simplifies your advertising tasks while maximizing your advertising revenues An Application That Pays by I tself Do you want to sell your ad space and boost your revenue need an easy to use yet powerful solution for rotating and managing banners on your website at a very affordable price Absolute Banner Manager XE is what you re looking for e Unlimited banners zones and advertisers There are no limitations built into the application Register as many advertisers banners and zones as your database can handle e 100 ASP Source code Completely Developed Using Active Server Pages there are no DLL s to install and supports both MS Access and SQL Server 2000 Full Script Included e Rich Media Support Multiple types of ads supported Use GIFs J PEGs Animated GIFs
4. Automatic handling of bounced back messages Just set up an e mail account where all the bounced messages should be returned to and the Absolute Newsletter will check this account and update your subscriber s list automatically Define the number of bounces before removing a subscriber You can have the application count the number of times thata message gets bounced from your subscribers and only remove their e mail address if they reach a number of bounces Option to resume the sending of messages At any time you can resume the sending of newsletters to your subscribers This option is useful if a newsletter failed to complete its delivery or you had to stop broadcasting Option to send a single copy of a newsletter to users subcribed to its multiple assigned lists Use this option to guarantee that users subscribed to multiple lists do not get multiple copies of the same newsletter Attachments support You can attach any number of files to be sent along with your newsletters Export Options Easily export your subscribers data using Microsoft Excel or CSV files Bulk Importing options Batch import e mail addresses and names to your subscription lists Batch Delete Easily remove from your mailing lists several e mails at once Mail merging and personalization options Personalize your newsletters by including the subscribers name email and other information collected Option to track e mail views Check which of you
5. If it throws an error make sure that you have the NET framework properly installed Q The login screen does not show any username password and login fields A Check that the NET framework is properly installed If the controls are not properly rendering it is because the ASP NET client controls are not available at the very root of your web site Those controls are set when installing the NET framework Ask your ISP to verify that the NET framework is properly installed When trying to access the application for the first time get an error about validateRequest not being a valid attribute 49 A This error will occur if you are running the application under NET Framework V1 0 in order to fix it open the Web Config file and comment the following line pages validateRequest false The line should be commented like this pages validateRequest false Q When trying to run the application for the first time get an error about not being able to load the type XI GLA AbsoluteNewsletter AbsoluteNewsletter A Make sure that you have located the AbsoluteNewsletter dll file in the proper BIN folder If the application is installed on a subfolder of your web site the AbsoluteNewsletter dll should be located in a folder called BIN at the root of the site If there s no BIN folder create it and move the AbsoluteNewsletter dll file there Q The pages are taking too long to load any
6. Text ads HTML banners Flash banners Java Applets Rich Media banners and 3rd party ad serve e Independent Client Stats Individual passwords allow each of your advertisers to log into the application to view their own advert stats by using beautiful bar charts and generating detailed reports in HTML and MS Excel Format b M ABSOLUTE BANMER MANAGER XE THE POWERFUL BRHHER REITIIHIBTRHTIDH SYSTEM Powerful banner tracking engine Multiple zones can be established allowing certain banners to appear only on certain parts of your pages Absolute Banner Manager XE keeps track of exposures and click thrus for each banner as well as of the average total number of exposures per day Banners can be weighted to control how often they are displayed and can automatically be expired from the rotation after a designated number of exposures click thrus or date Supports Pop ups and automatic rotation banners You can set banners that are automatically rotated and changed without having the user to reload the page or pop up windows based ads A perfect ad management solution for small and medium sites and powerful enough for higher traffic portals GET IT NOW AT http www xigla com Absolute Banner Manager By XIGLA SOFTWARE Copyright 2000 2004 All Rights Reserved 57 _J ABSOLUTE Manager Introducing Absolute FAQ Manager XE The incredibly
7. hits that each file receives plus users can rate your files Plus Much More Absolute mage Gallery is a complete digital assets administration system GET I T NOW AT http www xigla com Absolute I mage Gallery By XI GLA SOFTWARE Copyright 2000 2004 All Rights Reserved ABSOLUTE Form Processor XE Web Form Processing Software Easily gather and process feedback and customer information on your site The Absolute Form Processor Is an application with many use it to process surveys order forms registration forms collect e mails for your mailing lists create reservation forms sweepstakes support and contact forms and anything else you can think of where you need to capture your users information online The Absolute Form Processor is a powerful tool for processing your web based HTML forms You don t have to waste time developing server code validation rules form mailers or auto responders for your web forms this application does all this for you The Absolute Form Processor is more than a Form Mailer system it can process any HTML form submitted to it by validating the integrity of the information sent according to your requirements saving the collected data to a database working as a form mailer by forwarding the information to anyone and even sending autoresponses to the user upon the form submission Some Features and Benefits e Easily collect and process information from your we
8. Absolute Content Rotator is a powerful content management system specially designed to rotate content through your web site automatically The Absolute Content Rotator will keep your visitors coming back by showing them fresh new content on every visit to your site Absolute Content Rotator is an application with many many uses It s the perfect solution for displaying factoids famous quotes and sayings thoughts of the day daily tips featured sales items or special offers pictures and anything else you can think of Some Features and Benefits e Support for unlimited content zones Your content is displayed and rotated in Zones which you previously define allowing you to target specific sections of your site to deliver the content you want e Powerful Scheduling Engine You can set specific information as to how and when the content should be displayed Easily define date sensitive content and data to be displayed when you need it e Rotate content randomly or sequentially Define how often your content should be refreshed on every zone you can set it to change randomly every hour or even to display it sequentially until reaching a number of impressions useful if you want to display banner ads Absolute Content Rotator The powerful content management system specially designed to rotate content e Easily add content to any page only one 1 line of code is needed to add and rotate your content in you
9. Choose Newsletters Joke of the day Joke of the day Special Offers Special Offers YourCompany YourCompany Newsletter Newsletter Subscibe Manage Subscriptions Manage Subscriptions Customize the generated form To match your site s look amp Feel 43 User Subscription Once a new user subscribe to your lists they are shown a system confirmation If the user is required to confirm his subscription opt in lists a notification is shown explaining that an e mail message was sent with instructions to continue with the subscription process file user subscribe aspx BB YourSite com Fiace Your Logo Hera You have been successtully subscribed as admingyigla cor to The following newsletters e Joke Of be dag Special The following lists sill require your confirmation by e mail s Yourcompary Newsletter Ve have emailed a confirmation request to com Once vau recene his massage click on ids confirmation link 0 complete your subscription b those lists Subscription Confirmation Opt in If the user subscribed to an opt in list an e mail message is sent with an special link to confirm the subscription process Upon following that link the Opt In confirmation is displayed file user confirm aspx and the user is successfully subscribed to the list The subscriber can now log into the subscription manager at the link displayed which is also included in every message sent from
10. Opt In out confirmation if the list is private or disabled Press the Save Lists button You can set as many lists as you want and further assign 18 System Users and Administrators 4 Add Subscribers 5 Compose Your Newsletters 3 Register your System users are users that can log into the application to users to any lists You can then create an HTML form to use in your web pages to let your site visitors subscribe to your newsletters Click on the Form Generator button from the LISTS screen and select the lists and options that you would like to use for the subscription forms and click the GENERATE button The form will be generated and the necessary code displayed You can just paste this code into the pages you want to show your subscription form You can also customize the form look amp feel using your favorite HTML editor publish newsletters to their assigned lists Administrators are the users in charge of maintaining the application and they can also publish and send newsletters to their lists Administrators can freely add as many users as they want and assign them to any lists at any time To register a new representative click on the USERS button from the top menu and then on the Register New user button and provide the necessary information As explained in step 2 you can create subscription forms to add to your site You can also register and add subscribers to your lists from th
