Introduction Placeholder Syntax Two types of placeholder PHP Date & Time Formatting Available placeholders Example use cases Tips & Gotchas Introduction In BDP email templates, both automated and manual, you can use placeholders to insert dates and times dynamically, for example, the date of a viewing {{ action.actionDate }} or the date a property was […]
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Technical help with email templates
Email templates – Examples
We have a number of example templates to help you get started. Please download the ones you want, modify as you see fit and use the file upload function in the BDP templates widget, or upload to a server of your choice. N.B. If you prefer to host the templates yourself, so long as you […]
‘Property Match’ email template placeholders
BDP “Property Match” emails placeholders have direct access to the property elements, therefore the syntax for these placeholders is slightly different. Available placeholders are listed below. Place holders are inserted in the form:
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{{ placeHolder }} |
Price: priceTypeLabel outputAskingPrice letFrequency Address: dispAddress formatAddress houseNo streetName addrL2 addrL3 town postcode Images: thumbPath thumbData.w thumbData.h primaryImage showImageCarousel Rooms: bedRooms […]
Email templates – event information
You can include event information in an email template as follows:
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{{ bdDate (action.actionDate,"d M Y") 1 }} {{ bdDate (action.actionDate,"H:i") 1 }} |
The first line includes the date, the second line the time. You are free to use any valid PHP parameter. A reference of the PHP date() function can be found here: http://www.w3schools.com/php/func_date_date.asp
Email templates – adding Applicant and Vendor placeholders
Applicant placeholders. The Applicant details can be retrieved by prefixing available fields with aContact. For example
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{{ aContact.groupSalutation }} |
will insert the group salutation of the contact. The contact group can be drilled-down into. For example:
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{{ aContact.primaryContact.email1 }} |
will retrieve the email address of the primary contact. Available fields for retrieval are: salutation Contents of the Salutation box if […]