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| - | ====== How can elements of an e-mail | + | ====== How can elements of an email be personalized? |
| **Placeholders** are available for commonly used personalization like salutations. They can be easily selected by means of a button. | **Placeholders** are available for commonly used personalization like salutations. They can be easily selected by means of a button. | ||
| - | Personalizations that will only be used once can also be integrated via **XML**. We recommend this option in cases where defining a new placeholder would not be worthwhile, or if you want to replace entire sections of your source code. | + | Personalizations that will only be used once can also be integrated via **XML**. We recommend this option in cases where defining a new placeholder would not be worthwhile or if you want to replace entire sections of your source code. |
| ===== Placeholders ===== | ===== Placeholders ===== | ||
| - | Pre-defined placeholders are available to integrate personalized content | + | Pre-defined placeholders are available to integrate personalized content, such as a salutation or a current date, into an email message. |
| <WRAP round info 60%> | <WRAP round info 60%> | ||
| - | Placeholders always begin with a dollar sign $. A placeholder must be followed by a space or punctuation mark (e.g. comma, full stop, question mark, exclamation point) to be parsed correctly. | + | Placeholders always begin with a dollar sign $. A placeholder must be followed by a space or punctuation mark (e.g., comma, full stop, question mark, exclamation point) to be parsed correctly. |
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| There are three types of placeholders. | There are three types of placeholders. | ||
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| === Functions === | === Functions === | ||
| - | These placeholders are generally defined by complex functions with a fallback. For example, this is the case with all salutation placeholders, | + | These placeholders are generally defined by complex functions with a fallback. For example, this is the case with all salutation placeholders, |
| - | Some examples of globally available | + | Some examples of globally available |
| - | * **$current_weekday_en**: | + | * **$current_weekday_en**: |
| - | * **$salutation_en_formal**: | + | * **$salutation_en_formal**: |
| - | * **$salitation_en_firstname**: Dear VORNAME, Fallback: Dear Reader, | + | * **$salutation_en_firstname**: Dear VORNAME, Fallback: Dear Reader, |
| * **$salutation_en_firstname_name**: | * **$salutation_en_firstname_name**: | ||
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| - | === Statics | + | === Statistics |
| - | These placeholders are frequently used, predefined blocks of text. With these, you can insert a reference to the online version (// | + | These placeholders are frequently used, predefined blocks of text. With these, you can insert a reference to the online version (// |
| ==== Where can I find the placeholders? | ==== Where can I find the placeholders? | ||
| - | You can select all placeholders via a drop-down menu. Depending on the editor / e-mail | + | You can select all placeholders via a drop-down menu. Depending on the editor/email template you’re using, you can find the placeholders here in your email’s editing view: |
| - | === In an individually defined template or E-Mail-Builder, you can find them when editing single lines of text === | + | === In an individually defined template or E-Mail Builder, you can find them when editing single lines of text === |
| {{: | {{: | ||
| - | === In an individually defined template or E-Mail-Builder, you can find them when editing sections of text === | + | === In an individually defined template or E-Mail Builder, you can find them when editing sections of text === |
| {{: | {{: | ||
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| ===== XML Syntax ===== | ===== XML Syntax ===== | ||
| - | Using XML syntax, you can integrate personalized elements directly into an e-mail’s source code. In addition to personalized salutations, | + | Using XML syntax, you can integrate personalized elements directly into an email’s source code. In addition to personalized salutations, |
| ==== Short documentation ==== | ==== Short documentation ==== | ||
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| <WRAP round tip 80%> | <WRAP round tip 80%> | ||
| - | You can not nest multiple loops using this code. Instead, a placeholder should be defined for more complex tasks. | + | You cannot |
| </ | </ | ||
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| ===== Possible applications ===== | ===== Possible applications ===== | ||
| - | Placeholders and XML syntax can be used in the following sections of an e-mail: | + | Placeholders and XML syntax can be used in the following sections of an email: |
| * HTML source code | * HTML source code | ||
| * TXT section | * TXT section | ||
| * Template editors [change into source code view when using XML!] | * Template editors [change into source code view when using XML!] | ||
| - | Depending on the placeholder’s type, you can also use personalization in subject lines, sender names and inside links: | + | Depending on the placeholder’s type, you can also use personalization in subject lines, sender names, and inside links: |
| - | | Subject line | Functions, fields, variables, XML (not in network campaigns!) | | + | | Subject line | Functions, fields, variables, |
| | Links | Fields, $newsletterId, | | Links | Fields, $newsletterId, | ||
| - | | Sender name | Functions, fields, variables | | + | | Sender name | Functions, fields, |
| - | Placeholders in links are replaced by the actual content at the moment of clicking. This allows security-relevant data to be " | + | Placeholders in links are replaced by the actual content at the moment of clicking. This allows security-relevant data to be " |
| <WRAP round tip 80%> | <WRAP round tip 80%> | ||
| - | We recommend testing your e-mail’s personalization by sending test e-mails! | + | We recommend testing your email’s personalization by sending test emails! |
| For technical reasons, some variables are not visible in the promio.connect preview. | For technical reasons, some variables are not visible in the promio.connect preview. | ||
| </ | </ | ||
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| - | {{tag>e-mails | + | {{tag>emails |