11. created absoluten directory to allow read and write permissions allow files to be browsed and allow scripts to be run Note If you don t want to set write permission on the Absolute Newsletter Directory you need to know that the following directories require write permission otherwise some errors will arise when uploading content attachments newsletter attachments are stored here assets files used for editing newsletters are uploaded here Your hosting provider will be able to set the appropriate write permissions for those folders 4 n order to point Absolute Newsletter to your SQL Server database you ll need to edit the web config file in order to update the database connection string with your SQL Server login information To do this open the 11 web config file using a text editor notepad will do fine and look for the xlaANLconnectionstr key in the lt appsettings gt section lt add key xlaANLconnectionstr value Server YOUR SERVER UID YOUR USERNAME PWD YOUR_PASSWORD Da tabasesabsolutenl gt On this entry key replace YOUR SERVER with your SQL Server s name YOUR USERNAME and YOUR PASSWORD with the corresponding username and password that you previously set and save the file Also if you named the database different than absolutenl you ll need to update the Database property on this key too 5 Absolute Newsletter comes with a folder called bin that houses several assemblies DLLs cal
12. form to match your site s look and feel by editing the HTML code using your favorite HTML editor You can also check the option for your subscribers to manage their subscriptions So that users can administer their mailing list subscription by themselves 36 Farm Preview ee Target Lists 75 Bobo ge of Display a LEE MEER dia options subscription Fields Add Link to Subscription Manager Form HTML code Users sess This option lets you register system users and administrators for publishing newsletters to your mailing lists and managing the System The Absolute Newsletter lets you have an unlimited number of users for publishing newsletters to your mailing lists There are two user levels a Administrators They have complete control over the application They can post and delete newsletters create and modify mailing lists register new users and modify the application settings They have the highest security level and can access to every part of the application a System Users They can only access and publish newsletters to their assigned lists You can list the different system users by providing a search criteria in the USERS screen 37 Search Users Add Hew User Users Found Options Registering New Users administrators only Only System Administrators will be able to edit and register new users To do so just click on the ADD NEW USER button
13. from the USERS screen and you ll be taken to the Edit User Screen where you can define the user properties a Name E Mail Enter the name and e mail of the new Absolute News Manager user Username and Password Type an username and password for the new user Level Select the user level administrator editor or publisher a Assigned Lists Select the Lists that the new user will have access to a Additional Info Enter any additional info for the user phone number address notes etc 38 DBTIDHS User Info Access Lewwel Assigned Lists Additional Information Options Set and configure your Absolute Newsletter System The configuration settings define several properties required for the Absolute Newsletter proper operation Licensed To Enter the name of the person company who acquired the license to use the Absolute Newsletter application Serial No Type the serial number exactly as it came on the e mail that you received upon purchasing the application This ID is case sensitive make sure to type it correctly Site URL Enter the full URL to the site using the application site Application URL Full URL to the Absolute Newsletter system e g http www yourdomain com absolutenl Time Offset If there s a time offset between your local time and the server time you can define it here Mail Scheduler Check this option if you have installed the Mail Scheduler in the web server or
14. from your application The standard version sends up to 64 messages simultaneously The Pro version handles up to 256 simultaneous messages and is loaded with additional features It is a powerful application that once combined with Absolute Newsletter NET can deliver thousands of e mail messages in just a couple of seconds If you have large lists of subscribers or need to broadcast thousands of e mail messages at then you might want to considet to invest in SMTPExpress as well You can purchase or download a demo of SMTPExpress directly from Quiksoft s web site at http www quiksoft com If you already have SMTPExpress installed on your web server you will beed to configure the application s Web Config file in order to let the application make use of its queueing capabilties To do so just Add the full qualified path to your SMTPExpress folder on the web site Also make sure that the ASP NET account on the web server has write access to the SMTPExpress folder so that it can pass the e mails to the SMTPExpress pickup directory EasyMail SMTP Express Target Folder gt lt add key easymailfolder value YOUR SMTPEXPRESS FOLDER Note Quiksoft s SMTPExpress application is highly recommended for sending large amounts of e mails and newsletters from Absolute Newsletter NET For more information please visit http www quiksoft com 17 Quick Start Guide 1 Configuration The first thing you must do when us
15. powerful and cost effective customer support system for reducing your costs increasing customer satisfaction and boosting your sales by empowering your customers to get the answers they need when they need them by themselves It s Customer Service on Demand The Absolute FAQ Manager is a feature packed Frequently Asked Questions management system that allows you to offer your customers an easy way to automatically get answers to their specific questions on line 24 hours a day 7 days a week With this powerful system your customers will get the information they need when they want it and within the context of your site This prevents your customers from leaving your site when they have questions and cannot readily find answers Some Features and Benefits e Reduce your support costs Eliminate redundant support phone calls and e mails With Absolute FAQ Manager you will reduce your expenditures in customer service by allowing your customers to help themselves and get the information they need e Increase Customer Satisfaction Your customers will get instant answers to their questions directly from your web site They won t have to call your company or send you an e mail and wait for a reply e Natural Language Support Our powerful search functionality enables customers to get the information they want using natural language questions dia LAT Absolute FAQ Manager XE Empower Your Customers to Help Th
16. reasons why A The first time you execute this application the ASP NET pages are compiled This compilation will affect the system performance the first time that you run the program on the server and every time you make a modification or save new settings It is a normal behavior of the NET Framework Q When trying to login for the first time I m getting an error regarding the SQL Server A Make sure that you have set the database connection string in the Web Config file properly Make sure that it points to the right SQL Server and database Also make sure that your SQL Server is configured with mixed mode authentication If only Windows Based authentication is enabled the application might not be able to access it 50 Also make sure that the SQL Server script has been fully executed against the database Q I m trying to configure Absolute Newsletter from the Options menu However every time press the Save Settings button I get an error message saying that the directory has no write permission and that must create and upload a file A Some hosting companies don t allow write permissions due to security restrictions If this is your situation you ll have to manually configure your Absolute Newsletter system and upload the changed xigla config file to your site To do this download the code shown by clicking the download button or copy and paste it into a blank txt file and rename this file to xigla confi
17. subscribers It is a good idea to provide a short description of the content of the newsletter a Assigned Users System users that will be able to have send newsletters to the list and administer its subscribers a Additional Options Set if the list will require a confirmation to subscribe opt in or unsubscribe opt out new users You can also set if the list will be public anyone can subscribe or private only the system users can add new subscribers set if the list is active disabled and if it should appear listed in the subscription manager front end Click on the Save List button the new list will be created and you ll be taken to the VIEW LIST screen where you can see the full details of your mailing list 35 View Mailing List Lists all the mailing list properties along with the latest 15 newsletters sent to the list and 15 latest subscribers List properties Latest 15 Mewsletters C ab 1 mand E i E EE i amp 4 v T Latest 15 Subscribers TET alela f Form Generator The form generator option lets you create HTML forms that you can paste on your pages to allow your site visitors to subscribe to your lists Generating a form is very simple Just select the target lists and the fields that the subscriber should fill and click the GENERATE button You will be able to preview the form and copy the HTML code You can of course edit the
18. the database 22 You can sort the search results by clicking on the corresponding icon below each of the articles found properties Also there are additional buttons on this screen Compose Newsletter Use this option to create new newsletters Search Criteria Compose Mewsletter BS Se Search Results Options 3 Ed Compose Newsletter comense Use this option to compose new newsletters Composing newsletters is extremely easy with the Absolute Newsletter All you have to do is select the target mailing lists provide the newsletter content and optionally attach any files to be sent along with it To create a new newsletter click on the COMPOSE button from the top menu A pop up window will be displayed asking for a name for the new Newsletter this information is just to identify the newsletter 23 a name for your newsletter and press HEST Type the newsletter s name and click next the EDIT NEWSLETTER screen will be loaded allowing you to edit the newsletter Edit Newsletter To edit compose a newsletter provide the following information on the EDIT NEWSLETTER screen Newsletter Name A to identify the newsletter Subject The subject of the newsletter as it will be appear in the e mail message sent Target Lists Select which lists should receive the newsletter once sent You can also check the option if the subscribers from those
