foolscap-newsletter

https://github.com/swanson/capuchin

install

gem install capuchin
gem install commander

configure

MAILCHIMP_API_KEY goes in .env (don't check into git)

create email

# from foolscap-newsletter directory:
capuchin create "Foolscap 20xx - catch subject here"

upload to mailchimp

# schedule will error, but upload newsletter 
# each run will create a new newsletter on mailchimp
capuchin schedule _emails/<filename> 

send test email https://us1.admin.mailchimp.com/campaigns/

update mailchimp template

• duplicate last foolscap template (ex "mailchimp templates/2020 Foolscap HTML Template.html")
• edit dates & years & location (ex "2020, Hilton...")
• go to Mail Chimp Dashboard; Campaigns->Email Templates; [Create Template]; [Code your own]->Import HTML
• select edited template html file and name it with Foolscap YEAR

update capuchin to use new template

• select template
• copy url (https://us1.admin.mailchimp.com/templates/design?tid=392729)
• the number after tid is the template identifer
• edit _config.yml, change template_id to template identfier from url

check changed into git

• doo iit

mc https://github.com/kale/mc

gem install mc mc initconfig

images

• blog wants 2000px w images
• mailchimp wants
  • Full-width section images 564px
  • 2 column section images 264px
  • 3 column section images 164px