We’d like to start by saying thank you to everybody who has contacted us recently with suggestions of features they would like to see implemented into Suite26.  Please keep them coming to suggestions@26.co.uk

From this feedback we would like to announce two small new features which may be useful in some circumstances.

Disable WYSIWYG Editor:

Some users design their e-mail templates in their favourite design program (Dreamweaver etc) and host the images for their mailer on their own servers.  In these cases it may be desirable to bypass the built-in WYSIWYG editor functionality. 

To turn off the WYSIWYG you will need to click on the Options tab, then Preferences and tick the Disable WYSIWYG Editor checkbox. With the editor disabled you will simply be provided with a standard text box to paste your HTML code into.

Disable Link Tracking:

Suite26 has always had the ability to turn tracking (opens & clicks) off on a per e-mail basis (available from the Send Campaign wizard), but it is now possible to disable tracking for a specific link within a campaign.

You may want to do this if you have a link which you wish to insert personalised information into (such as a membership number or e-mail address).  To disable tracking for a specific link you will need to switch the WYSIWYG editor into HTML code view and edit the link to add so that it contains rel=”s26-no-track” - your link should look like this:

<a rel=”s26-no-track” href=”http://www.mylinkhere.com/mylink.html”>

If you require any help with these new features or need further information, please e-mail support@26.co.uk and we will be happy to assist.

We’ve been up and running for just over six weeks now and the initial feedback from our users has been great.  We just wanted to give you a very brief update on some of the features and improvements we are working on at the moment and which you can expect shortly….

- Ability to import e-mail campaign content from a URL.
- SOAP based API for managing contacts, campaigns and reports.
- Selected reports can be exported CSV file.
- Allow contacts to be updated in bulk via a file upload.
- Custom contact segmentation via an easy to use filter.
- Comprehensive help and documentation area.

We’ve got loads more features and updates waiting in the wings which we will announce in due course.

If you have any ideas or suggestions on how Suite26 could be improved to further improve your online marketing campaigns, please drop an e-mail to suggestions@26.co.uk and we will consider implementing them into our future development plans.