19. the application B YourSite com Place Your Logo Heng You haw nive bi n subscribed t Ihe following n wslelens as com T urc rnparny Mewslezar To unzubzcrbe please use the link near ihe end ofeach newsletler or lag inbo the subscription manager 81 nitaumneralhastrsninezuser Ingin azps 10 administer your zubzcriplinnz Subscription Manager The subscription Manager allows the subscriber to administer his her Subscription information and subscribe to additional lists The user can follow 44 the link found in every message sent from within the application and using his e mail address and a password log into the subscription manager file User login aspx If the user has not received a password or does not remember it he can automatically generate one from the login screen Login to Subscription Manager L Toupite com Place Your Ir Logo Hare Login arid update your account E mail Address Password pun gt Obtain 3 password osder t manage pour gubscriptens and update pour account you will need We use 3 password protection scheme in order to protect our piiraa Forgot Obtain Password E mail Address Lise this fare if veu don t have 5 paszvord or if vou don t remeber it Upon login in the user can manage his subscriptions by himself He can update his data and subscribe to other available mailing lists file user manage aspx Subscriber H oursibs
20. tom Properties Jo smi Rar IRE e ams le i Delivery Format Dba Dead E i Available Faur Pd a PT ale Ce Lists pp qs es uM e i 45 User Unsubscribe According to ANTI SPAM international laws all newsletters must have an option to unsubscribe from the mailing list Absolute Newsletter automatically includes with any outgoing newsletter a link to unsubscribe from the newsletters In the event of the user wanting to unsubscribe all he she needs to do is to follow the link YourSite com Place Your Logo Here Unsubscribe From Mailing Llist Please enter your e mail address below ta unsusbscribe from the mailing list YourCompany Newsletter E mail Address admingxigla corm Click here ta manage your subscriptions If the list requires an unsubscribe confirmation opt out a message will be sent to the user with information to complete the unsubscription process YourSite com Place Your Logo Here The e mail admingxighla com has been removed from the YourCompany Newsletter newsletter Click here ta manage your subscriptions 46 GETTI NG THE MOST OF YOUR APPLI CATI ON Here are some tips for getting the most out of your Absolute Newsletter application Using HTML Elements You can set any page or URL as the source for your newsletter or compose an HTML newsletter directly from with
21. us at info xigla com Please refer to the License Agreement for our support terms and conditions FOUND A BUG LET US KNOW We ve done our best to make this a bug free solution however with all the different server configurations out there some minor problems may arise If you find that something isn t working the way you think it should please e mail us ASAP so that we can quickly work to resolve the problem This won t cost you and you ll be helping to improve the system and to deliver a better program to all of our current and future customers The best way to report a bug is by contacting us at the Absolute Newsletter web site http www xigla com absolutenl 53 OTHER APPLI CATI ONS BY XI GLA SOFTWARE ABSOLUTE Live Support Bring live customer support to your site The complete and feature packed software solution for increasing your sales providing technical assistance and increasing your customers satisfaction by delivering Live Customer Service on your own web site Sounds good It is Good Absolute Newsletter is a customer service tool for your website that enables web site visitors to instantaneously communicate with your customer service personnel Web site visitors simply click a Live Support button and are connected with one of your customer service representatives Your company representative then assists the visitor by providing information links graphics or even guiding them thro
22. we can help you solve the problem and keep your system operating as desired SYSTEM REQUI REMENTS Absolute Newsletter NET has been developed to run exclusively under Windows based servers with support for ASP NET For the database backend this application supports SQL Server 2000 and MSDE 2000 or higher MSDE is a scaled down version of SQL Server and comes free with the NET Framework Requirements e Windows Based Server e Framework 1 1 e SQL Server 2000 or MSDE Internet Explorer 5 or higher is required for the system administration and newsletter edition The NET Framework will be required in the web server or client machine where you want to use the Mailer Scheduler program INSTALLI NG ABSOLUTE NEWSLETTER Installing the Absolute Newsletter system is very straightforward Basically you ll need to execute a SQL Scripts against your SQL Server database and upload the required files to your web server Setting Up the Database Absolute Newsletter has been developed to work with SQL Server 2000 or higher databases In order to set up the database backend please follow these guidelines 1 The Absolute Newsletter database is e mailed as a script file called absolutenl sgl save this file somewhere on your local computer 2 From within SQL Server s Enterprise Manager create a new database Right click on Database and select new database 3 Enter the database name absolutenl or any other name you may want fo
23. your client PC You should also define an access password so that the Mail Scheduler can get access to the application Optional Subscription Fields You can use up to 5 custom fields for collecting information about your customers Just enter the name of the fields that you want to use for these custom fields Opt In Subject Subject of the message sent when a user subscribes to an Opt In list in order to confirm his subscription 39 Opt In Message Message sent to the user to confirm his subscription to an Opt In list You can use the tag CONFIRMLINK to display the dynamic link generated by the Absolute Newsletter to confirm the subscription and LISTS to display the lists requiring confirmation Opt out Subject Subject of the message sent to the user for unsubscribing from an Opt Out list Opt Out Message Message sent to the user when requesting to get unsubscribed You can use the tag CONFIRMLINK to display the dynamic link generated by the Absolute Newsletter to confirm the subscription and LISTS to display the lists requiring confirmation Unsubscribe Signature Signature added to all the outgoing newsletters containing the link to the subscriptions manager and a link to unsubscribe to the mailing lists You can use the tag MANAGERLINK to display the link to the subscription manager and CONFIRMLINK to display the unsubscription link Forgot Password Subject Subject of the message sent to the user in ord
24. Newsletter User Manual Absolute Newsletter NET V5 0 Mailing List Manager and E Mail Newsletter Publishing Software Developed by XI GLA SOFTWARE 0 F WARE Visit Our Site at http www xigla com TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTI ON LOGIN SCREEN SEARCH VIEW NEWSLETTERS COMPOSE NEWSLETTER LISTS Creating New Lists Administrators Only View Mailing List Form Generator OPTIONS LOG OUT USER SUBSCRIPTION SUBSCRIPTION CONFIRMATION OPT IN SUBSCRIPTION MANAGER USER UNSUBSCRIBE USING ATTACHMENTS 47 SPAM 47 SETTING YOUR OWN SMTPSERVER 0 0 0 0 el 48 FOUND A BUG LET US KNOW 53 OTHER APPLICATIONS BY XIGLA SOFTWARE 54 INTRODUCTI ON Congratulations on acquiring one of the most powerful and practical E mail newsletter management systems available today Absolute Newsletter NET is a powerful and feature packed newsletter software solution for managing and distributing HTML and Text formatted newsletters via email With the Absolute Newsletter you will be able to create multiple email lists that your web site visitors can subscribe to and assign any number of publishers to each Compose rich HTML newsletters using the built in word like HTML editor or send text based messages Merge custom subscriber data to send personalized messages and schedule the release of date sensitive information and broadcast your newsletters to any number of subscribers automatically plus more Wor
25. WSLETTER HET Application URL Access Password Application URL localhost annet Access Password Time Interval Time Interval T7 Minutes Update Settings Save Settings alatus Sending queued newsletters for 2004 09 13 08 38 Status Mail Scheduler Minimized to the system tray HAR 08 39 a m Once configured the application will be checking for new newsletters to be sent for every time interval checking every 10 to 60 minutes depending on the time interval as well as bounced messages once every day The program is automatically set to be run upon the computer startup If you don t want the program to run on startup you can delete the shortcut created in the Start folder from the programs menu You can also uninstall the Mail Scheduler from the control panel Add Remove Programs option 16 Quiksoft s SMTPExpress Support Absolute Newsletter comes configured by default to use Quiksoft s EasyMail NET assemblies for the delivery of messages Check http www quiksoft com for more information The NET assemblies for EasyMail NET are already included within the BIN folder of Absolute Newsletter and should be moved to the BIN folder at the root fo your web site as explained previously in this guide Absolute Newsletter also supports Quiksoft s SMTPExpress EasyMail SMTP Express speeds up e mail delivery by offloading the delivery task
26. b forms Absolute Form Processor has been designed to process any form submitted to it You won t have to write any validation routines mail forwarders or autoresponses e Powerful processing capabilities Define how your forms should be processed Set which fields are required through several easy rules where to e mail and forward the form results as well as saving the form data to a database Absolute Form Processor Form Processing has never been so easy e Form to E mail and autoresponses Easily set autoresponses to your forms so that your customers receive an immediate e mail confirmation once their form has been submitted e No need to code validation routines or form mailers Absolute Form Processor will take care of your form processing routines You won t have to code any validation routines or form mailer systems e Multiple user support Get your whole Staff to work with the system The people from customer support will get the information collected from your customer Support forms and the people from marketing will get the information from their latest survey No matter if you need a form mailer form to database script form validator or autoresponse it has it all and more GET I T NOW AT http www xigla com Absolute Form Processor by XI GLA SOFTWARE Copyright 2000 2004 All Rights Reserved JABSOLUTE Content Rotator XE Quickly add dynamic content to your site The
