464 Part III: Developing E-mail Solutions Creating Msg (1 on 1 web hosting)
464 Part III: Developing E-mail Solutions Creating Msg for Friend (Introduction Msg) The first step is to create an introductory message for the friends who would be referred by other friends filling out the Tell-a-Friend form. Run http://yourserver/taf/apps/taf_mngr.php, which should bring up a menu interface as shown in Figure 13-3. Figure 13-3: Tell-a-Friend system main menu. Click on the Add a New Message link, which will show the screen shown in Figure 13-4. Fill out this form and decide if you want to restrict access to this message by IP/network. For example, if you don t want anyone to modify or delete this message from somewhere else, and you have a static IP network (most offices do), you can enter the IP address of your PC or the network in the Restrict Message Setup to IP Networks field. For your convenience, your current IP address is shown on the top of the form. Similarly, add two other messages: one for the originator who refers friends via the Tell-a-Friend form and the other for the friend who decides to subscribe by clicking on the subscription link shown by the very first message she gets from your Tell-a-Friend system. When you have three messages set up, you re ready to set up a Tell-a-Friend form. From the main menu, click on the Setup a Tell-a-Friend Form link, which shows a screen similar to Figure 13-5.