Administration
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Administration Guide
What is Elertz ?
Elertz is a technology which website publishers can utilise to send instant, secure alerts messages to subscribers.
What are its key features?
- Instant and guaranteed delivery to subscribers, with Elertz the message gets to the subscriber or recipient. It is not subject to mail server problems such as congestion, spam filters and generally being lost into the ether.
- Control is back in the hand of the subscribers, subscribers can opt receive what they want to receive and opt out. The unreliable concept of unsubscribing to e-mail lists is a not part of the Elertz technology.
- Implicit Market segmentation: Unlike traditional electronic messaging systems such as e-mail, subscribers can have full control over what kind of message they receive. Subscribers can decide what messages they are interested in and that’s the only messages they will get.
How to I use Elertz™ for my organisation's web presence?
A website publisher needs to register with elertz to become partner. After successful registration a web site publisher will have partner status and receive from elertz an elertz login and password. Once a partner is in receipt of their elertz partner login and password they can begin. A partner must also define the basic attributes of an elertz definition before generating elertz subscription code (linking code) or elertz™ notification code. There are two simple stages to generating Elertz subscription linking and notification code:
- elertz definition creation. Creating the Elertz for your subscriber for example a newsletter.
- elertz subscription JavaScript linking code creation. Creating the code to put in your web pages
Branding
Overview
A branding profile is where you create the look and feel of your elertz™ components you will be using as part of web presence. The primary component is the desktop alerts widget your subscribers install. It is this widget that notifications are delivered to this will recieve your branding.
Set-up branding
From your control panel choose "Branding" from the main navigation menu.
Add suitable name for the branding profile. for example "My Main Widget". You can have multiple brands and apply them to your widget for different occasions or events or areas of your business.
Add your Widgets Header logo
Upload a suitable graphic file. Currently the supported format is gif. The maximum dimensions are 590PX x 72PX
Select your Widget Color
Choose a color for the Widget body. This may be entered using the color picker or by typing the RGB hex values. These values are easily obtained from image manipulation programs such as GIMP or Adobe Photoshop.
Select your Widget Text Color
Choose a color for the Widget text. This is useful for changing text colors that do not clash with the widgets overall body color.
Notifications Messages in Widget
Notification Logo
Upload a suitable logo for the pop notification that appears when a users receives a new notification. Currently the format supported is gif. The maximum file dimensions are 180PX x 25PX.
Sound File
Upload a suitable sound file that will be played back to the user when a new notification is received. By default a ding is played. The file should be mp3 format.
SAVE CHANGES. This will ensure our changes are written to the database and your wiget will be able to pick up your settings.