27. e application You can add subscribers one at a time or in bulk using the options from the subscribers screen To add new subscribers click on the SUBSCRIB button from the top menu and then on ADD SUBSCRIBER to add a single subscriber at a time or BULK OPERATIONS to batch import subscribers Once you have your lists along with their own subscribers you can compose and send newsletters Click on the COMPOSE button from the top menu Type a name to identify the new newsletter Enter a subject select the target lists and set the newsletter status You can set a release date that will be used if the Mail 19 6 Subscriber Management 7 Bounced messages handling Scheduler is active You can optionally enter the text and HTML body or get the content from an external URL a web page for example You can also add attachments and set which links to track Save the newsletter and you ll be able to preview it If the status has been set to Ready to be sent and you have set a Release date and the Mail Scheduler is working once the release date is reached the newsletter will be automatically sent You can also send the newsletter at any time by clicking the SEND button Your subscribers can manage their subscriptions online They can subscribe to your newsletters from the forms posted on your site Each newsletter sent to them contains links to unsubscribe and administer their registrations If you have configur
28. ed a bounce box an e mail address for receiving the bounced messages And have enabled the bounced messages handling options in the options screen the Absolute Newsletter will automatically check for bounced messages and update your subscriber s list automatically 20 ABSOLUTE NEWSLETTER OPTI ONS The Absolute Newsletter system is extremely easy to use In order to operate the system you just need the menu at the top of the screen There you ll find all the system options which are explained below Login Screen To access the Absolute Newsletter system point your browser to http www yourdomain com absolutenl Once there type your username and password to access the application By default Absolute Newsletter comes configured with admin for both the administrator s username and password If you set a different username and password you ll have to use it in order to access the application Enter your username ABSOLUTE password Click the login button C Search View Newsletters This option lets you browse the stored newsletters he Search screen allows you to search and browse your newsletters by providing any search criteria combination in the search box a Keywords Enter the keywords to look for on your newsletter and select if the returned content should match any or all the keywords or if you are looking for an exact phrase Sent To Target Mailing List for the new
29. emselves e Effectiveness on rise If a customer does not find the answer he s looking for he can submit it to you When you answer the question you can automatically add it to the knowledge the longer the use of the system the greater the number of instant answers available e Gather Valuable Customer Knowledge With the Absolute FAQ Manager you can easily find out what your customers need by providing them with an easy and powerful communication channel with your company e Unlimited Topics and FAQs You can create virtually unlimited topics to organize your FAQs and have virtually unlimited number of questions Plus Much More Absolute FAQ Manager is a featured packed Frequently Asked Questions management system GET IT NOW AT http www xigla com Absolute FAQ Manager By XIGLA SOFTWARE Copyright 2000 2004 All Rights Reserved 58 ABSOLUTE Image Galery The Perfect Tool to Start Your Own Web Based Multimedia Gallery The powerful and feature rich database driven Image Gallery administration system totally developed using Active Server Pages technology Absolute Image Gallery makes creating and maintaining pictures and multimedia galleries a snap It resides on your web server and searches your web server drive for new images and files to add to your gallery all from within the powerful and very easy to use administration area Support for All Kinds of Multimedia The Abs
30. er to remind him of his password Forgot Password Message Message sent to the subscriber to remind him of his password Default Sender Name FROM NAME used by default an all the system notifications e mailed from the Absolute Newsletter You might want to use your company name here Default E Mail Address Set an e mail address that will be used for sending your newsletters All the sent newsletters will be sent from this address but the reply to will be the one defined for each list or newsletter SMTP Server SMTP Server used for sending the e mails If your server requires authentication you ll need to add a couple of lines to the WEB CONFIG file of the Absolute Newsletter Refer to the troubleshooting section for information on how to use SMTP authentication Link Tracking Check this option if you want the tracked links defined for each newsletter to be automatically replaced at the time of sending the newsletter Otherwise you ll need to manually type the special generated links from the Link Tracking panel when editing a newsletter Bulk E mailing Most ISPs require you to set a delay between messages sent This in order to avoid SPAM You might get penalized by 40 your ISP for sending large batches of e mails at a time This option lets you define a Batch Size and delay time for sending your newsletters a E mails Log When a newsletter is sent from Absolute Newsletter a registry is made of each different e mail sent Th
31. es We re committed to making the Absolute Newsletter the best newsletter management tool on the web XI GLA SOFTWARE http www xigla com ABSOLUTE NEWSLETTER FEATURES Absolute Newsletter comes packed with everything you need to set up and distribute your own newsletters on your web site and enjoy the benefits of e mail based marketing and mail distribution lists Here are just some of the features of this powerful system d Not a hosted solution Absolute Newsletter runs on your own server under your own domain you don t depend on any third party to send and administer your newsletters online Developed using ASP NET technology and SQL Server 2000 Stored procedures for the best scalability and reliability Microsoft s NET ensures the best scalability and reliability for a web based application User friendly web based interface to administer the system from anywhere with web access No matter if you re out of the office on a business trip or at home all you need is a web browser and an Internet connection Support for virtually unlimited number of publishers and mailing lists Set unlimited mailing lists and assign any number of publishers to each As many as your server can handle Opt In subscription lists Optionally send an e mail verification to confirm the validity of the user s email address and to prevent people from maliciously subscribing others to your newsletters Supports for HTML and Text based newsletters
32. ettings will take place 41 Log Out Once finished click the Log Out button to finish your Absolute Newsletter session and you ll be taken back to the login screen 42 SUBSCRI BERS FRONT END When a user subscribe to your newsletters they get access to a specially designed part of Absolute Newsletter where they can control and administer their subscriptions This front end as well as all the notifications of the application shown to the user upon subscribing unsubscribing and the subscription form generated on the LISTS screen using the form generator can be fully customize to match your site s Look amp Feel To do so you ll need to customize the following files Styles css CSS Styles for the subscribers front end User Confirm aspx Opt in Confirmation screen User login aspx Login screen to the subscribers front end User Manage aspx subscribers front end for managing subscriptions User Subscribe aspx Notification about Opt in confirmation required User Unsubscribe aspx Unsubscribe Screen DOODO DO Also when you generate a subscription form using the Form Generator LISTS screen you might want to customize it to suit your site s look and feel To do so just copy the HTML code generated into your favorite HTML editor and modify it according to your needs Jom our mailing lists Join our mailing lists Mame E mail amp ddress E mail Address Choose Newsletters
33. g Upload it to your Absolute Newsletter root directory and the new settings will take place You ll have to do this every time you want to make a change to the application s settings Q I m trying to configure Absolute Newsletter from the Options Menu However every time 1 press the Save Settings button the application hangs If you have an antivirus application like Norton Antivirus on the server where ANL resides make sure that the Block Scripting Objects option is not enabled If this option is enabled any script that attempts to write to the disk will cause the server to hang Q I m getting the following error A potentially dangerous Request Form value was detected from the client of the messages A This will occur if you are running under the NET Framework 1 1 In order to fix it open the application s Web Config file and make sure to set the pages validateRequest gt setting to false Make sure to have the following key in your lt system web gt settings of the Web Config file pages validateRequest false 51 When executing the Mail Scheduler I m getting an error message about a file called mscoree dll A make sure to have installed the NET Framework on the client PC If the problem persists you ll need to download this file to your PC Do a web search for mscoree dll on Google or download the file from http www dll files com dllindex dill files shtml mscoree Then place it in
34. ick on it and follow the instructions on the screen Once installed a program group will be created available from your Windows START menu From now on every time you turn your PC on the Mail Scheduler will be opened To configure the Mail Scheduler you ll need to provide the following information a Application URL Type the full URL to the Absolute Newsletter application I E http www domain com absolutenl Access Password Type the password that you set in the Absolute Newsletter options screen for the Mail Scheduler so that the program can access the Absolute Newsletter application on your web server Time Interval Set a time interval to check for new available newsletters to be delivered It is advised to set a value between 10 to 15 60 minutes So that every 10 to 60 minutes the Mail Scheduler will log to see if there are any newsletters scheduled to be released Click the SAVE settings to save the configuration options If everything is ok the Mail Scheduler will display a message about sending any queued messages for the current date time Note If you experience any problem check that your settings are OK Also check if you have any Firewall that might not be allowing the application to access the web The Mail Scheduler is a tiny program that sends an HTTP request to the Absolute Newsletter application in order to check for new newsletters Mail Scheduler x by r scheduler ABSOLUTE HE
