To customize the Tell-A-Friend message and link

  1. Click Manage from the Actions column of the Page. The Page Version List page opens.

  2. Click the Create a Custom Tell-A-Friend link (located above the Page Version List). The Create a Custom Tell-A-Friend page opens.

  3. Click into the Subject field and entered a phrase or statement that will display to message recipients when they receive the Tell-A-Friend message (for example, You Should Visit This Web Site).

  4. To specify that message senders:

    • Can add or delete words within the Subject line, leave the The user is allowed to edit the subject of this Tell-A-Friend radio button selected.

    • Or, cannot edit the Subject line, click the The subject is read-only radio button.

  5. Click into the Message area and enter the text that message recipients will read when they open the Tell-A-Friend message sent to them. This is a plain text message. You cannot add HTML formatting or pictures.

  6. To specify that message senders:

    • Can add or delete words within the message, leave the The user can edit the message content to create their own customized message radio button selected.

    • Or, must send the message as it is without any changes or additions, click the The message content is read-only and cannot be edited by the user radio button.

    • Or, can add information after the existing message text without disturbing the text, click the The message content is read-only but the user can add their own text as well radio button.

      Note: The message text displays above the page link that the system automatically inserts into the message.

  1. For the Web Page Link, to:

    • Use the Tell-A-Friend Image, leave Tell-A-Friend Image selected on the drop-down list.

    • Or, change the link to a text link:

      1. Click Text from the drop-down list.

      2. Click into the Link Text field and enter a phrase that describes the link (for example, Tell Someone About This Web Site). Note that using a text link may affect the spacing in your Page Wrapper margins.

      3. Click the Finish button. This page closes and the Page Version List page opens again.

  1. To preview the link and your message message:

    1. Click Preview from the Actions column of the appropriate Version. The system opens a new browser window that shows your new Tell-A-Friend image/button.

    2. Click the Tell-A-Friend link/button. The Tell-A-Friend About this Page opens with the email form the sending user will see.

    3. When you are finished, close the Tell-A-Friend Email page.