Template Editor

ezPayPal uses editable templates to generate emails and download pages. For instance, when your customer buys a product from your e-shop, he gets redirected to a download page after he makes the payment at PayPal. This download page is generated out of the "Download Page" template. The email your customer receives informing him of the purchase and giving him purchase details also is template-driven. The email uses three templates: "Email Subject", "Email Body" and "Email Body Html".

A large number of templates are included with your ezPayPal Pro purchase. The Template Editor tool helps you make modifications to them (or to add new ones for your own purpose).

When you enter the Template Editor page by clicking on its button on the Pro Control Panel, you will get the screen shown below.

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The various elements of this daunting interface are shown in the screenshot above. To edit an existing template, load it from your database using the drop-down menu titled "Template Selection." Once the template is loaded, you can make modifications to it. You can add or remove or modify various fields from the list of available fields. Please study the annotated screenshot for instructions.

List of Templates

In addition to the Download page template, ezPayPal has a few triplets of templates as you will see in the complete list of default templates below.

Template Name in DB	Display Name
affiliate_body	Affiliate Body
affiliate_body_html	Affiliate Body Html
affiliate_subject	Affiliate Subject
dispute_body	Dispute Body
dispute_body_html	Dispute Body Html
dispute_subject	Dispute Subject
download_page	Download Page
echeck_body	Echeck Body
echeck_body_html	Echeck Body Html
echeck_subject	Echeck Subject
email_body	Email Body
email_body_html	Email Body Html
email_subject	Email Subject
refund_body	Refund Body
refund_body_html	Refund Body Html
refund_subject	Refund Subject
reversal_body	Reversal Body
reversal_body_html	Reversal Body Html
reversal_subject	Reversal Subject
update_body	Update Body
update_body_html	Update Body Html
update_subject	Update Subject

Using Templates

The triplets are used in various parts of the program. For instance, the echeck triplet is used when your buyer pays using an e-cheque, when PayPal recommends that you not send your product until the check clears. Similarly, when a dispute is raised by your buyer, ezPayPal uses the dispute triplet to send a friendly mail to your buyer. The triplets can also be used to initiate mass mail to a selected group of your customers from E-Mail Tools -- another Pro tool.

Previewing and Saving

During your edits, you can also preview your edits using the "Preview" button. Once satisfied, you can save it your database using button near the bottom. You can also save the edited template under a new name by checking the appropriate button (refer to the screenshots above for details). For new templates, please follow the naming conventions for template triplets as in the list of templates above, so that the E-Mail Tools can find them.