Module 1: Getting started
This module gives learners the map of the newsletter system, makes the training installation safe (every mail is written to a file), and teaches them to read the dashboard before they act. No edition is written yet.
At a glance
| Course | Newsletters with CJW Newsletter |
| Duration | 2 hours |
| Lessons | 3 |
| Level | Beginner to intermediate |
Lessons
| Lesson | Duration | What learners do |
|---|---|---|
| 1.1 What a newsletter system does | 30 minutes | Tour the newsletter area and draw the tree of system, list, edition and article |
| 1.2 Preparing a safe training installation | 60 minutes | Set every mail transport to files, check the result, choose test addresses at example.invalid |
| 1.3 The newsletter dashboard | 30 minutes | Read the dashboard section by section and compare it with the status command |
Preparing this module
- To do: A training installation with
cjw_newsletteractive, its tables created and a newsletter tree with at least one system and one list (see the extension'sINSTALLfile and the feature page). - To do:
site.ini [MailSettings] Transport=fileand all threeTransportMethod*keys set tofile, checked in the settings viewer (lesson 1.2 done by the trainer beforehand). - To do: One admin training account per learner; shell access for the administrators in the room.
- To do: No real subscriber anywhere in the database: only addresses at
example.invalid. - To do: The dashboard shows no problem except the hint that mails are written to files.
Timing plan
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 0:00 to 0:30 | Lesson 1.1 |
| 0:30 to 1:30 | Lesson 1.2 |
| 1:30 to 2:00 | Lesson 1.3 |
Related pages
- Newsletters with CJW Newsletter: course overview
- Trainers: start here
- Free documentation: this page is free to copy, translate and improve under the GNU FDL 1.3.
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