35. in the application You must be aware that some elements from web pages may not properly appear or may not appear at all in all e mail clients Elements like Javascripts Ads Flash and Applets might be probably blocked for security reasons on your subscribers e mail application Consider a Text Only version Please consider having both a text and HTML version of your newsletters HTML format is great for presenting content on a web browser however you should really consider a text version for your newsletter Due to the affluence of Virus spreading by e mail and unsolicited mail HTML is no longer considered a safe practice for e mail messages Most e mail clients come by default enabled with features to block external content applets and images that may notify the sender of the message being read and most users are concerned about their privacy Using Attachments Do not include attachments unless they are truly needed Attachments may be very large depending on how they were created and saved Also attachments may be useless and frustrating to many recipients who do not necessarily have all the same software that the sender does For security reasons most companies do not allow employees to receive external e mail with certain types of attachments Attachments that may use macros such as MS Word Powerpoint and any kind of database or spreadsheet such as Excel and Foxpro are the most common targets The corporate network simply destro
36. ing the Absolute Newsletter system for the first time is to configure it as explained in the preceding chapters d Set the Absolute Newsletter system to work with your SQL Server Edit the web config file in order to configure the proper database connection settings Move the AbsoluteNewsletter dll file from the application s bin folder on your web site s bin folder You may need to create this folder at the very root of your web site Log into Absolute Newsletter at the applications URL l e http www yoursite com absoluten using the default administrator username and password admin admin Click on the USERS option from the top menu and edit the default administrator with your own information select a new username and password Click on the OPTIONS button from the top menu and configure the Absolute Newsletter system by providing the necessary information and your Serial Number 2 Define your Set the mailing lists to which your site visitors can subscribe Lists LJ To create a list click the LISTS button in the top menu and then click on the Create New List button Enter the New List Name a default Reply To address and a short description of the list optional in the corresponding fields If you have registered any system users administrators or newsletter publishers you can assign them to the lists You can select several users by CTRL Clicking on each user s name Set any additional options as
37. is option lets you define for how long to keep this log a Advanced You can check the option to use ASP NET built in threading to send your newsletters By enabling this option any newsletter to be sent will be automatically queued However the thread process may fail and some newsletters may not be sent It also may eat up all of the server s resources that s why it is an advanced setting Bounces Messages Handling Enable this option to automatically handle your bounced messages You will need to create an e mail account exclsuively for handling your bounced messages and provide the application with the login information to that e mail account so that the program can access to it to retrieve the bounced messages Note that any message sent or bounced to that e mail address will be removed or tagged as bounced by the program It is a good idea to set such e mail as bounces yoursite com and use it exclusively for bounced messages handling us License Information Configuration Settings Press the Save button to save the new settings Write permission is required on the Absolute Newsletter root directory in order to save the settings otherwise the application will present you with the necessary code for uploading to your site You can download this code or copy and paste it into a blank txt file and rename it to xigla config Upload this file from your local PC to your Absolute Newsletter root directory and your new s
38. k the latest article by Marc Spellman at http www domain com absolutenl t aspx n244 amp l 14 Link Generator Copy to Clipboard in Registered Linkz Special generated Link Clicks Delete Link View Newsletter To view a Newsletter you must click on the VIEW button from the search screen or compose a new article This option will preview the newsletter and display all its properties like modification dates status and target lists 29 At the bottom of the VIEW SCREEN you will find several TABS to preview the HTML and Text version of the newsletter as well as to get reports on the e mails sent Link Tracking and E mails Read To access any of those options juts click on the proper tab Hewsletter Properties Status Modification Release dates supr a T Pia N Target Lists LI Li camcore Tim ree f ri a Preview Options Reports Also there s a text box at the bottom called Mail Preview TO by typing an e mail address and clicking on GO the application will forward a copy fo the Newsletter to the provided address for previewing the newsletter note that no data merging will be done on the preview Also the following additional options are displayed o m Send Newsletter Click this button to send the newsletter immediately 26 EDIT NEWSLETTER Edit Newsletter Click this button t
39. king with the Absolute Newsletter is extremely easy and full of benefits for you and your subscribers Your visitors will be able to subscribe or unsubscribe to your mailing list automatically they even have their own administration area to manage their subscriptions online and the system takes care of sending all the automated e mail notifications Absolute Newsletter makes it easy for you to keep your visitors and readers in continual contact with your business build strong relationships with your customers and prospects and establish your expertise and credibility in the marketplace By setting your own newsletters and mailing lists The Absolute Newsletter will help you to increase awareness of your company distribute fresh and up to date information increase your web site s traffic and grow your direct sales We hope the functionality and versatility we ve built into the Absolute Newsletter system excites and inspires you We ve made our best effort to provide you with what we believe is one of the best newsletter and mailing list management tools on the market Absolute Newsletter has been developed using ASP NET technology Microsoft s powerful NET Framework guarantees the best scalability and reliability for this web based application We hope you ll enjoy using the Absolute Newsletter system in many ways Please e mail us with any questions you may have regarding this program including any wishes you have for additional featur
40. led AbsoluteNewsletter dll Parse Net dll POP3 Net dll and SMTP Net dll The bin folder is a special folder used by ASP NET applications to access your NET assemblies If you are installing Absolute Newsletter on a subfolder like we are doing in this guide you ll probably need to move the DLL s from the applications folder to your site s bin folder If your site does not have a bin directory you ll need to create one at the very root of your web site Note ASP NET applications like Absolute Newsletter can be fully deployed through FTP While this application comes with several DLLs you don t need to access the server in order to register using REGSVR them as it was required with previous ASP applications Just make sure to place the application s DLLs in the bin folder of your web site Your hosting provider will be able to provide you with more information about the bin folder DO NOT TRY TO REGI STER THE DLLs USI NG REGSVR Just place a copy of the DLLs inside the BIN folder at the root of your web site If there is no BIN folder at the root of your site create it and move the DLLs in there 12 Root Folder Place BIN folder directly under the root folder MM Assemblies NET DLL s Folder 1 Folder 2 ASP NET Files aspx web config file 6 Start the Absolute Newsletter application in your web browser by browsing to the web directory where you instal
41. led Absolute Newsletter e g http www yourdomain com absolutenl and login using admin for both the username and password and click the login button Click on the USERS button in the top menu You ll see a single user named Default Administrator Click on its EDIT button the EYE icon in front of it in order to update the default administrator info with your own information 7 Enter your name your e mail address a new username and password select Administrator for the user level leave the assigned lists field untouched and provide any additional info about you or the new System Administrator and click the Save User button From now own you ll use your new user name and password to access the system The old admin account won t be available again so make note of your new username and password 8 Click on the Options button from the top menu and click OK on the confirmation message You ll be accessing the system configuration options 9 In the Licensed To field enter your name or the name of the company that purchased and will be using the Absolute Newsletter system 10 n the Serial No Field type your Serial Number exactly as it was provided to you 11 In the Site URL field enter the URL to your site e g http www youdomain com 13 12 In the Application URL field enter the full URL to the Absolute Newsletter system in your site this is the same URL you defined in step 1 and used in
42. let you administer the application from anywhere in e Full system configuration through the control world You only need web access panel e Packed with a powerful filter that lets you filter e Works with both Microsoft Access and SQL the poll s results to display only the votes that Server databases full script included match an specific criteria or pattern e Only one 1 line of code is needed to insert your polls onto your pages This is a really powerful application that you don t want to miss e Polls are displayed and rotated in Zones which you previously define allowing you to completely control the look and feel of your polls To get your Absolute Poll Manager e Add unlimited questions per poll go now to e Polls can be scheduled to appear and disappear ial at a future date by defining Start and Ending http www Xig a com Dates Absolute Content Rotator XE By XI GLA SOFTWARE Copyright 2000 2004 All Rights Reserved Supports 6 types of questions Radio Button Multi Select Check Boxes Drop Down Lists Text areas text fields and rating scale 55 I ABSOLUTE Manager NET Fast and Easy News and Articles Web Publishing Do you need a quick and easy to use solution for updating and editing massive amounts of articles and content on your website Absolute News Manager makes it really easy for you or your company staff to perform in house updates to your online schedules information b
