Comments on: NEW! Advanced Merge Tags http://www.mailchimp.com/blog/new-advanced-merge-tags/ MailChimp, email marketing, and monkeys! Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:50:00 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ben http://www.mailchimp.com/blog/new-advanced-merge-tags/comment-page-1/#comment-7209 Ben Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:17:07 +0000 http://www.mailchimp.com/blog/?p=1235#comment-7209 Hey, that's what feedback is for! Thanks! We're working on a completely new knowledge base at the moment. Once that's done, we'll move into tutorials and more detailed documentation. Seeing actual use-cases from customers helps tremendously. Hey, that’s what feedback is for! Thanks! We’re working on a completely new knowledge base at the moment. Once that’s done, we’ll move into tutorials and more detailed documentation. Seeing actual use-cases from customers helps tremendously.

]]> By: Katie http://www.mailchimp.com/blog/new-advanced-merge-tags/comment-page-1/#comment-7207 Katie Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:38:04 +0000 http://www.mailchimp.com/blog/?p=1235#comment-7207 Sorry to bother you but the documentation is not good, you have simply given http://www.mailchimp.com/resources/merge/ link and left everything else for the imagination. I think you should create more precise documentation like php.net or msdn. Sorry to bother you but the documentation is not good, you have simply given http://www.mailchimp.com/resources/merge/ link and left everything else for the imagination. I think you should create more precise documentation like php.net or msdn.

]]> By: Katie http://www.mailchimp.com/blog/new-advanced-merge-tags/comment-page-1/#comment-7206 Katie Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:23:54 +0000 http://www.mailchimp.com/blog/?p=1235#comment-7206 Ben, One of my email newsletter is showing RSS items via feed properly. But when i published an article which doesn't have an image there is a blank image showing up. Can we set a condition prior to |RSS:ITEM:ENCLOSURE_URL|. I want something like this: *|IF:RSSITEM:ENCLOSURE_URL|* show image in image src filed as *|RSSITEM:ENCLOSURE_URL|* *|END:IF| Is it possible? i dont' see this supported in your forum and other blog posts. Ben,

One of my email newsletter is showing RSS items via feed properly. But when i published an article which doesn’t have an image there is a blank image showing up. Can we set a condition prior to |RSS:ITEM:ENCLOSURE_URL|.

I want something like this:

*|IF:RSSITEM:ENCLOSURE_URL|* show image in image src filed as *|RSSITEM:ENCLOSURE_URL|* *|END:IF|

Is it possible? i dont’ see this supported in your forum and other blog posts.

]]> By: Jai http://www.mailchimp.com/blog/new-advanced-merge-tags/comment-page-1/#comment-6932 Jai Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:23:40 +0000 http://www.mailchimp.com/blog/?p=1235#comment-6932 I am having the same issue, but can't see anything wrong with either of our codes... Have you had any further luck? I am having the same issue, but can’t see anything wrong with either of our codes…

Have you had any further luck?

]]> By: Ben http://www.mailchimp.com/blog/new-advanced-merge-tags/comment-page-1/#comment-6419 Ben Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:38:22 +0000 http://www.mailchimp.com/blog/?p=1235#comment-6419 Marco - Do you mean "subject" of the email? If so, then yes. But test first! If you actually meant "object" then I'm not sure what you mean. Marco – Do you mean “subject” of the email? If so, then yes. But test first! If you actually meant “object” then I’m not sure what you mean.

]]> By: Marco Avezzano http://www.mailchimp.com/blog/new-advanced-merge-tags/comment-page-1/#comment-6417 Marco Avezzano Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:54:58 +0000 http://www.mailchimp.com/blog/?p=1235#comment-6417 Hi, is it possible to customize also the Object field of the email (putting "Good morning Mr. XXX" in the Object and not just in the content of the email)? Thanks, Marco Hi,
is it possible to customize also the Object field of the email (putting “Good morning Mr. XXX” in the Object and not just in the content of the email)?
Thanks,
Marco

]]> By: danny http://www.mailchimp.com/blog/new-advanced-merge-tags/comment-page-1/#comment-6351 danny Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:31:25 +0000 http://www.mailchimp.com/blog/?p=1235#comment-6351 Ken, I'm trying to do a similar thing with IF:DATE:N for days of the week. I can't even get my ELSE condition to evaluate! Any luck with getting your date based IF statement to work? I posted about mine here: http://jungle.mailchimp.com/forum/topics/if-statements-based-on-date Ken, I’m trying to do a similar thing with IF:DATE:N for days of the week.

I can’t even get my ELSE condition to evaluate!

Any luck with getting your date based IF statement to work? I posted about mine here: http://jungle.mailchimp.com/forum/topics/if-statements-based-on-date

]]> By: Ben http://www.mailchimp.com/blog/new-advanced-merge-tags/comment-page-1/#comment-6164 Ben Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:15:39 +0000 http://www.mailchimp.com/blog/?p=1235#comment-6164 Yes. Just upload the images to your server (loading into your MailChimp image gallery might work too, but I'm not sure if the filenames get altered when you do that, so test test test). Let's say you have photos of sales reps, like bob.jpg, mary.jpg, and rob.jpg. In your newsletters, each subscriber/customer should see a different picture of their sales rep. Your database needs a column like "sales_rep" and the names of sales reps would go there (bob, mary,rob). The merge tag for that dB column would be *|SALES_REP|* in your email newsletter, wherever you want the photo to show up, you'd code your image tag like this: img src="http://www.example.com/images/*|SALES_REP|*.jpg That's how it works in concept. It's been years since I've actually tried this, and our functionality has changed a lot since then. But i've seen people doing it, so I know it still works. You might just have to tweak a few steps there. Yes. Just upload the images to your server (loading into your MailChimp image gallery might work too, but I’m not sure if the filenames get altered when you do that, so test test test). Let’s say you have photos of sales reps, like bob.jpg, mary.jpg, and rob.jpg. In your newsletters, each subscriber/customer should see a different picture of their sales rep. Your database needs a column like “sales_rep” and the names of sales reps would go there (bob, mary,rob). The merge tag for that dB column would be *|SALES_REP|*

in your email newsletter, wherever you want the photo to show up, you’d code your image tag like this:

img src=”http://www.example.com/images/*|SALES_REP|*.jpg

That’s how it works in concept. It’s been years since I’ve actually tried this, and our functionality has changed a lot since then. But i’ve seen people doing it, so I know it still works. You might just have to tweak a few steps there.

]]> By: rob steevensz http://www.mailchimp.com/blog/new-advanced-merge-tags/comment-page-1/#comment-6163 rob steevensz Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:59:16 +0000 http://www.mailchimp.com/blog/?p=1235#comment-6163 I would like to merge individual images, each image is the name of the receiver, can I merge those pre-generted image in any way, I have a field in the databse with the correct image filename. I would like to merge individual images, each image is the name of the receiver, can I merge those pre-generted image in any way, I have a field in the databse with the correct image filename.

]]> By: Greg Olson http://www.mailchimp.com/blog/new-advanced-merge-tags/comment-page-1/#comment-5984 Greg Olson Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:29:31 +0000 http://www.mailchimp.com/blog/?p=1235#comment-5984 +1 on being able to show a future date for coupons with an expiration date. I need to do this also. Right now I am just saying "offer expires 1 month after *|DATE:M. d Y|*". I would rather use "offer expires *|DATE:M(+1). d Y|*" or something like that. +1 on being able to show a future date for coupons with an expiration date. I need to do this also. Right now I am just saying “offer expires 1 month after *|DATE:M. d Y|*”. I would rather use “offer expires *|DATE:M(+1). d Y|*” or something like that.

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