Importing members into Newspad using CSV
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Topic: Importing members into Newspad using CSV
Posted By: 123Simples
Subject: Importing members into Newspad using CSV
Date Posted: 17 December 2010 at 7:41pm
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Sad as they may sound, one of the reasons why I have never really used Newspad, is trying to understand the software and how it works. One of the issues I had was actually trying to work out how to import members using a CSV or txt file. Now I've managed to achieve that, I'd like to share what I did so others can find it a bit easier. Whether or not my actual method is the easiest option, I cannot say - I'm not that smart  , but here it goes:Step 1: Open up notepad and for example type: Fictional Name,fictional@someaddress.com New Character,newcharacter@another.co.uk Simply Sally,simplesally@hotmail-pretend.com And so forth. Leave no spaces on each line, but obviously drop down a line to enter the new real name, and then their email address. If you are quick on clicking mouse buttons, you can copy and paste into the Notepad document. When you have finished, File - Save As, and save as again for example names.csv You have now created the CSV file Step 2: Copy this file to your csv_import FOLDER inside newspad directory, and upload Step 3: Choose Import Tools, and then Import Subscribers from CSV or Text File and you will see a blank box but I've already filled in what I did, just so you can know what to do:  Make sure you select All Categories if you want these people to receive your email newsletters, and then hit Import Give it a few seconds, or minutes, and then you should have a new list of Subscribers. If you make an error, then just delete the Subscribers you have, and start again. It may not be the easiest way, but it works, and as a final tip, for extra security and peace of mind, I then deleted the uploaded csv file from the csv_import FOLDER on the server, as this information is now stored in the newspad database |
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Posted By: dfrancis
Date Posted: 18 December 2010 at 10:47am
| sweet! |
Posted By: 123Simples
Date Posted: 18 December 2010 at 6:47pm
Thanks  It was the laymans terms on how to do an import, but I hope it helped, and will help others. Now all I've got to figure out is how to do the actual newsletters ------------- http://www.123simples.com/" rel="nofollow - Visit 123 Simples Web Design |
dfrancis wrote:Posted By: 123Simples
Date Posted: 19 December 2010 at 6:19pm
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Further to this, say if you want to add some more names at a later date, rather than actually delete the ones you already have, just create a new CSV file using the steps outlined above, and this time save it as for example names-2.csv Upload that file, tick the boxes or categories that you wish these users to be added to, and then choose Import ------------- http://www.123simples.com/" rel="nofollow - Visit 123 Simples Web Design |
Posted By: dfrancis
Date Posted: 20 December 2010 at 3:15pm
Yeah, that's the part I like the most. I do wish there was a form to manually add new recipients, kind of forcing them on the list with the option to remove themselves. But, I know how Bruce feels about spamming so I would probably have to create that one myself. ------------- “If you want things to be different, you must be willing to do different things!” http://www.DavidFrancis.org/?wwf=signature" rel="nofollow - David Francis |
Posted By: 123Simples
Date Posted: 20 December 2010 at 5:32pm
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Actually the way we did it was to ask these users in our case, permission by including on our contact forms the question: Subscribe to 123 Simples news? And they had two options (both of which were unticked), so it then gave them the option to choose yes or no. Users who complete our online forms generate an email from the forms, which we then keep on file, and if they have ticked yes, at least we have a way of proving that they registered to receive newsletters. Options that were not chosen (for example some users may not have selected either yes or no), were not automatically added into the newspad using the method I have shown above. ------------- http://www.123simples.com/" rel="nofollow - Visit 123 Simples Web Design |