43. lists should receive a single copy of the newsletter or a copy for each list From Name By default the name of each list is used as the From Name in the e mails delivered You can override that setting and specify a from name property in this field Reply To Address You can optionally define a reply to e mail address for the newsletter Otherwise the reply to address of each target list will be used Newsletter Status Set the current status for the newsletter Release Date If the status has been set to Ready to be Sent you can define a release date If you are using the Mail Scheduler program the newsletter will be automatically sent once the release date is reached Otherwise these settings will only serve as an informative option 24 Notifications Set if you would like to track if the newsletter is opened by the subscribers This option will only work for HTML based newsletters as it work by adding a hidden 1x1 pixel image to the newsletter that is tracked from the web server Newsletter Body HTML Version You can get the content of your newsletter from a remote URL by typing the full URL to the page or use the Word Like editor to compose a newsletter Newsletter Body text version You can also define a URL source for the text version as well as compose it in the text area The button to get content from the HTML version will work as long as an HTML version of the newsletter has been entered in the HTML editor This optio
44. me this file to xigla config Upload this file to your Absolute Newsletter root directory replacing the existing default file and your new settings will take place You can also download the code by clicking the proper button once the code is displayed save this file to your computer and upload it to your Absolute Newsletter application to set the new configuration 14 I nstalling the Mail Scheduler Absolute Newsletter comes with a program called the Mail Scheduler This is a client application that checks for bounced messages as well as if there are any newsletters to be delivered and sends them out It is optional to set this application and it can be set in the web server or in your local PC as well Note The NET framework should be installed on the PC where you want to set up the Mail Scheduler program The NET Framework can be freely downloaded from Microsoft at http www microsoft com net If you are going to use the Mail Scheduler you l need to configure the Absolute Newsletter to be able to work with it first To do so from the Absolute Newsletter OPTIONS screen go to the SCHEDULER options and check the Mailing Scheduler is installed on the web server option and type a password that the Mail Scheduler should use to gain access to the application The Mail Scheduler program is sent along with the application It is a file called MailScheduler exe Save this file to the PC where you want to install it double cl
45. must have write permission Link Tracking Absolute Newsletter comes packed with a basic link tracking system for tracking the URLs in your newsletters a link tracker is a software for tracking how many people clicks on a link These system work by creating a special URL out of the normal URLs This special URL masks the original URL and once clicked registers the hit on the database and redirects the user to the proper URL 28 You then use the special generated link instead of the normal link in your newsletters so that it can be tracked Link tracking in Newsletters is very useful for selling advertising To use the link tracker you need to open the Link Tracking panel Type the URL that you want to track The Absolute Newsletter will generate a special link to track the original URL You can now use this special generated link in your newsletter instead For example if you have a newsletter with this text Check the latest article by Marc Spellman at http www cnet com 4505 3118 7 31077383 html And you d like to see how many people checks that article you ll need to track the URL http www cnet com 4505 3118 7 31077383 html in your newsletter To do so just register that URL In the link tracking panel and the Absolute Newsletter will generate a special URL similar to this http www domain com absolutenl t aspx n244 amp l 14 You then use this URL instead of the original one in the newsletter body Chec
46. n it can dramatically increase the delivery of your newsletters More I nformation The following links provide further information on how to use a newsletter wisely to promote your site They are both well worth a look You may also find tons of information by doing a search on Google http www spamlaws com Anti Spam Legislation a http emailuniverse com Tips to get the most out of your newsletter 48 TROUBLESHOOTI NG Absolute Newsletter has been developed using ASP NET If you are experiencing any problems or errors with the application please make sure to try the following in order to track the exact error message and look for its Cause e Disable friendly HTTP errors on your browser Select Tools Internet Options Advanced Options and uncheck the box for Show friendly http error messages e Turn on debug mode on the Web Config file of the application The Web Config file has the following line in the lt system web gt section compilation debug false Turn on debugging for the application by changing the line to compilation debug true gt Please note that enabling debug mode will greatly affect the performance of this ASP NET application Remember to disable debug mode before deploying the application e Make sure that you can access ASPX pages at all Create a blank file called test aspx and place it anywhere on your web site place it outside the application folder and try to access it
47. n may not perfectly format the Text version out of the HTML version but does a great work by stripping all the HTML for creating a text version Attachments You can optionally attach any number of files to your newsletters Link Tracking Absolute Newsletter comes with a basic link tracking system It can be used in 2 ways You can type the URL you want to track and the application will generate an URL that you should use instead you should use this link instead of the regular one when editing your article or you can enter the URLs and in the Absolute Newsletter Options screen set the option to automatically replace any occurrence of the tracked links This will convert the entered URLs into the special URLs automatically in the newsletter body Save Newsletter Saves the newsletter and takes you to the View Newsletter Screen where you can preview it get several reports and even send it to your subscribers 25 Mewsletter Properties Target Lists per dong ee com gh eee agag io ee p ie Status ee dee ee ee ee ee E 8 C E ER J Rd Land Release date se H Ae E el E euo bo E mp pop ECL rr Lg p ET zn EL pa abl d Fs LN Vy etm a Fia LU a rmn Sete Te remp o ba rut oe bes mr Mewsletter AeA ogee el ce mst on SIE WT SVT Tf TETTE TS Ta Tn Bod
48. o edit the current newsletter Clone Newsletter Click to copy the current newsletter properties into a new one Tos wis Delete Newsletter Click to delete the current newsletter PA Subscribers SUB SCRIB 30 Use this option to manage and add new subscribers to your mailing lists The subscribers screen lets you browse to your current subscribers and add new ones To search your subscribers provide any of the following criteria Subscriber Name E mail ID Enter part of the name e mail of the subscribers you want to look up Subscribed between You need to select a time frame to display the subscribers registered during the selected dates Additional Options You can set the gender delivery format and lists that the returned subscribers should be registered to Display Subscribers Use this option to return users that have or not confirmed their subscription You can also check to display only the users that have bounced at least once Click the VIEW SUBSCRIBERS button to list all the subscribers that match your search criteria The Absolute Newsletter will list the subscribers found and display the following information d Subscribers Found Number of subscribers returned that matched your search criteria E mail address Subscriber e mail name and delivery method Gender Subscriber s Gender Country Subscriber s Country Registered Shows the date that the subscriber was registered for the fir
49. olute mage Gallery is a state of the art digital assets administration system that will let you have and maintain any kind of multimedia content on your site pictures animations movies and videos MP3s WAVs Real Media Word Excel Flash all of these file types and much more are supported Plus you can add support for any file type that you want e 100 pure Active Server Pages ASP script there are no DLLs to install on the server e Supports unlimited Categories and Sub Categories You can have as many as your server can handle Plus virtually unlimited files per category e Batch Thumbnailer utility included you ll receive a powerful batch thumbnailer program EXE for easily creating your thumbnails Totally Free e Not just for picture administration you can have image galleries video galleries audio files office documents flash PDF s ANYTHING Absolute Image Gallery Create Your Own Multimedia Gallery e Favourite Files users can mark their favourite files and then have them sent to their e mail addresses and you can keep a log of the e mails addresses entered e mages and files can be uploaded via FTP or from within the application The Absolute Image Gallery also comes with its own upload script e Default Thumbnails If a file has no thumbnail assigned a default thumbnail is displayed detailing the file type e Hit Tracking and Rating System the system keeps a record of the number of
50. r pages e HTML Editor Packed with a powerful WYSIWYG What you see is what you get editor to let you edit rich content online without having to rely on any other applications e Unlimited Zones and Content Items Your content is displayed and rotated in Zones which you previously define allowing you to target specific sections of your site to deliver the content you want You can have as many zones as you want with as many content as you server can handle Plus Much More Absolute Content Rotator has to be the most innovative content rotator system GET IT NOW AT http www xigla com absolutecr Absolute Content Rotator by XI GLA SOFTWARE Copyright 2003 All Rights Reserved 61 ABSOLUTE CONT a PANE Control Your web applications from a single location Absolute Control Panel is a web based interfacing system specially designed to provide centralized access to your web based applications and Xigla application modules It has been developed as a practical access point to our web based suite of solutions on your web sites By using the Absolute Control Panel you don t have to worry about login in and out to each of your web based modules the application does it for you thus letting you easily switch back and forth between your web modules all from a practical and ergonomically interface Some Key Features e Centralized Access Point Your whole staff can access your different web based modules from
