Document/Email Body Editing
Wilfongjt opened this issue · comments
Problem
Emails and other large text blocks are difficult to update and require a developer to make any changes.
Discussion
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Documents
I've just learned that some documents can be edited right on the Github site. We should check if anyone in LGROW is comfortable with editing wording when it's in HAML - this would be for docs like Terms of Service and What does it mean to adopt a drain.
Emails
For emails, we should look at options like MailChimp where developers are completely removed. Right now, changing the image in the email requires editing the code in at least two places. Currently there are 3 "thank you" emails, but there are no reminder emails. If LGROW wants to send out drain cleaning reminders when there is a big thaw, rain, or parade, there is no easy way to do so.
I made a jupyter notebook to format the terms of use. Made it easier to convert the google doc to haml. Havent tried it on the "what does it mean" doc.
I like the mail chimp idea. Do we have an open source version of MC? At the moment, the app is self contained with open source. Do we want to step outside and include a paid service. But with that said we could build an API/Interface that could be configured to run MC or a home grown mailing service.
we are definitively open to using mailchimp- we use it now. However, once you get over a certain # of people in your mailing list, you have to pay for an account (i think the number is 2000). Also when you use a mass mailing system like this, it sends directly to people's 'junk' folders. I think you may be able to pay mailchimp extra to have them send out the emails in small batches to reduce the probability of it ending up in a junk folder...