Email Template Designer PRO Pack – Ultimate Email Automation for OpenCart

Release 4.3.8 for Email Template Designer Extension

For OpenCart 2.3.x.x and OpenCart 3.x.x.x versions

1. Added functionality to automatically fetch the first and last names from the customer table in the database for each email address included in the email group. This allows the use of shortcodes {firstname} and {lastname} in email content, which will populate with the customer’s name when a matching record is found.
2. If no matching record exists in the customer table, {firstname} defaults to "Customer" and {lastname} remains blank.
3. Enhanced the Email Groups dashboard to display the customer’s first and last names directly within the group view for easy reference.
4. You can use the shortcodes {firstname} and {lastname} in the email subject for bulk email sends.
5. Email Planner issue fixed.

• Email Template Designer: Minor fix related to PHP8+

For Email Template Designer Extension - 4.3.6 

• Emoji display for subject line in the admin page (cron bucket list, email sent logs).
• Compatibility test for OpenCart 3.0.3.9 & PHP8+

• Minor issue fixed. Deleting the email addresses when deleting the email group.

This feature is only for OpenCart 2.3.0.2 and all 3.x.x.x versions. 

• Added "Selective Email Removal" feature.
• Admins can now remove emails from CRON bucket list based on selected email group.
• Improved email list management for more effective campaigns.

More details: https://www.huntbee.com/documentation/docs/email-template-designer-pro/cron-bucket-streamlining-email-delivery/removing-emails-from-cron-bucket-list-based-on-selected-email-group/

Update to Email Template Designer. Version 4.3.3

Feature added to OpenCart 2x and 3x versions

• Newsletter Subscribers View List Added to Email Groups

1. Minor bug fix to Email Templates Tools Extension

Extension Updated for Email Template Designer PRO Pack

1. Feature Enhanced: Email Type ID
2. Feature added: CRON bucket priority level
3. Import Template Enhanced
4. Email Type Mandatory Status

Detailed Info: https://www.huntbee.com/documentation/email-template-designer-pro-4-3-0-logs/

Compatibility Fix for email template desginer extension

1. Added Resend Email Feature. You can resend email from the email sent log. Resend email will not be saved to cron bucket even if cron mode is enabled.
2. Improved security
3. Minor UI additions

• Unsubscribe & browser view link fix

1. Added short-codes based on store config values
2. Removed template mapping for order return templates. Order Return template feature is now available as a separate extension https://www.huntbee.com/order-return-email-templates

1. Added fixes w.r.t the new Order Status Email Template Designer Extension 5. (Cross-selling Product Templates)
2. Added shortcodes for forgot password email {firstname}, {lastname}, {telephone}
3. Added Shorcodes for {store_name}, {store_email}, {store_url}

1. CSV Import feature added to Email Groups

• Now admin can unsubscribe an email address from all email types with a single entry in the Unsubscribers list. 

• Image height size fixed in product listings.

• Added code to include the shortcodes {firstname}, {lastname} in newsletter emails. If no firstname is found, then it fills it with the text "Customer"
• A bug related to customer group selection is fixed.

EMAIL TEMPLATES

1. Drag and Drop Editor Added
2. Separated editor pages. (HTML Editor, CKeditor, Drag & Drop Editor)
3. Dynamic style update for ckeditor designs. The desgin will not reset, you can change colors and other options dynamically.
4. Responsive filemanager integrated with ckeditor (in ckeditor mode), supports bulk image upload.
5. Added email type selection option for email template categorization (example, account, testing, newsletter)
6. Added optional feature to skip sending the same email multiple times to same email address
7. Improved UI for cross-selling products setup, with cross-selling block preview
8. Added notification to check if cron bucket mode is enabled or disabled
9. Individual email statistics for the number of emails sent, viewed, email sent by email type pie chart
10. CSV export to export email address
11. CSV export for email template unsubscribers
12. Clear cron bucket
13. Option to import template samples designed and published by other users online/admin
14. Option to sell/publish the email template in the marketplace so that other customers can use it.

