This article describes the procedure to take the two source documents for the FHA newsletter, which are in a dialect of Microsoft Word and Portable Document Format (PDF) formats, and create the emailed "e-Newsletter". All of the procedures described below assume you are logged into the back end as a Manager, Administrator, or Super-Admin.
Preserve the Source Documents
When you receive the source .doc and .pdf files from one of the Editors, upload it to the website into the directory /images/newsletter/. These documents are named
nl_mar12ORIGINAL.doc for the .doc file, and
nl_mar12ORIGINAL.pdf for the .pdf file.
(Of course replace "mar12" by the applicable month and year.)
This is a permanent repository for back-issues. The editors never thought a back-issue repository was important, but I disagree.
Also make a local copy of the Word document so you can cut-and-paste from it later.
The Word copy of the newsletter is dodgy. It may...