The answer of whether to cut or uncut newsletter issues

[wistfuljane]

One of the hotbutton issues for newsletters is whether to cut or uncut newslettter issues, especially when they are long. the_dw_herald recently came up with a possible solution: Display Options.

So, I guess, the idea is to create a CSS class for your newsletter like:

<div class="newslettercommunity-content"> [body of newsletter issue a.k.a. the content] </div>

And have your readers add a code in their journal's custom CSS to hide the body of your newsletter issues if they prefer their newsletter cut:

.newslettercommunity-content {
display: none !important;
}

How very cool! Anyone thinking of possibly testing this out? And how many are thinking of creating a sub-CSS class for each newsletter categories, e.g. Fiction, News, etc., and have their readers customize what they would like to be see for the newsletter? Just me then?

Comments

[blnchflr]

That is cool - the section-specific css. I'd prefer our newsletter was short enough that there wasn't quite so much to scroll past. It's something to think about pitching.

[msilverstar]

I envy people who've been posting uncut, my readers are adamantly against it, but I know they've been missing good stuff. What I'd like to do is default to cut, but then on the newsletter journal itself, it would be uncut. *looks at CSS carefully*

[all_official_dreamwidth]

I'd like to note that Semagic adds this automatically to each post (as well as the 'reminder' bit at the end). Of course, you can always include it in a template file, which I also use, but I prefer doing it this way because I'm sure it never gets forgotten and the code is never 'messed' with. ;)

If it can help other editors using Semagic and who can't access the Help file on MS Vista, here's how I did it: I created a macro whose subject is lj-autotemplate-body[user=newswatch][community=the_dw_herald] and content is <div class="thedwherald-content">[lj-body]</div>. I know there are scripts for posting newsletters with links collected from Delicious but I'm doing it the old fashioned way so I don't know how well it would work with these.

[wistfuljane]

I forgot to update this post, but Fun with core2 styles and CSS: filtering posts on your reading page has more tips on customizing on Dreamwidth. As I made a comment to linkspam, for Dreamwidth:

1) If your readers prefer to put all posts under cut, ask them go to Custom CSS and input in the Use embedded CSS: .page-read .entry-wrapper+.journal-newslettercommunity { display: none;}
AND/OR
2) If your readers prefer to put long posts under cut, use this as your posting template for long posts: <div class="newslettercommunity-content.long"> [body of newsletter] </div>. Then ask your reader to go to Custom CSS and input in the Use embedded CSS: .newslettercommunity-content.long { display: none !important; }