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Configuring plain text rendering

It is good practice to always include a plain text version in email messages. Some email clients are not able to present the html content of email messages, but will present the plain text version if available. Users of many email clients may also have the option to set their preference as to the format that they wish to see.

In order to configure the rendering f your newsletter pages in plain text, include static template “Direct Mail Plain Text” on the TS Template applicable to the pages. This static template contains a pre- defined template for plain text content rendering and makes it accessible as page type 99. You may thereafter configure the template to your needs in the template.

Note: In versions previous to version 2.0, plain text rendering was achieved by including static template "plugin.alt.plaintext (99)". This static template may still be used in version 2.0+.

The “Direct Mail Plain Text” static template is as follows:

Constants

plugin.tx_directmail_pi1 {
    # cat=plugin.tx_directmail_pi1//; type=string; label= Site url: Enter the url of the site here.
  siteUrl = http://www.example.test/
    # cat=plugin.tx_directmail_pi1/enable/; type=boolean; label= Use flowed format: The same option should be set on the direct mail.
  FlowedFormat = 0
      # cat=plugin.tx_directmail_pi1/enable/; type=boolean; label= Double line feeds: Line feeds found in bodytext will be doubled in the plain text version.
  doubleLF = 0
      # cat=plugin.tx_directmail_pi1//; type=string; label= Split char to remove from graphical headers: Headers built as GIFBUILDER objects may contain split characters. If specified here, they will be removed from headers of type 5 in the plain text version.
  removeSplitChar =
}

Setup

plugin.tx_directmail_pi1 = USER
plugin.tx_directmail_pi1.userFunc = tx_directmail_pi1->main
plugin.tx_directmail_pi1 {

  siteUrl = {$plugin.tx_directmail_pi1.siteUrl}
  flowedFormat = {$plugin.tx_directmail_pi1.flowedFormat}

  header.defaultType = 1
  header.date = D-m-Y
  header.datePrefix = |###HEADER_DATE_PREFIX### |
  header.linkPrefix = | ###HEADER_LINK_PREFIX### |
  header.1.preLineLen = 76
  header.1.postLineLen = 76
  header.1.preBlanks=1
  header.1.stdWrap.case = upper

  header.2 < .header.1
  header.2.preLineChar=*
  header.2.postLineChar=*

  header.3.preBlanks=2
  header.3.postBlanks=1
  header.3.stdWrap.case = upper

  header.4 < .header.1
  header.4.preLineChar= =
  header.4.postLineChar= =
  header.4.preLineBlanks= 1
  header.4.postLineBlanks= 1

  header.5.removeSplitChar = {$plugin.tx_directmail_pi1.removeSplitChar}
  header.5.preBlanks=1
  header.5.autonumber=1
  header.5.prefix = |: >> |

  defaultOutput (
|
[###UNRENDERED_CONTENT### ###CType### ]
|
  )

  uploads.header = |###UPLOADS_HEADER###|

  images.header = |###IMAGES_HEADER###|
  images.linkPrefix = | ###IMAGE_LINK_PREFIX### |
  images.captionHeader = |###CAPTION_HEADER###|

  bulletlist.0.bullet = |*  |
  bulletlist.1.bullet = |#  |
  bulletlist.2.bullet = | - |
  bulletlist.3.bullet = |>  |
  bulletlist.3.secondRow = |.  |
  bulletlist.3.blanks = 1

  menu =< tt_content.menu.20
  shortcut =< tt_content.shortcut.20
  shortcut.0.conf.tt_content =< plugin.tx_directmail_pi1
  shortcut.0.tables = tt_content

  bodytext.doubleLF = {$plugin.tx_directmail_pi1.doubleLF}
  bodytext.stdWrap.parseFunc.tags {
    link =< lib.parseFunc_RTE.tags.link
    typolist = USER
    typolist.userFunc = tx_directmail_pi1->typolist
    typolist.siteUrl = {$plugin.tx_directmail_pi1.siteUrl}
    typolist.bulletlist =< plugin.tx_directmail_pi1.bulletlist
    typohead = USER
    typohead.userFunc = tx_directmail_pi1->typohead
    typohead.siteUrl = {$plugin.tx_directmail_pi1.siteUrl}
    typohead.header =< plugin.tx_directmail_pi1.header
    typocode = USER
    typocode.userFunc = tx_directmail_pi1->typocode
    typocode.siteUrl = {$plugin.tx_directmail_pi1.siteUrl}
  }
}

includeLibs.tx_directmail_pi1 = EXT:direct_mail/pi1/class.tx_directmail_pi1.php

tx_directmail_pi1 >
tx_directmail_pi1 = PAGE
tx_directmail_pi1.typeNum=99

tx_directmail_pi1.config {
        disableAllHeaderCode = 1
        additionalHeaders = Content-type:text/plain
}
tx_directmail_pi1.10 = TEMPLATE
tx_directmail_pi1.10 {
        template = FILE
        template.file = EXT:direct_mail/pi1/tx_directmail_pi1_plaintext.tmpl
        marks.CONTENT < styles.content.get
        marks.CONTENT.renderObj = < plugin.tx_directmail_pi1
        marks.DATE = TEXT
        marks.DATE.data = date:U
        marks.DATE.strftime = %e. %B %Y
}