Publish a newsletter

Open Communication in the dashboard sidebar, then Newsletters. This requires Manage communications.

Compose starts a newsletter. An empty list says No newsletters yet and offers New newsletter.

The columns are Subject, Status, Published, and Email. Status is Draft, Published, or Archived. Email shows the send date, Pending, or a dash when email was not used.

Work with the list

Select one or more rows. Actions includes:

• Edit, for one draft. Selecting anything else shows Select one draft newsletter to edit.
• Resend, for published newsletters that were emailed. Otherwise the message is Only published newsletters with email delivery can be resent.
• Remove from member portal, for published newsletters.
• Restore to member portal, for archived newsletters.
• Delete

One update confirms Newsletter updated. Several confirm with the count and newsletters updated.

Write the newsletter

Back to Newsletters returns to the list. From is the society name. Subject is the line members see in email and in the portal. The message field is the body. Attachments can be added on a draft.

Subject is required. Message is required.

Save draft confirms Draft saved. Publish sends it live.

Delivery

Email members on publish sends the newsletter by email when you publish. The note says Send this newsletter by email when you publish.

Email recipients is Send to all active members or Select members. Select members needs at least one person. Leaving it empty shows Select at least one member to email.

A published newsletter always appears in the member portal. The page says Published newsletters always appear in the member portal.

After publishing, the page title is Newsletter published. It says the newsletter is live for the society’s members. Email status is Email not sent with Portal only, Email delivered, or Email queued with Delivery in progress.

A published newsletter cannot be edited. Remove it from the member portal on the list, then it can be restored later.