Programming explanations
1. Select A Card This
section shows the generic cards available to each member as well as any
custom cards that they (or we) upload for them. They can click on
each card to see the full size (300 dpi) pdf of the card that will be
sent to the printer.
Upload Postcard: This
button allows members (or us) to upload a custom postcard image to their
member area which they can select for a mailing Delete
Selected Card: This button deletes whatever card the member
selects for removal Have Us Design A Card:
This button takes the member to the design payment page where they can
attach a photograph and pay the design fee ($50)
2. Enter Text and Dates
This section allows members to upload their logo and type in
(or edit) their text for the back of the card. The card to the
right will show an uploaded logo and pre-filled text as shown and allow
the member to edit the text to suit their needs.
Send Dates: Every
mailing will be either a one-time mailing (announcements, extension
reminder, etc) or a quarterly estimate reminder. The boxes should
allow (and require) 2 digit dates for the month and day of the mailing.
A quarterly mailing setup will stay in the system and be mailed
perpetually on the dates entered until canceled. However, each
time a quarterly mailing is generated, it must recalculate the clients
to account for new, deleted or edited clients. Preview
Postcard: This button will render the card into the pdf
file that will be sent to the printer. Upload Logo:
This button allows members to upload their logo which will be rendered
at exactly 1 inch in height and up to 3 inches (as needed) in width.
Insert Boilerplate Text: These buttons will insert
different standard text for different cards so that the user can edit it
to suit their needs.
3. Select Your Clients
This section allows members to categorize their clients (if they want)
in order to send different cards to different groups. Once they
have uploaded (or entered) their clients, they can type a category name
(ie, 1040 estimate reminders) into the box and then check the box with
the corresponding letter next to each applicable client.
Calculate Mailing Cost:
The member must press this button to calculate the cost of the mailing
for the credit card charge. At this time, please use the following
for the cost calculation:
1-99 cards $1.50 100-199 cards $1.25
200-499 cards $1.00 500-999 cards $0.85 1,000-1,999 cards $0.75
2,000+ cards $0.65
Confirm Mailing:
This button confirms the mailing and brings up the member's credit card
payment page. We have confirmed with our credit card processor
that once a member enters their credit card information, they can be
given an option to save the card info so that they do not have to enter
it again. Once the credit card payment has been approved on the
"payment" page, the pdf's for the front and back of the card are sent to
the "management" page for printing.
Client List This is
where members can either type in a few clients to send estimate
reminders to or upload their entire client list for categorization.
The buttons at the top of each column should allow the member to sort by
that column which will allow them to see all of their "A" clients, "B"
clients, etc. at the top.
Add More Clients:
This button will allow the member to add 10 more empty lines for
additional client entry. Upload/Merge Client File:
This button should allow the member to upload their client file in ascii,
comma delimited or excel format. The merge process will need to
preserve all prior client categorizations. Also - general database
question: Is there some way to identify new clients after a file
merge so that members can easily categorize them?
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