51. r state ZIP Displays the subscriber ZIP code PHONES Displays the subscriber Phone Number CUSTOMnS Absolute Newsletter supports up to 5 custom fields that you can define in the options screen and have your subscribers fill upon registration You can use this custom data by using the tags CUSTOM1 CUSTOM2 to CUSTOM5 These tags can be used in both the subject and body of the newsletter For example if you want your newsletter to show to your subscriber John Doe like this Subject Only for you John Message Dear John Doe We have a new offer to our customers from Germany By typing the following information 27 Subject Only for you FIRSTNAME Message Dear NAME we have a new offer to our customers from COUNTRYSS The application will replace the corresponding tags with the data of each subscriber thus personalizing the newsletter Attachments You can attach an unlimited number of files to your newsletters To upload and attach files to a newsletter open the ATTACHMENTS panel in the Additional Options section when editing a newsletter Adding an attachment is as simple as selecting the file from your local PC and clicking on the SUBMIT FILE Upload File Delete Attachment Uploaded Files Lipid 2 54025 T 24 5 Eb Note In order to upload files to attach to your newsletters the ATTACHMENTS folder inside your Absolute Newsletter directory
52. r subscribers have opened your newsletters by enabling a single option Link Tracking Track how many times your newsletters links are clicked Independent administration area for your subscribers Your member can manage their online subscriptions registered information independently using a very easy to use web interface Supports both public and private lists Private lists are not available to subscribers and only the list owner can subscribe users to it Built In HTML editor The Word like HTML editor makes it very easy to you and your publishers to compose rich content newsletters plus you can optionally enable it with spell checking Option to clone newsletters Easily create new ones based on any previous newsletter content Send Web Page You can optionally send any web page as the body of your newsletter Option to send a newsletter preview You can forward a preview of the newsletter to any e mail address that you want Generate Text based newsletters our of your HTML body by just clicking a button a Form Generator Create custom subscription forms that you can paste on your web pages to collect your subscriber s information Custom subscription fields Have up to 5 custom fields to collect data about your subscribers Unsubscribe Signature Include an unsubscribe signature with all your outgoing messages to comply with anti Spam laws Asynchronous mail broadcasting Optionally use built in ASP NET
53. r this new database 4 Click OK when finished An empty database named absolutenl will be created 5 Now execute the absolutenl sq script in order to create the tables and stored procedures in the new database From the Tools menu of the Enterprise Manager select SQL Server Query Analyzer 6 From within the Query Analyzer open the absolutenl sql script file Make sure to select the absolutenl database from the database drop down menu 7 Execute the script by clicking the Execute Query Button or pressing F5 If executed successfully you ll see a Query Batch Completed message at the bottom of the screen 8 In order to optimize the database right click on the absoluten database from within Enterprise Manager Select Properties and under the Options tab check the Auto shrink property 9 Due to the nature of Absolute Newsletter this system will be constantly accessing your database to retrieve and track your subscribers activity It is advised to set a maintenance plan in order to backup the database logs on a daily basis or to set the database recovery model to SIMPLE Otherwise your log file might grow really fast and eat your disk space Adding a New User for the absolutenl Database 1 Within the SQL Server Enterprise Manager expand the tree down to Security 2 Right click on Logins and select New Login 3 Enter the name as absolutenl and select SQL Server authentication 4 Enter a unique passwo
54. rd please take note of your password you ll need it later 5 Under Database select the absoluten database and click on the Database Access tab 6 Click the Permit check box for the absoluten database then check the db owner box under Permit in Database Role 7 Click OK and enter your password confirmation 10 I nstalling Absolute Newsletter on Your Web Site Absolute Newsletter has been delivered to you in a zipped file zip Follow these instructions to set up the Absolute Newsletter System for your site l Create a sub directory in your site s root directory This directory will house the Absolute Newsletter software So it s a good idea to give it a name such as absolutenl For example if your domain is http www company com then you might create a directory called http www company com absolutenl 2 Extract the contents of the Absolute Newsletter zip file into this directory You ll need an application like WinZip http www winzip com in order to correctly unzip the file The Absolute Newsletter system includes several sub directories You must maintain this directory structure and include those sub directories WARNI NG DO NOT PLACE A COPY OF OUR ZIP FILE ANYWHERE ON YOUR SITE By doing this you ll be allowing your users to download the application without owning a license You ll be violating the License Agreement and intellectual property rights 3 Now set the permissions for the newly
55. ription The name of the list and its optional description It also displays the subscription options opt in Opt out Subscribers Number of subscribers currently subscribed to the list a Newsletters Number of newsletters sent to the list Access If the list is public or private When a list is private only the system users from that list can register new subscribers to it Status If the list is active or disabled 34 View Click this option to view the details of the mailing list Edit Click the Edit Button to edit the list properties and assign system users to it a Delete Click the delete button to delete a list The following buttons are also shown on this screen E dn CREATE HEW LIST list Create New List Click this option to define a new mailing T FORM GENERATOR Form Generator The form generator will allow you to create Subscription forms for your mailing lists Creating New Lists Administrators Only Only System Administrators will be able to set new mailing lists Click on the Create New List button and provide the following information List Name Enter a name to identify the new list I E MyCompany News Monthly Newsletter a Reply To Address Define a default e mail address for any reply made to a newsletter sent to the list a Description Provide an optional description for the mailing list This information along with the List name will be shown to your prospect
56. rvice Add Unlimited Representatives and Departments Get you whole staff to work with the system Plus Much More Absolute Newsletter s The Perfect Solution For Improving Your Customer Service And I ncreasing Your Sales On Line GET I T NOW AT http www xigla com Absolute Newsletter By XI GLA SOFTWARE Copyright 2000 2004 All Rights Reserved ABSO LUTE Pol Manager xE Online Poll and Survey Software The complete robust and easy to use web based poll administration system that will allow you to dynamically add and manage polls on your web site while creating interest among your site s visitors and gathering valuable information about what they think Generate interest increase retention drive traffic e make sales tempt visitors to stay on your site Invite them to voice their opinion Absolute Poll Manager is a ready to run out Absolute Poll Manager XE of the box solution that will allow you to easily The mast complete and easy to use create professionally looking questionnaires Web Based Polling Software collect instant feedback and business intelligence from your site s visitors and customers e Option to export the polls results and Features information to MS Word and MS Excel formats e 100 Active Server Pages ASP script there are no DLLs to install on the server e Powerful filtering option lets you analyze your data online e Easy to use HTML based interface to
57. sletter 21 Status Select the current status of the newsletters you want to list o Edit Mode Newsletters being edited composed o Ready to be sent Newsletters scheduled ready to be sent o Being Sent Newsletters currently being sent o Sent Newsletters sent Newsletter Ids Type one or more newsletter 10 5 to look for them directly Sent Between Check this option and select two dates to list newsletters that were made sent during the selected period Modified Between Check this option and select two dates to list newsletters that were modified during the selected period Click the VIEW NEWSLETTERS button to list all the newsletters that match your search criteria The Absolute Newsletter will list the found articles and display the following information d Newsletters Found Number of newsletters returned that matched your search criteria Newsletter Name Subject Newsletter Name last update date and subject I D Displays the newsletter ID Release Date Newsletter s release date Status Current Newsletter status Edit ready to be sent sending sent View Click the View button to view the full newsletter and its properties Send Now Click this button to send the newsletter immediately Clone Click the clone button to create a copy of your newsletter Edit Click the edit button in order to modify and edit the newsletter Delete Click the Delete button to delete the newsletter article from
58. st time into the system View Edit Click this button to view the full details about the subscribers and modify their data Delete Click the Delete button to delete the subscriber from the database There are also additional buttons on this screen EXAORT AS CSV Export as CSV Exports the subscribers found as CSV Comma Separated Values 31 EXRORT EXCEL Export to Excel Microsoft Excel Format IA ees PRINTABLE VERBIDH J Search Criteria Export Options Subscribers Found Printable Version Add Subscribers You can register new subscribers one by one by clicking the Add Subscriber button from the SUBSCRIBERS screen and then fill the E mail required name and all and submit the subscriber s information Including the target lists to which the user will be subscribed to and delivery format 32 Exports the subscribers found using Displays a printable version of the subscribers found along with all their available information Options for Registering Subscribers E mail Se Mame Address Custom Fields Mailing Lists Delivery Format se cem se mesme mui Re Ri es icm cecus cale m er Bulk Operations You can also perform bulk operations on your subscribers to batch import or remove them to your mailing lists To do so click on the Bulk Operations button from the subscribers screen
