Magento enables shoppers on your site to send e-mails to their friends about your products:
When the shopper clicks the Email to a Friend link, he/she is taken to a page where the shopper composes the e-mail:
The recipient will receive an e-mail with a link to the product and the shopper's message:
Notice that the message contains text that the shopper did not add. For example, the Welcome, Please look at... and Here is message: text. This text is in the e-mail template. You can customize that template for your store. You can change the text, add formatting, and add graphics.
Let's create a custom e-mail to a friend template. These directions are also found inChapter 7, underCustomize transactional e-mails.
1. In the admin interface, select System | Transactional Emails.
2. Select the Add New Template button. The New Email Template page displays:
3. From the Template drop-down list, select Send product to a friend.
4. From the Locale drop-down list,...