Sending your Beatrix Newsletter using YaleMessage

Owned by Liz Pantani
Last updated: Apr 03, 2024
3 min read

After building your newsletter issue using Beatrix you will need to copy the HTML into the separate university application Yale Message.

You will need to receive training and access in the Yale Message tool before you can distribute a newsletter built using Beatrix. Request training here:

https://yale.service-now.com/it?id=service_offering&sys_id=f21f57b0db8b1300df80a5094b96195f

Publish Your Beatrix Newsletter

After building your newsletter in Beatrix and previewing your work. You must publish the newsletter.

The newsletter issue “publish” button. The newsletter cannot be copied into Yale Message until you have published it (or scheduled it to publish in the future).

Copy HTML from Beatrix to YaleMessage

After publishing your newsletter in Beatrix, you will select the “Copy HTML” button as shown below. Selecting this option will copy the HTML of the newsletter you built and add it to your clipboard allowing you to paste into YaleMessage.

The “Copy HTML” button that you must click in Beatrix, then paste into YaleMessage.

IMPORTANT: For the next steps, you will now need to open YaleMessage (http://yalemessage.yale.edu/) in a new browser window. This application is not under the purview of YSM Office of Communications, as it is a University supported tool. If you require access, training, or support you will need to contact Yale ITS:
https://yale.service-now.com/it?id=service_offering&sys_id=f21f57b0db8b1300df80a5094b96195f

Pasting Into YaleMessage

After publishing the newsletter in Beatrix AND clicking “Copy HTML”, the next series of screenshots represent the steps you will take to insert your HTML into YaleMessage, to distribute the newsletter to your designated recipients.

You will have to open a new browser tab or window from Beatrix to access Yale Message at http://yalemessage.yale.edu/.

Please note you cannot modify the HTML of a newsletter built in Beatrix once it is copied into Yale Message. Modifications to the generated HTML are not supported by the YSM Communications or Yale Message team.

If an existing newsletter layout does not meet your needs, please contact ysm.editor@yale.edu so we can consider a feature enhancement.

 

You will be asked to choose a creation option. Click on the HTML option to build your message only using HTML and CSS code.