59. step 6 to access the application E http www yourdomain com absolutenl 13 You can optionally define a time offset if your web server is configured with a different time than your local one 14 Scroll down the screen to the e mail options You can modify the other fields and settings if you want Check the Options section in this user manual for more information on these other fields 15 The E mail options are used for sending e mails from within Absolute Newsletter Please fill these fields with the appropriate information e Default Sender Name The default name used for sending the newsletters This will be overridden by the list name when sending newsletters e Default E mail The e mail address used to send e mails from the system This must be a valid e mail address on your SMTP server e SMTP Server The SMTP server that the system will use to send e mails 16 Click on the Save Settings button in order to save the changes If you experience any problems please make sure that the Absolute Newsletter directory has write permission enabled in order to be able to update the settings Note For security reasons many hosting providers do not allow write permissions to their directories If this is your situation the Absolute Newsletter system will show you the code necessary to update your settings Follow these directions Copy and paste this code into a blank txt file use Notepad Rena
60. threading to queue and send your e mail asynchronously This option is very useful if you have a large list of subscribers because you don t have to wait for the whole list to be broadcasted it will be queued by the web server and delivered on its own Option to set e mail delays and batch sending size Define how many e mails can be sent at a time and how much time must pass before processing the next batch This is useful in a shared hosting environment where there are limits as to the number of e mails that can be sent at a time Mail Scheduler Program Install the accompanying Mail Scheduler application in your web server or even your client machine to broadcast your newsletters according to their release scheduler The Mail Scheduler hides in your system tray and queues your ready to send newsletters for delivery a Tracked Links Replacement Set which URLs shall be tracked by the Absolute Newsletter program You can use then the generated URL in your newsletter or let the application automatically replace any occurrence of the tracked link with the generated URL a And much more At XIGLA SOFTWARE we value our customers feedback If you know of features you d like to see implemented in the Absolute Newsletter system please e mail us at info xigla com and tell us about them We ll consider them and maybe you ll see them in a future version Also if you found a bug or have a problem please e mail us immediately so that
61. to your Windows System Folder Also please note that the Desktop launcher will not work on Windows 95 machines Q The Mail Scheduler is displaying a message about not being able to connect to the application A Check that you have configured the Mail Scheduler with the proper target URL Also check if you have any firewall application enabled that might be blocking the program from accessing the web Q The SMTP Server requires authentication how does your application handle this A If your SMTP server required authentication or you are trying to send e mail through a gateway or using a different port than 25 You ll need to modify the WEB CONFIG file to add your SMTP values Using a text editor like Note Pad open the Web Config file Add the following lines just between the lt appsettings gt section it can be after the database connection string section lt SMTP Server Settings gt lt add key smtpusername value YOUR USERNAME add key smtppassword value YOUR PASSWORD Make sure to replace YOUR USERNAME and YOUR PASSWORD with your SMTP username and your SMTP Password If the SMTP server also requires you to specify a port name you can add the following key as well 52 lt add key smtpserverport value SMTP PORT Q I m having problems not listed here What can 1 do A Contact us We re more than happy to help you You can reach us at http www xigla com absolutenl or e mail
62. ugh your web site Some Key Features and Benefits e Absolute Newsletter makes it easy to provide real time customer support for both your prospects and your existing customers e Runs on your own server under your own domain This is not a hosted service you get the full application for installing on your own site e 100 Web based Provide real time customer service support from any computer anywhere No need to install any client application J ust launch your browser e Reduce Costs Your representatives can handle concurrent multiple calls instead of being limited to one conversation By providing assistance online you do not incur in any telephone charges thus lowering your phone bills drastically gat i haan eae E i IpI Ern a L ju a i i j ihid Lg piki 2 c AXE 4 tat i r Fi q CHG I jaja 1 1 P i i F 151 a I 1 1 A Absolute Live Support Provide the Right Answers at the Right time Add Customer Support to Your Site Increase Customer Satisfaction By providing one on one interaction you can better explain your products and services and confirm that your explanation truly answers the customer s question Close More Sales Absolute Newsletter can help you close the sale with customers who may be sceptical about purchasing online Your live personal attention demonstrates your commitment to providing great customer se
63. ulletins announcements tour schedules sale specials internal company information news breaks daily restaurant menus as well as articles and public information You will save precious time and work by easily updating your website with fresh and up to date content that will keep your visitors coming back for more e Perfect for any site constantly requiring to update articles news stories headlines editorials etc e Add any type of multimedia content to fully enhance your articles e Template driven By editing a template file your articles will be published with the exact look and feel that you want e Save time work and money by not having to make hundreds of HTML changes and tons of time consuming FTP uploads e Create multiple Zones for displaying your articles e g Business Sports Music Entertainment etc e Integrated Visual HTML Editor Publishers don t need to know any HTML e Supports multiple publishers with different access levels Get your entire staff to work staff to work with the application Absolute News Manager The powerful web based system For easily publishing News and articles on your site e Integrated Visual HTML Editor Publishers don t need to know any HTML e Option to send articles by e mail Attract more visitors as they send links to your articles e Implement a full article search engine with only 3 lines of code e Syndicate your content to attract more traffic
64. within a single login screen e Specially designed for our line of web based applications All of Xigla Software s web developments can be easily registered into the Absolute Control Panel e Add support for 3rd party web applications Users with knowledge of HTML can add references to their own applications and deploy a full administrative portal from a single location e Support for external programs Your web modules don t have to be installed on the same server where the Absolute Control Panel is You can register applications hosted on any server and domain Absolute Control Panel Manage your Aigla Applications from a single location e Intuitive and easy to use user Interface The Top menu provides everything you need to easily work with the system and switch between your applications e Use your own logos and images You can use your own logos and images with the application to identify the control panel as well as personalized icons to identify your applications Specially designed for Xigla Software s line of products Absolute Control Panel provides a powerful centralized access point to your Xigla Software s applications Plus if you have knowledge of HTML you can add support for additional 3rd party applications and create a deploy a full administrative portal with this innovative system Plus Much More GET IT NOW AT http www xigla com Absolute Control Panel by XIGLA SOFTWARE Copyright
65. y HTML and versions DE da es prn uris iur i a md Additional options attachments and tracked links ELL varus Note Please note that some HTML elements used on web pages may not properly show in all e mail clients Elements like Javascripts Ads Flash and Applets may not properly be viewed in all e mail clients Link Tracking If you have set the AUTOMATIC replacement of links in your newsletter body please note that any occurrence of the tracked link will be automatically replaced by the special link in the newsletter body This may result in breaking URLs that you don t want to track at all Composing Personalized Newsletters When composing a newsletter you can use some special tags to include data exclusive to each subscriber in the body or subject of the message These special tags will let you personalize your newsletters with the data for each subscriber 26 When composing a newsletter you can just type ANY of the following tags and it will be automatically replaced once the newsletter is sent with the recipient s data EMAIL Displays the subscriber e mail address Displays the subscriber name FI RSTNAMES Displays the subscriber first name ADDRESS Displays the subscriber address COUNTRYS Displays the subscriber country CITY Displays the subscriber city STATES Displays the subscribe
66. ys the attachment This is true as well for most antivirus applications DO NOT SPAM Do not spam your subscribers Spamming occurs when your subscribers or even non subscribers receive numerous unwanted messages Avoid spamming 47 your subscribers there are now serious laws about spamming with very severe penalties Check with your ISP Most ISPs have strict policies about mailing lists and sending bulk e mail Due to the increased use of SPAM filters you might get your account suspended for sending large batches of e mails it only takes one complaint for mail servers to become blacklisted and banned Setting your Own SMTP Server The best performance will be achieved when the SMTP server is easily accessible from the web application The best option would be to have the SMTP server on the same web server that your Absolute Newsletter application If the SMTP server is an external one there might be a delay between each message sent while the program tries to connect to the SMTP server to send the messages Internet Information Server already comes with an SMTP server that Absolute Newsletter can use to send its messages However you may also consider any 3 party SMTP servers If you are considering implementing an SMTP server without relying on IIS you might want to check at http www download com you will be able to find several SMTP server applications Another great option would be Quiksofts SMTPExpress applicatio

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