Sharing files with your contacts
Rather than using traditional email attachments, Transpond hosts the files files you want to share with your contacts and you can link to these files within your email campaigns. Hosting files has advantages over attachments as;
- you can share large files more easily
- bulk emails sent with attachments are more likely to be marked as spam
- attachments will slow down the delivery of your email campaign
How to share a file using the Drag & Drop Editor
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- Go to Templates > and either click + Add New Template or click Edit on an existing Drag & Drop Template
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- From the Elements menu drag and drop a button into your template.
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- In the Button Content panel on the right hand side, enter the relevant text for the button and then click Link. Select File from the drop down menu.
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- Click Pick a File, you will be taken to the Transpond File Manager. Here you can select an existing file or upload a new file.
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- Once you've picked the file, click the button to Save Link
You can also share files via links in the Drag and Drop Editor. When inserting a link set the Link Type to File and then click Pick a File, you will be taken to the Transpond File Manager. Here you can select an existing file or upload a new file.
How to share a file using the WYISWYG Editor
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- Go to Templates > and either click + Add New Template or click Edit on an existing WYSIWYG Template
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- Highlight the text you want to insert a link to and click the link button.
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- For link type select Link to a file from the drop down menu.
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- Click Pick from our File Manager, you will be taken to the Transpond File Manager. Here you can select an existing file or upload a new file.
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- Once you've picked the file, click the button to Save Link
Any file you upload to the File Manager will be available to select in future emails you create.