How do we PREVIEW the output of the Email Templates ?

[turner2f]

How Do We Preview the Output of the  Email Templates ?

We just had a situation where a "Payment Reminder" email went out and had our install URL path as the  web link for accessing the client area.

Keep in mind that we did not alter this template.

This was the default message.

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So is there a way to "trigger" the email to go out so that we can see ( or preview ) what its final output looks like for the email template ?

This way we can make necessary changes immediately to any discrepancies we see.

Look forward to your reply

[evolvewh]

16 minutes ago, turner2f said:

How Do We Preview the Output of the  Email Templates ?

We just had a situation where a "Payment Reminder" email went out and had our install URL path as the  web link for accessing the client area.

Keep in mind that we did not alter this template.

This was the default message.

============

So is there a way to "trigger" the email to go out so that we can see ( or preview ) what its final output looks like for the email template ?

This way we can make necessary changes immediately to any discrepancies we see.

Look forward to your reply

Setup a test account and send a test order through so that you can see what it all looks like.

[Michael]

That sounds like your hostname for the company is incorrect: Settings > System > Companies

[mrrsm]

1 hour ago, evolvewh said:

Setup a test account and send a test order through so that you can see what it all looks like.

This is what I had to do.  Wouldn't it be nice if it would just show you what it would look like with some dummy info added in?

[Paul]

1 hour ago, mrrsm said:

This is what I had to do.  Wouldn't it be nice if it would just show you what it would look like with some dummy info added in?

That would be nice, yes. Not sure if a feature request exists for that, but the topic has come up before.

[turner2f]

@evolvewh

Thanks for the suggestion.

Definitely would be good to have this as a feature.

Since in order to preview ALL of these templates we might have to wait for a CRON job to execute before we can see some of them.

Having a "preview" feature would allow us to see the output immediately, without delay.

 

[turner2f]

Is there a way to use a browser URL to "trigger" the email to go out so that we can see ( or preview ) what its final output looks like for the email template ?

This way we can make necessary changes immediately to any discrepancies we see.

[turner2f]

UPDATE:

Got it figured out.

We can now manually see the preview of the templates without having to wait.

I'll write a "Contribute" post.

[Kal]

On 12/9/2016 at 12:53 AM, turner2f said:

Got it figured out.

We can now manually see the preview of the templates without having to wait.

I'll write a "Contribute" post.

@turner2f Did you end up writing that post? This is exactly what I'm looking for, but this is the only thread I can find on the topic.

[turner2f]

On 8/3/2020 at 4:33 AM, Kal said:

@turner2f Did you end up writing that post? This is exactly what I'm looking for, but this is the only thread I can find on the topic.

Been so long, I cannot even remember.

But I most likely did .

[Kal]

3 hours ago, turner2f said:

Been so long, I cannot even remember.

But I most likely did .

I did rummage through your old posts around the time (December 2016), but couldn't find it. Are you able to remember and share, even briefly, the process?

[turner2f]

53 minutes ago, Kal said:

I did rummage through your old posts around the time (December 2016), but couldn't find it. Are you able to remember and share, even briefly, the process?

@Kal I am currently updating to version 4.11.2 .
 

Once I do that, I will check it out, or do some tests.

Please follow up with me in a bout a week as a reminder.