EMAIL GROUPS

1. UI enhanced
2. CSV Export of email addresses for the selected email group
3. Added professional tools to import/copy the email address from one group to another group
4. Tool to remove email addresses from a group with respect to other groups for reference
5. Tool to import email addresses from any tables in the database to the selected email group. Also includes advanced SQL query to filter data
6. Tool to import email addresses of customers purchased a particular product to the selected email group
7. Validation to check the email address and duplication
8. Email group stats

Email types/ Email Unsubscribers

1. Feature to create email category or email label
2. Email type stats for email sent an email viewed and email unsubscribed
3. Add unsubscriber email address by email category
4. Additional columns added to unsubscribers table to identify the email template ID
5. CSV export of email unsubscribers with a date range filter

Email Mapping

1. Added additional events (for opencart 3xxx)
2. Sends email to the customer when admin creates an account from admin panel (with an auto-login button which redirects to reset password page)
3. Affiliate registration admin alert _{(for opencart 3xxx)}
4. Customer order return confirmation email _{(for opencart 3xxx)}
5. Customer order return admin alert _{(for opencart 3xxx)}
6. Customer voucher email from admin _{(for opencart 3xxx)}

Email Send

1. Template order by date created
2. Bach sending for selected Email Group & Guest Newsletter Subscriber

OTHERS

1. Account activation success and unsubscribe success page has been linked with the existing common success template file.

UPGRADATION INFO

Do not attempt to upgrade to 4.0.0 from previous version. There has been lot of changes and hence it is recommended to submit support ticket for upgrading. If you do not need our support, then to use this extension you will be required to uninstall the previous version before installing 4.0.0. Uninstalling the previous version will delete all the templates created.

• Updated Email Template: User Template Mapping and added Email mapping for Customer Added by Admin [Only for opencart 3.x.x.x]

Update Instruction:

1. Download the latest files and Install via extension installer (overwrites the previous files)
2. Go to Extension > Productivity Apps > Uninstall User Template Mapping and Install User template Mapping. This will delete the previous events and adds the updated events. You will have enable events again.

• Added additional event to include Customer Return Confirmation Email
• Added additional event to include Customer Return Status Email
• Added additional event to include Customer Return Admin Alert Email
• Improvised Email Tracking Image pixel
• Multiple emails to BCC field

• Bug fixed for Account Activation Link on OpenCart 3.x.x.x versions

1. Code Optimization
2. Included template Label edit field
3. Included option to add html raw code (so that user can design email from some other editor and import that html code here)
4. Added Feature: Template copy
5. Added feature: Archive email sent logs, unarchive email sent logs, delete logs based on the given date 
6. Compatibility with Huntbee Newsletter Guest Subscriber module

Update Instructions: https://www.huntbee.com/documentation/docs/email-template-designer-pro/update-instructions/3-0-3-1-to-3-2/

1. Code Improvised to support Microsoft Outlook Client for displaying product list
2. Relocated catalog/view/theme/default/template/extension/email_product_list/ to catalog/view/theme/default/template/extension/module/email_product_list/
3. Bug fix for getting count of total emails by products ordered
4. Added new short-code {to} 
5. Updated Cross-selling settings default value
6. Added Store Selection Shortcut to admin 

Update Instruction: https://www.huntbee.com/documentation/docs/email-template-designer-pro/update-instructions/3-0-to-3-1/

1. Complete redesign of the extension
2. Added compatibility for opencart 3xxx
3. Order Status Email Templates separated from the extension and made separate extension
4. Newsletter Schedule feature added
5. Email Grouping feature added
6. Unsubscribe feature added
7. Browser view feature added
8. Cross-selling products integrated with the extension, and lots more.

• Updated the extension with some new features for OpenCart 2.0.x.x, 2.1.x.x, 2.2.x.x, 2.3.x.x
• OCMOD FOR 2.3.x.x
• Possible integration of user defined short-codes (User-Codes)
• Mailing system
• Ability to send cross selling products in customer account emails
• Mail read/viewed tracking
• Campaign tracking
• Optional CRON job for sending email newsletters
• Number of emails to be send in a job