What can I do to view html emails prior to sending

Composing html emails to send to people needs a little bit of knowledge of design, but very little when it comes to composing html emails. In Theatre Manager, you have two options for sending out HTML formatted emails. You can either:

• Format the emails in Theatre Manager an send them out as is. They will be sent in 'what-you-see-is-what-you-get' format (if selected during export).
• Or you can have total control over the contents of the HTML and use and external tool to design a web page and then paste the resultant HTML into the form letter

Theatre Manager WYSIWYG email

When using Theatre Manager's WYSIWYG option, you will need to do a one-time setup to connect to the Apache server 'htdocs' folder. Then just create your email blast letter inside Theatre Manager.

Using externally composed HTML

For the option of designing web pages externally, an excellent tool is Dreamweaver. If you have your non-profit id, this can be purchased for $25 at Tech Soup. Its handy for editing things and viewing web pages.

Or, your web designer, can post the page on the internet and you can view it with internet explorer, firefox, safari of other browsers. Or they could email the HTML and if you save the file on the desktop, just drag it onto your web browser to see it.

This this, every venue has the software to view an html email it on every workstation in the office.

Before sending, make sure the images are visible.... if they are, then:

• copy the email into a theater manager letter
• and blast it out.
• make sure you do a test blast to yourself first to make sure its right
• ... then send it to all people on a mail list