How do I import my newsletter from my own computer?

To import your (almost) ready-made newsletter from your computer, these are the steps you must take: 

1. Start a new campaign (on the Campaigns →  Overview)
   

   

2. Click the link 'Choose a different campaign type'.
   

   

3. Next, select 'Import'.
   

   

Start the five step plan

You can now import your newsletter and put a campaign together in five steps: 

1. Fill out basic data

You start by entering, among other things, the sender address and sender name, subject, and preview text. See also: basic data.

2. Select recipients

Select the subscriber list(s) and/or the segment(s) you want to send you campaign to. See also: select recipients.

3. Import newsletter

You can now import your newsletter. For this, select the option: ' Import from computer':

You can now upload the HTML and corresponding files to your newsletter from your computer. When importing, the corresponding files should be uploaded as a zip file. After uploading, Laposta will unpack the files and join the HTML and style sheets. 

Images are saved in Laposta. Our application adjusts links, to allow you to measure the amount of clicks for these links after sending your newsletter.

After importing, you can edit the imported HTML with the HTML-editor (in Step 3). This way, you can still personalise your newsletter. You can add an unsubscribe link yourself, or have it automatically added by Laposta.

After importing, you can use the Preview button to see what your newsletter will look like to your subscribers. Using the Testmail button, you can send the newsletter to yourself and a few others to check it.

To elaborate:

• Laposta adds the external style sheets to the HTML, because these cannot be used in email clients. In Step 3, you can also choose an inline CSS placement. In that case, the styles are added as attributes to all individual HTML tags.
• The inline placement of style sheets is necessary to get your newsletter displayed correctly in a number of important email clients (notably: Gmail and Outlook). We therefore recommend that you choose this option 
• Sometimes, the inline placement of style sheets can cause your newsletter page to be displayed incorrectly. This mostly happens with complex CSS. In that case, your best option is to simplify the CSS. Optionally, you can disable the inlining.

4. Final check

In the final check, you can recheck your campaign. You will also see the basic data you entered, and your selected recipients. 

5. Schedule delivery

Now, you determine when the campaign should be sent to your subscribers. You can do this directly, or you can use the task planner on your screen. You can also enter what email address should receive the sending confirmation.