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In this Tutorial we are going to learn How to Integrate Autoresponder modules?
What is Autoresponder?:
An autoresponder is a computer program that automatically answers e-mail sent to it. They can be very simple or quite complex. The first autoresponders were created within mail transfer agents that found they could not deliver an e-mail to a given address.Autoresponders are often used as e-mail marketing tools to immediately provide information to their prospective customers and then follow-up with them at preset time intervals.
Why we use Autoresponder? What is the purpose?:
We are using autoresponder for collecting leads.An auto-responder is a script that automatically returns a prewritten message to anyone who submits e-mail to a particular address, whether an individual or a Web site. Auto-responders are widely used by Web sites for the purpose of responding to visitor comments and suggestions in a preliminary way.An auto-responder in cases where you purchase something online, receiving a “thank you” messages , email, etc.
Prerequisites:
Process:
1.clone github repository of previous project if you have already clone any repository then do not need to again .
2.Copy the clone project from your clone repository path and paste it into another folder
If you don’t know about how to clone github repository from github to your desktop
then see our github documentation.
3.
i) Go inside application Folder
In that folder you can see “config”,“controller”,”model”,”libraries”,”views” ,etc folders.
ii) Go inside views Folder
In that folder you can see “admin”,“auth”,”optinpage”,”partials”,”shares” , “users” ,
etc folders.
iii)Go inside above Partials Folder
In that folder you can see “autoresponder” folders and many more files
iii)Go inside autoresponder Folder
In that folder you can see type of autoresponder files those we are generally using our application.copy that files and paste it into your application with some necessary changes.
4
i) back to step “step 3 (i)”
ii) Go inside Controllers Folder
In that folder you can see all controllers .
a) Open sites controller and find “autoresponder” keyword in that file
b) copy all autoresponder related function and paste it into your controller file
Do not forget to some necessary changes according to your applications
5
i) back to step “step 3 (i)”
ii) Go inside Models Folder
In that folder you can see all controllers .
a) Open datamodel models and find “autoresponder” keyword in that file
b) copy all autoresponder related function and paste it into your model file
Do not forget to some necessary changes according to your applications
6
i) back to step 2
ii)copy “extras” folder and paste it into your application root directory.
In that folder you can find all autoresponder api which we are generally used in
our application.
Testing or What can go wrong?
Check Whether you have entered correct autoresponder details.
Sometimes we forget to called correct function in your application.
Is wrong check again for above steps.