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The Editor tool appears in the Marketing Template portion of CMA. It can be utilized when creating marketing templates. The editor has many functions similar to those found in Microsoft Word in addition to custom features of the CMA. The user can ‘mouse over’ the icons to see its function. This guide will specifically take a look at the most commonly used functions of the editor.

Please Note: All new clients/PayCloud users will use this editor.  Clients still using CSWeb will use the Classic Editor.


Use Case
  • A Club Admin would like to add stylized content but is unsure of how to correctly use the multitude of features within the Hosted Editor.

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 Saves and closes editor/template

First Row of Icons

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  1. Formats - Use preset formatting options for paragraphs, headers, etc..

  2. Paragraph - Choose among different paragraph form structures

  3. Font Family - Select text font. Each club’s system has a default font, it is usually best to use the default font when creating emails for consistency

  4. Font Size - Select size of text font. The Font size is in points.

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  1.   Cut - Remove text or images

  2.   Copy 

  3.   Paste 

  4.   Paste as Text - Paste text, removing all formatting. Recommended paste option.

  5.   Bold Text

  6.    Italicize Text

  7.   Text Color

  8.   Background Color

  9.   Special Characters - A special array of characters can be added to the body of the template.

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J. Image Modified   Alignment - Left, Center, Right, Full Alignment Text Formatting.

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  1. Image Modified   Table- For instructions on inserting a table, please see below.


When adding a table:

    1. Click table icon in toolbar and select number of rows and columns. This will place the table into the body of the template.  

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To edit the table properties:

    1. Make sure your cursor is on the table.

    2. Click the table icon in the toolbar and select the  ‘edit table properties’ option.

    3. On the General tab, you can set the width/height of the table as well as the border size and alignment of the table.

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 Click the image and then click the insert/edit image icon in the toolbar.

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F. Image Modified   Insert/Edit File - Please see Insert/Edit Link below to learn the recommended option to include documents/Files in an email template.

G.   Insert/Edit Link - Please see instructions below.

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Set the Target to New Window. Click OK. Now your document is linked to the text in the body of the template

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H.    Unordered List - Format list with bullets or symbols

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K.    HTML - View the HTML code vs. the visual editor view. This is for experienced administrators

Custom Plug-Ins

This option is available ONLY in the Marketing Editor Template.  

Use these custom plug-in options to customize/personalize the email template. Options include Attachments, Member, Custom Fields, Member Financial, and System. Click the plug-in option on the right side of the editor for detailed options.

Attachments

The following is one option to upload and attach documents into the email template.

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Once the new file is uploaded, it will appear in the list of attachments. Click the file name to insert into the editor as seen below.  

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Member


This plugin allows you to customize the member’s personal information such as their name, member number and birthdate.  It works similar to a mail merge feature pulling information from the database into the document. Click the member information you wish to include. Example below.

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Custom Fields

This plug-in pulls in data from ‘custom fields’ in the database.  

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Member Financial

Use this plugin to include data such as food minimums, current balance due, and past due amounts

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System

Use this plugin to include system information such as the club name, phone number and email address.

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  • When working with attachments, Download File allows you to download the file onto a disk while the Document Quick View allows you to preview the document.



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