Hammerhead CMS includes a component that allows you to manage people. In this case people are customers, dive centres, staff, tour agents, etc. The main aim of the People component is to manage address lists for newsletters.
To access the People component;
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Select People from the Customers menu
To add a new contact:
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Select People from the Customers menu
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Click the New button
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Enter all detals but pay attention to the following fields;
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Group - allows grouping of contacts for easier creation of newsletter distribution lists
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Publish To Staff - this is for future use for an automatic creation of a staff page
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Newsletter Opt In - allows selection of all contacts that have chosen to subscribe to your newsletter
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Click Save when the record is complete
If required, it is possible to import contact information instead of having to manually enter each contact manually. There is one compulsory field - e-mail address, but it recommended that at least either a first name and second name, or a company name is provided. Without a first name and second name, or company name it will be difficult to use the imported contacts to create a distribution list.
Additionally, it is recommended Yes or No for Publish to Staff and Newsletter Opt In and a Group are provided. Options for the Group field are Member, Account, Staff, Customers, Equipment Supplier, Charter Boats, Dive Centers, Tour Agents, Hotels, Transport, Dive Agencies, Other.
To help with the creation of an import file here are a selection of templates;
Contact Template (MS Excel 97-2003) and earlier versions
Contact Template (Comma delimited)
To get your contacts imported, fill any of the templates above with your contacts and e-mail it to support@hammerheadtechnologies.com. Once you've added People, you can then send a newsletter. Publish a newsletter contains instructions on sending newsletters.