Using Modx to create a newsletter

Hi there,

I am pretty new to Modx but have already managed to create a template (very fast for a designer compared to Drupal).
At the moment we are using a proprietary CMS to create a newsletter. I have been asked to do the same in Modx.
I think i can manage to setup a template but don’t know where to go from there.
Is there a possibility to export the generated html file from Modx?
We have lists with subscribed users, is it possible to use them in Modx and send the newsletter from within the CMS?

Thanks!

Hi there, you could have a look at the DitsNews package and see if it meets your requirements. I haven’t tried it out though so that’s not a recommendation

However, in nearly all cases a dedicated email provider like MailChimp is going to be a lot more flexible - with better deliverability, list management and reporting. I’ve been using it for a couple of years now and it’s a real pleasure to use.

You can easily add a capture form to your modx site, or even synchronise a local subscriber/user list using the MailChimp API. Some further discussion here: http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic,30590.msg331153.html#msg331153

My personal favorite is DADA mail. It’s a perl application, but embeds easily into a MODx module (for Evo), and can be configured to use a given URL which can be a MODx-generated page.

Hey guys can you give me a hand on how to set up the Cronjob, is a requirement to make this work. I have cPanel and I went to the Cron Manager area but I have no idea what to do next. Thanks.

https://my.bluehost.com/cgi/help/search?sort=&search=cron+jobs&x=38&y=15&search_all=1&search_kb=1&search_video=1&search_started=1

Although I've never use a cron job with DADA mail.

Quote from: okyanet at May 29, 2011, 03:00 AM

However, in nearly all cases a dedicated email provider like MailChimp is going to be a lot more flexible - with better deliverability, list management and reporting. I've been using it for a couple of years now and it's a real pleasure to use.

If you're using Revolution, you can use the EmailResource package to email any resource to MailChimp (or any other service) through their Email Beaming service. EmailResource will move the CSS inline for you. MailChimp has a utility that will do that too, but I think doing it with EmailResource is much more convenient and let's you mail test versions to yourself first so you can see what it looks like as an email.

It would also be pretty easy to add code to the EmailResource plugin to send the email out to members of a user group. There's a place for it marked in the comments and, at some point, I'll get around to adding it.