.. image:: docs/birdsong.svg :width: 400 :alt: Birdsong Logo A plugin for wagtail that allows you to create, send, preview, edit and test email campaigns from within Wagtail. Campaign templates are created using `mjml `_. Basic usage =========== Install birdsong: .. code-block:: shell pip install wagtail-birdsong Add the following to your installed apps: .. code-block:: python 'mjml', 'birdsong', 'wagtail.contrib.modeladmin', Make a new app e.g. ``email``, create a ``models.py`` with a model that extends the included ``Campaign`` model. Some compatible mjml streamfield blocks are included in birdsong for convenience. .. code-block:: python from birdsong.blocks import DefaultBlocks from birdsong.models import Campaign from django.db import models from wagtail.admin.edit_handlers import StreamFieldPanel from wagtail.core.fields import StreamField class SaleEmail(Campaign): body = StreamField(DefaultBlocks()) panels = Campaign.panels + [ StreamFieldPanel('body'), ] Then in the same app, create a ``wagtail_hooks.py`` if it doesn't exist, this is where the admin is created for content editors to create/edit/send campaigns. The ``CampaignAdmin`` is just an extension of Wagtail's ``ModelAdmin`` class so most of the same options are available for overriding functionality. .. code-block:: python from wagtail.contrib.modeladmin.options import modeladmin_register from birdsong.options import CampaignAdmin from .models import SaleEmail @modeladmin_register class SaleEmailAdmin(CampaignAdmin): campaign = SaleEmail menu_label = 'Sale Email' menu_icon = 'mail' menu_order = 200 Create your campaign template in ``{app_folder}/templates/mail/{model_name}.html`` e.g. ``email/templates/mail/sale_email.html``, alternatively override the ``get_template`` method on your campaign model. Campaign templates use django-mjml for responsive, well designed emails. To read up how to setup django-mjml you can read the docs `here `_. There is a base template included in Birdsong that can be extended. ``sale_email.html`` .. code-block:: html {% extends "birdsong/mail/base_email.html" %} {% block email_body %} Hello {{ contact.email }}! {% for b in self.body %} {{ b }} {% endfor %} {% endblock email_body %} Custom Contact models ===================== By default the included ``Contact`` model is used for every campaign, sometimes you may want to store extra data, like names and preferences. You can override the default ``Contact`` model by setting an option on the admin for your campaign: ``models.py`` .. code-block:: python from birdsong.models import Contact from django.db import models class ExtendedContact(Contact): first_name = models.CharField(max_length=255) last_name = models.CharField(max_length=255) location = models.CharField(max_length=255) ``wagtail_hooks.py`` .. code-block:: python from wagtail.contrib.modeladmin.options import ModelAdmin, modeladmin_register from birdsong.options import CampaignAdmin from .models import ExtendedContact, SaleEmail @modeladmin_register class SaleEmailAdmin(CampaignAdmin): campaign = SaleEmail menu_label = 'Sale Email' menu_icon = 'mail' menu_order = 200 contact_class = ExtendedContact # You may want to add your own modeladmin here to list/edit/add contacts @modeladmin_register class ContactAdmin(ModelAdmin): model = ExtendedContact menu_label = 'Contacts' menu_icon = 'user' list_diplay = ('email', 'first_name', 'last_name', 'location') Filtering on contact properties =============================== You might want to only send a campaign to a subset of you ``Contact`` models. Creating a filter using `django-filter `_ and adding it to the ``CampaignAdmin`` allows users to filter on any property. ``filters.py`` .. code-block:: python from django_filters import FilterSet from django_filters.filters import AllValuesFilter from .models import ExtendedContact class ContactFilter(FilterSet): location = AllValuesFilter() class Meta: model = ExtendedContact fields = ('location',) ``wagtail_hooks.py`` .. code-block:: python from wagtail.contrib.modeladmin.options import modeladmin_register from birdsong.options import CampaignAdmin from .filters import ContactFilter from .models import ExtendedContact, SaleEmail @modeladmin_register class SaleEmailAdmin(CampaignAdmin): campaign = SaleEmail menu_label = 'Sale Email' menu_icon = 'mail' menu_order = 200 contact_class = ExtendedContact contact_filter_class = ContactFilter Users will now be able to send campaigns to a subset of contacts base on location. Unsubscribe url =============== Included in birdsong is a basic way for contacts to unsubscribe, just include the url configuration and add the unsubscribe url to your email template. ``urls.py`` .. code-block:: python from birdsong import urls as birdsong_urls from django.urls import include, path urlpatterns = [ ... path('mail/', include(birdsong_urls)), ... ] ``sale_email.html`` .. code-block:: html {% extends "birdsong/mail/base_email.html" %} {% block email_body %} Hello {{ contact.email }}! {% for b in self.body %} {{ b }} {% endfor %} Click here to unsubscribe. {% endblock email_body %} Future features: ---------------- - More tests! - Backends other thans SMTP for sending emails so analytics can be gathered (email opened, bounced etc) - Reloading the preview on edit - Broader permissions for campaigns (send, preview, test send)