Time for action - the newsletter module
A couple of clicks are all it takes.
1. Click on the Modules tab, scroll down to the Newsletter block, then click on install. Be careful to configure the Newsletter block located in the Blocks category and not Newsletter in the Tools category. We will look at the latter when we start sending e-mails/newsletters.
2. Scroll back down and click on Configure. Select the box for sending a confirmation. Then your new subscriber will get a very brief message confirming they have subscribed.
What just happened?
Go and have a look at the newsletter subscription block that your customers will see:
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Now we can go on to explore other e-mail communications topics.
Switching on product notifications
Product notifications are different to newsletters but are a related topic. Switching on product notifications gives customers the option of receiving e-mails when out of-stock products come back into stock. This works for actual customers who specifically request it, not newsletter...
