Email (Attendee)
The article describes sending an email to a registrant using the Email (Attendee) feature in Certain.
Access path
Access via: (Event) > Manage > Registrations > (Registration) > Email.
Email Template
- Select an Email Template.
- Choose an Email Template from the drop-down list.
- Click Select.
Email Message
The email message will contain fields that can be edited as necessary.
- To — This field is automatically filled with the registrant's name.
- Reply To — This field is automatically filled with the email address of the registration contact for the event.
- When the email is received by a registrant, this address will appear in the email's From field.
- CC — (Optional) Enter one or more additional email addresses to carbon copy other recipients.
- BCC — (Optional) Enter one or more additional email addresses to blind carbon copy other recipients.
- Append — (Optional) To insert various data fields from the registrant's profile into the Subject line or Message body, select a value from the Append list, and click the Subject or Message button.
- Append is a feature to insert various data fields from the registrant's profile into the Subject line or Message body.
- To insert a value, select it from the Append list and click the Subject or Message button.
- Subject — The subject line for the email.
- Message — The body of the email, which can contain text, dynamic values, HTML, and/or images.
- Enable Editor? — If this check box is selected, the Message body can be edited using standard controls for formatting.
- If this check box is cleared, the Message body is edited in a simple text box.
- A simple text box can still include HTML code if Send as HTML? is selected.
- Send as HTML? — If selected, the message will be sent as HTML instead of plain text.
- Include event's display shell? — If Send as HTML is selected, then an option to include the event's HTML display shell is available.
Options
- Include Registration Confirmation? — Optional. If selected, the registrant's confirmation information is added to the bottom of the email.
- Attachment — Optional. Select a file to attach to the email.
- The file must already be uploaded to your event in Certain before you can attach it to an email.
- Click Upload new to add a new file to the drop-down list.
- Attach Itinerary PDF — If selected, a PDF will be attached to the email, detailing the registrant's itinerary.
- The appearance and default content of the itinerary are defined on Promote > Communication > Itinerary.
- If you do select Attach Itinerary PDF, additional check boxes (dependent on the modules enabled for the event) appear to select whether the itinerary should include Appointments, Agenda Items and/or Travel Flights.
- Note: Those selections override the default selections in Itinerary Settings page (Promote > Communication > Itinerary).
Previewing the Email
- To avoid errors, preview the email before sending it.
- To see a preview of the message (including the delivery and from addresses), click Preview.
Sending the Email
- To send the email, click Send Email NOW.
- Caution: To avoid sending multiple emails, do not click this button more than once!
- To verify that the email has been sent, wait for the page to refresh, then click the green icon in the right-hand corner of the page's title bar.
Notes
- If a file was attached, it was uploaded to the event using the Upload new option.
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- Confirmation (Attendee Form)
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