How to insert URL in content
There are various kinds of URLs you can insert, including:
- Tracking URLs (clickable text or image, URL)
- Unsubscribe, Profile, Survey, and Referral URLs
- URL to web page to insert into message (web fetch)
- Rich Media (audio or video)
- Tracking URLs (clickable text or image, URL)
- Unsubscribe, Profile, Survey, and Referral URLs
- URL to web page to insert into message (web fetch)
- Rich Media (audio or video)
For every clickthrough tracking URL, you may specify a URL Report Description (its Name in Reports) and URL Report Group. You may then sort by these names when you view Reports > Mailing Reports > View Clickthrough Tracking.
Note
The URL Report Description given to a URL the first time it is used, is the Name in reports in the future, even if you give it a different name.
Although Aurea List Manager may record URLs up to 4000 characters in length, we recommend you limit URLs to 2000 characters. As of this writing, Microsoft Internet Explorer only supports URL of 2,083 characters in length. For more information, see this article for more information: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/208427/
Find below how to configure the Insert URL tab settings:
Clickable text
- Select Content > New Content > HTML Message
- Click Insert URL.
- Enter the text you want recipients to see in Clickable Text.
- Enter the Destination URL you want recipients to be directed to when they click on your clickable text.
- Optionally enter a URL Name and URL Report Group to help you identify this URL later in Reports > Mailing Reports > View Clickthrough Tracking.
- Click Insert.
Note
You can also include the link recipients can click to see the HTML message in a web browser.
The tag %%url.mailing%%
merges a unique link for each recipient, which, when clicked, takes the
recipient to a fully merged version of the message. To insert this link, click Link to Mailing.
Clickable image
- Select Content > New Content > HTML Message.
- Click Insert URL.
- Select the Image tab.
-
Enter the URL
to Clickable Image. This URL must be the full path to an image on your web server. For example,
http://example.com/anvil.gif
- Enter the Destination URL you want recipients to be directed to when they click on your clickable image.
- Optionally enter a URL Name and URL Report Group to help you identify this URL later on in Reports > Mailing Reports > View Clickthrough Tracking.
- Click Insert.
Undisguised URL
Note
You cannot disguise tracking URLs in text messages
- Select the HTML Message or Text Message tab in Content > New Content. page
- Click Insert URL
- Select the URL tab (HTML only; by default, you are then taken to this page for a text message).
- Enter the Destination URL you'd like recipients to be directed
- Optionally enter a URL Name and URL Report Group to help you identify this URL later on in Reports > Mailing Reports > View Clickthrough Tracking.
- Click Insert.
All URLs
To make all URLs clickable in a message:
- Select the HTML Message or Text Message tab in Content > New Content.
- Enter your content, including any HTML links.
- Click Track All URLs.
- Click Save.
If you are tracking a large number of URLs or using other Aurea List Manager tracking features, you may need to ask your server administrator to set up additional Aurea List Manager Web servers to take the load. For more information, see The ListManager Web Server
You can choose to track all URLs while creating a mailing. For more information, see Tracking
Unsubscribe
Members can leave your list easily if you insert an unsubscribe URL in your mailing. Giving members an easy way to unsubscribe cuts down on your administrative time.
Select Content > New Content > HTML Message or Text Message.
Click Insert URL.
Select the Unsubscribe tab.
Specify whether you want a plain URL, linked text, or a linked graphic (HTML only) for Insert What.
Specify Email Notification, or whether or not verification that the member has unsubscribed should be sent via email.
Specify From All Lists, or whether or not the member is unsubscribing from the current lists, or from all lists on your server.
Specify Confirm, or whether or not the member must confirm unsubscribing on a web page.
Optionally specify the Destination URL of a web page members are taken to after unsubscribing.
Click Insert.
Profile
Members can edit their member profiles if you insert a profile form URL in your mailing. The member profile forms must first be created in Utilities: Web Forms: Member Profile Forms, in order to appear in the drop-down menu on this page.
- Select Content > New Content > HTML Message or Text Message.
- Click Insert URL.
- Select the Profile tab.
- Select the desired HTML profile from the drop-down menu. In order to appear here, these must first be created in Utilities > Web Forms > Member Profile Forms.
- Enter the clickable text that the recipient sees in order to edit their member profile. For instance, Click here to edit your member profile.
- Click Insert.
Survey
Members can take surveys if you insert a survey form URL in your mailing. The survey forms must first be created in Utilities > Web Forms > Surveys, in order to appear in the drop-down menu on this page.
- Select Content > New Content > HTML Message or Text Message.
- Click Insert URL.
- Select the Survey tab.
- Select the desired HTML survey from the drop-down menu. In order to appear here, these must first be created in Utilities > Web Forms > Surveys > New Survey.
- Enter the clickable text that the recipient sees in order to edit their member profile. For instance, Click here to edit your member profile.
- Click Insert.
Referral
Members can send referral forms if you insert a referral form URL in your mailing. The invitation content must be created in Content > New Content > New Content from Template, and the referral forms themselves must first be created in Utilities > Web Forms > Referral Forms, in order to appear in the drop-down menu on this page.
- Select Content > New Content > HTML Message or Text Message.
- Click Insert URL.
- Select the Referral tab.
- Enter the clickable text that the recipient sees in order to send a referral form. For instance, Click here to refer us to a friend.
- Select the desired invitation content from the drop-down menu. In order to appear here, these must first be created in Content > New Content > New Content from Template, where an invitation template is selected.
- Select Yes or No to Track opens and Detect HTML capability for the referral form.
- Select the HTML referral form from the drop-down menu. In order to appear here, these must first be created in Utilities > Web Forms > Referral Forms. This form is used to list the names and email addresses of friends to whom they want to recommend your list.
- Enter the Destination URL for the user to go to after filling out the referral form. If left blank, a default page appears, thanking them for referring other members.
- Click Insert.
Webpage
You may insert the contents of a web page into your content. This is sometimes known as webfetch.
- Select Content > New Content > HTML Message or Text Message.
- Click Insert URL.
- Select the Web Page tab.
- Enter the URL to Fetch, which is the URL of the web page you like to fetch into your content.
- For Fetch page, specify whether you want to fetch the contents of the page right now (as you create your content), once per mailing (the content is the same for each member), or for each member
CAUTION
This can be very slow, depending on your webserver.
- Click Insert.
Media
You may have rich media ( music or video) play from your message. Keep in mind that some ISPs strip out rich media. Also, some recipients' computers may not be set up to display embedded media set to autoplay properly.
- Select Content > New Content > HTML Message
- Click Insert URL.
- Select the Rich Media tab.
- Enter the URL to Media that you'd like to insert into your message.
- Enter the Clickable Text that users should click on to activate the media (if applicable).
- Enter the Media Type: Video or Audio.
- Enter the Action Type > Link, to have a link to the media. Embed (Autoplay) to have the media embedded in the message and play automatically when the message is opened, or Embed (Click to Start), to embed the media in the message but require the recipient to start it before playing.
- Select whether or not you want to track when people view or listen to this media.
- Click Insert.