Using merge tags in newsletter

  • Resolved Retrofitter

    (@retrofitter)


    3 years, 8 months ago

    Hi – great plugin. Really easy to use.

    One thing I’m wondering though is whether the plugin supports the use Mailchimp Merge Tags in newsletters.

    If I create a custom html block it seems to work, if I enter something like *|ARCHIVE|*

    In other blocks I can’t make it work.

    And in custom HTML blocks it doesn’t seem to work either, if it is mixed with regular HTML like:

    <a href="*|ARCHIVE|*">View this email in your browser</a><br>

    Best regards
    Steffen

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  • Thread Starter Retrofitter

    (@retrofitter)

    Hi again – the problem seems to be that the vertical bar/pipe is changed to from | to %7C

    So

    <a href="*|ARCHIVE|*">View this email in your browser</a>

    becomes

    <a href="*%7CARCHIVE%7C*">View this email in your browser</a>

    and therefore Mailchimp does not recognize the mergetag and does not replace it with the intended content.

    Plugin Author Newsletter Glue

    (@newsletterglue)

    Hi @retrofitter,

    We have identified and fixed the issue on our end. It is caused by a small encoding bug in the newsletter API. We’ll be releasing the fix in our next update!

    Many thanks for your suggestion! ??

    Ahmed

    Thread Starter Retrofitter

    (@retrofitter)

    Hi Ahmed

    Sounds really great. I’m assuming it wasn’t fixed in version 1.3.0. It doesn’t seem that way in the test I’ve been doing.

    So I’m hoping for it to be fixed in a later version.

    Thanks for looking into it.

    Best regards
    Steffen

    Thread Starter Retrofitter

    (@retrofitter)

    I can confirm, that the issue has been fixed in version 1.3.1 – still a great plugin.

    Thanks and best regards
    Steffen

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