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phpList 2 E-mail Campaign Manager

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phpList 2 E-mail Campaign Manager

Overview of this book

Tired of an e-mail BCC list that scrolls off the page, or fiddly and hard-to-manage bulk mailing systems? You need phpList – a high-powered, robust, feature-packed mailing system that will get out of your way and get the job done! You want to know more about phpList? phpList is a popular open source e-mail campaign manager, sporting a powerful web frontend, rich message editor, and an advanced feature set. phpList 2 E-mail Campaign Manager will guide you from basic installation and setup through management, reporting, and automation of phpList, the world's most popular open source e-mail campaign manager. It also covers advanced customization and configuration of phpList. We start with a basic configuration, and finish with a full-featured e-mail management engine. You will work your way up from basic installation to advanced topics such as bounce automation, user and click-through tracking, and integration with third-party tools such as WordPress, Joomla!, Drupal, and Blogger. Advanced topics such as securing your installation against spammers, attacks, and vulnerabilities are covered, as well as additional advanced and experimental features offered by phpList. This book is an invaluable guide for any e-mail publisher who wants a robust and powerful engine to manage their small-to-huge e-mail distribution empire.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
phpList 2 E-mail Campaign Manager
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Integrating phpList with Facebook


Facebook encourages businesses to create "Pages" that Facebook members can then "like" (by clicking the Like button on the page).

Once a member has "liked" a page, future updates on that page are displayed on the member's news feed. Page owners can also customize the display of their page—that is, pages can display exclusive content to fans who've already "liked" the page.

Facebook pages are an easy way to distribute news to your fans, including special offers, and product updates, and drive traffic back to your own website.

Prerequisites

For this section, we'll make the following assumptions:

Preparing phpList

Facebook allows us to include any content on our page in an iframe with a maximum width of 520 px. phpList's default theming won't fit in 520 px and so it will either get cut off and look...