Send2page sign up screen
If
you already have an account, simply enter your email address and password and
click “Login”.
Forgot
your password?
If
you have forgotten your password, click “Forgot your password?” and your
password will be emailed to you.
If
you click “Keep me logged in”, and do not select “logoff” before exiting
send2page, when you go back into send2page you will still be logged in. This
is useful for example, if you are an approver and receive an email to approve a
post, when you select “View the post”, you are taken right into send2page
without having to login. It’s recommended that you enable this check box only
on your own computer.
Try
send2page
To
sign up for a free 30 day trial, enter your first name, last name and email
address, then click the “Sign up” button.
Change
your password
When
you select “My Profile”, your email address displays and you are prompted to
enter your first and last name, password and confirm password. First and last
names are required fields. If you want to stay with the prior password, leave
the password fields blank.
Manage
your account
Rename
account
Once you are logged in, you will see your account and a sample content block with an assigned email address for updates. You are the Account Owner of this account. The account name is created using your first name. You can rename the account to something more meaningful (i.e. Little League Website, ABC Homeowners Association etc.) by clicking on “re-name this account”. If you are an owner or a contributor on another account, it will be listed in a drop down list.
-Account – brings you
back to the “Manage your account” screen.
-My
Profile
– lets you change your login password.
-Log
off
– logs you out of send2page.
After
logging in, two tabs display, Content Blocks and Account Users.
This
tab, lists the content blocks associated with this account. A content block
contains the content that you posted to your website either by an email or by
editing the content block in send2page and saving it to the web.
The
content block lists, shows you the name of the content block, when it was
created, when it was last published to, the email address to send your post to
when you want to update your web site, and the contributors that may update the
web page using this email address. You will have a content block for each
place on your web site that you would like to update.
TIP: If you would
like to rename the email address that email posts are sent to, simply delete
the sample content block and select “Create a new content block”.
Four
selections appear under each content block:
-preview – lets you see
the content that was published. The preview online link that appears at the
top, takes you to your actual web page to view the content.
-details – takes you to
the “Manage Content Block” screen where you can edit the content block.
-delete – lets you
delete the content block. If you delete a content block, email posts can no
longer be received at the content blocks specified email address.
-rename – lets you
rename the content block.
Create
a new content block
To
create a new content block, select “Create a new content block”.
Enter
a name that identifies the information being updated on the web site (i.e.
News, Coupon, Presidents Message).
Next,
enter the email name (this is where the contributor sends their email posts).
Remember the name must be unique. (example: ABC-News@Send2Page.com).
Click
“Save”. A content block is created with some default content. You may delete
this sample content or it will be overwritten when you send you first email.
The content blocks thumbnail, displays the content contained within.
Edit
a content block
To
edit a content block, you can click on the thumbnail or the “details” selection
under the content block.
Manage
Content Block
When
you click on the thumbnail or “details” selection, the “Manage Content Block”
screen comes up.
On
this screen to the left under "Common Tasks", you can rename the
content block by clicking “change name”. You then enter the desired name, and
click the “Save” button.
You
can get directions on how to get the email content onto your web page by
clicking “ Get this onto your web page“.
There
are several tabs on the “Manage Content Block” screen.
Preview
This
tab lets you see what was posted to your web page. You can also edit the posts
and save the changes to your web page.
-Edit-
When
you select “edit”, the content is displayed with some editing tools. After you
have made the desired changes, select “Save” and the edited content is
published to your web page.
-Refresh- repaints the
screen with any new posts that may have been sent.
-Help- displays the
help menu.
Contributors
This
tab displays the Account Owner, and the contributors for the content block.
The
Account Owner is automatically a contributor and an approver to all content
blocks.
-Add
contributors-
this tab let’s you add contributors, who are the people that may send content
by email to this content block.
Select
“Add contributors” and enter the first name, last name and email address of the
person allowed to send an email post to this contact block then select “Save”.
After
a contributor has been added, you will see the selections to “change” or
“remove” under the contributors name.
-Change-
lets
you make the contributor an Administrator or an Approver.
A
contributor can only send email posts. If the contributor is allowed to
login to send2page, they will only see the “Content Blocks” tab and a list of
content blocks that they are contributors for. When a contributor selects one
of the content blocks, the only tab that displays is the “Preview” tab.
An
Administrator can add and remove Account Users and Contributors, can
change a Contributor to an Administrator or Approver, can create and delete
content blocks, and is automatically an Approver.
The
Account Owner has all the above capabilities and also has access to
billing.
The
Account Owner displays as green, the Administrator displays as blue, an
Approver display as white with a badge, and a regular Contributor displays as
white.
To
change a Contributor's to an Approver, select “change” and check the Approver
box, then select “Save”.
To
remove a contributor, select “remove” then select “Remove the user”.
Posts
The
“Posts” tab is a list of all posts in chronological order, newest to oldest
that were published to the web page, by email or through send2page “edit” content
block.
Republishing
a prior post.
A
prior post may be republished as follows. Select the desired post by clicking
the thumbnail or “Preview”.
Select
“Republish post”. The republished content will display on your website.
Emails
The
“Emails” tab contains a list of all email posts that were sent to the web page
for this content block. Where a post might contain multiple emails (i.e. you
have your settings set to display multiple emails on your web page), the email
tab list’s each individual email post that was sent to the web page.
Removing
an email post
If
you have your settings set to display multiple emails on your web page and find
that you would like to remove a particular email posting, you can delete the
email that should not appear on the web page, then select the “republish”
option at the top. Depending on your email display settings, the correct number
of emails will be republished to your web page excluding the deleted email.
Settings
The
“Settings” define the rules for the emails and published content.
The
Settings page is set up in sections, beginning with the rules for:
-Email
Updates- defines email publishing rules
-Required
word in subject: You can specify a word that must be present in the subject
line for the email to be published.
-Where
to send contents: This is the email address where email posts are sent to
update the web page.
-Notifications – lets you
choose who will be notified:
-When
Emails are rejected Notify sender
Notify
account owner
Notify
administrator
Notify
approver
-When
new posts require approval: Notify email sender
Notify
account owner
Notify
administrator
-When
content is published: Notify contributor
Notify
account owners
Notify
administrators
Notify
approvers
Check
the box for each person that should receive an email then select the “Save”
button.
-Formatting – general email
formatting
-Remove
email footers: identify a word to be included in the email at the end of the
content to be published. All content after this word will be excluded from
publishing.
-Number
of Emails: define the number of emails to be listed on your web page with the
most recent on top. The default setting is “1” email.
-Formatting:
select whether the email subject, date, and/or sender will display above or
below the body of the email or not at all.
After
setting the formatting options, select the “Save” button.
-Publishing – specify
whether new posts to the web page must be approved before publishing.
-Approvals
Required: check box if content must be approved before publishing then select
the “Save” button.
Select
“Go Back” to return to the previous screen.
Account
Users
-Add a new account user
– select this option to add another user. Enter their first and last name,
email address and whether or not they are an account owner or administrator
then select “Create User”
The
user will appear on the list but is they are not an account owner or
administrator; they will not be a contributor for any content block.
Add
the user to a content block by selecting “Content Blocks” tab then
“Contributors” tab.