Common Email Styling [Support Thread]

[lat9]

Thanks, Diva. That was exactly the problem that was solved by this plugin. Lloyd (@lloyd_borrett) had tasked me with getting the same look-and-feel in all the emails sent by his shop and I could see myself applying each incremental change to 13 email templates (not my idea of a fun time). Pulling the CSS out to a separate file allowed me, like you, to make those incremental changes in one place!

One way to add extra header information (I'll note the change request in the plugin's GitHub repository) would be to update each of the templates adding the highlighted element to the email's logo area:

      <!-- Header Section -->
      <div class="header">
        <img src="$EMAIL_LOGO_FILE" alt="$EMAIL_LOGO_ALT_TEXT" title="$EMAIL_LOGO_ALT_TEXT" width="$EMAIL_LOGO_WIDTH" height="$EMAIL_LOGO_HEIGHT" border="0" />
         $EXTRA_HEADER_INFO
      </div>

Then, update the files /YOUR_ADMIN/includes/languages/english/email_extras.php and /includes/languages/english/YOUR_TEMPLATE/email_extras.php, adding:

  define ('EMAIL_LOGO_FILENAME', 'header.jpg');  //-File is present in /email folder
  define ('EMAIL_LOGO_WIDTH', '550');
  define ('EMAIL_LOGO_HEIGHT', '110');
  define ('EMAIL_LOGO_ALT_TITLE_TEXT', 'Zen Cart! The Art of E-commerce');
  define ('EMAIL_EXTRA_HEADER_INFO', '<div>Extra stuff for header</div>');

Finally, update the zen_mail function to pull that information in to all email templates:

    if (!isset ($block['EMAIL_LOGO_ALT_TEXT']) || $block['EMAIL_LOGO_ALT_TEXT'] == '') $block['EMAIL_LOGO_ALT_TEXT'] = EMAIL_LOGO_ALT_TITLE_TEXT;
    if (!isset ($block['EMAIL_LOGO_WIDTH']) || $block['EMAIL_LOGO_WIDTH'] == '') $block['EMAIL_LOGO_WIDTH'] = EMAIL_LOGO_WIDTH;
    if (!isset ($block['EMAIL_LOGO_HEIGHT']) || $block['EMAIL_LOGO_HEIGHT'] == '') $block['EMAIL_LOGO_HEIGHT'] = EMAIL_LOGO_HEIGHT;
    if (!isset ($block['EXTRA_HEADER_INFO']) || $block['EXTRA_HEADER_INFO'] == '') $block['EXTRA_HEADER_INFO'] = EMAIL_EXTRA_HEADER_INFO;

[badarac]

Joy fills the world and happiness abounds! Thanks Lat, you rock!!!

[countrycharm]

Will this work on zen cart v1.5.1?

[lat9]

Will this work on zen cart v1.5.1?

Yes, but you'll need to merge the core-file changes to /includes/functions/functions_email.php (the plugin uses ZC 1.5.4 as its basis for any core-file modifications, and there were significant changes in functions_email.php between v1.5.1 and 1.5.4).

[DivaVocals]

Thanks, Diva. That was exactly the problem that was solved by this plugin. Lloyd (@lloyd_borrett) had tasked me with getting the same look-and-feel in all the emails sent by his shop and I could see myself applying each incremental change to 13 email templates (not my idea of a fun time). Pulling the CSS out to a separate file allowed me, like you, to make those incremental changes in one place!

No it was NO fun.. which is why I saved the work I had done to reuse for other clients.. This was LOADS easier!!!

One way to add extra header information (I'll note the change request in the plugin's GitHub repository) would be to update each of the templates adding the highlighted element to the email's logo area:

      <!-- Header Section -->
      <div class="header">
        <img src="$EMAIL_LOGO_FILE" alt="$EMAIL_LOGO_ALT_TEXT" title="$EMAIL_LOGO_ALT_TEXT" width="$EMAIL_LOGO_WIDTH" height="$EMAIL_LOGO_HEIGHT" border="0" />
         $EXTRA_HEADER_INFO
      </div>

Then, update the files /YOUR_ADMIN/includes/languages/english/email_extras.php and /includes/languages/english/YOUR_TEMPLATE/email_extras.php, adding:

  define ('EMAIL_LOGO_FILENAME', 'header.jpg');  //-File is present in /email folder
  define ('EMAIL_LOGO_WIDTH', '550');
  define ('EMAIL_LOGO_HEIGHT', '110');
  define ('EMAIL_LOGO_ALT_TITLE_TEXT', 'Zen Cart! The Art of E-commerce');
  define ('EMAIL_EXTRA_HEADER_INFO', '<div>Extra stuff for header</div>');

Finally, update the zen_mail function to pull that information in to all email templates:

    if (!isset ($block['EMAIL_LOGO_ALT_TEXT']) || $block['EMAIL_LOGO_ALT_TEXT'] == '') $block['EMAIL_LOGO_ALT_TEXT'] = EMAIL_LOGO_ALT_TITLE_TEXT;
    if (!isset ($block['EMAIL_LOGO_WIDTH']) || $block['EMAIL_LOGO_WIDTH'] == '') $block['EMAIL_LOGO_WIDTH'] = EMAIL_LOGO_WIDTH;
    if (!isset ($block['EMAIL_LOGO_HEIGHT']) || $block['EMAIL_LOGO_HEIGHT'] == '') $block['EMAIL_LOGO_HEIGHT'] = EMAIL_LOGO_HEIGHT;
    if (!isset ($block['EXTRA_HEADER_INFO']) || $block['EXTRA_HEADER_INFO'] == '') $block['EXTRA_HEADER_INFO'] = EMAIL_EXTRA_HEADER_INFO;

Outstanding.. Will apply these changes.. Thanks again!! You are the best!!!