There is sometimes a requirement to add .jpg files, or other image files containing partner signatures, to e-card or emails, so that each card is automatically “signed” by the sending partner.

Option 1

Add the signature to an Image snippet placeholder by following these steps:

Step 1.  Create an email campaign, or an e-card, with personal message placeholders.

Step 2. Upload sender signatures as .png or .jpg images into a dedicated container in the Image Library which you do not use for campaigns.  (Do not use an Uploads folder in the campaign.)  Name each image using the person's email address, for example penny.sargent@vutu.re.png

You will see that uploading an image file named as an email address will automatically lose the @ sign as part of the upload.  Vuture will replace these – signs with the necessary @.

The images will need to be:

• sized correctly, and
• on a transparent background (unless they are always going to be on a white page).  (The Front End team can advise on this.)
• Each image should be re-named as the appropriate partner’s email address followed by .jpg or as appropriate.  The system will automatically rename any file name containing an @ to a –  so Vuture will need to change the code for you.
• You will need to upload a default signature file for the case where the partner’s signature is missing. For example, partners@vutu.re.png where the image is the firm's logo.
• With assistance from Vuture you will need to test the selected template to ensure that inserting the image file does not damage the existing page in any way.

Step 3. Add an image snippet to the page where you want the signature to be (any snippet of the correct size and shape will do) and then update the html address of that snippet.

If you have completed html training and have access to the html on the page, you can complete this step yourself, if not, please ask your Account Manager.

Add the line referencing the images into the html on the page like this:

In the html of the image, you will need to use the full address of the file like this:  https://sites-penny.vuturevx.com/99/_images/General/penny.sargent-vutu.re.png

We recommend that you use {From Email} as the description because those are generally accurate and consistent.  {From Name} could be mis-typed as Rob Robin Robert or just R for example.

You can see from the example image above why the image should be on a transparent background, and you may need Front End team assistance to center the image, but this method has inserted the correct signature file automatically, on Send.

Step 4. When a partner sends the email or you send a personalised email, the placeholder {From Email} in the image snippet will become the sender's email.  For example: penny.sargent@vutu.re which in turn will render as the image (as you have added the address to the image on step 3).  

Option 2

An update is now available to allow you to upload CSV, XLS and XLSX files to the _uploads folder in your campaign.

You click on the folder then use the multi-file uploader to upload your files. It will not rename them.

You would need Vuture assistance to add an _uploads folder to your templates and any existing campaigns you want to use this in.