Customize AcyMailing

• CSS files included in AcyMailing
• Customize a view using the Joomla MVC
• Customize messages displayed by AcyMailing

CSS files included in AcyMailing

Several CSS files are included in AcyMailing, so that you can quickly change the style of your module and font-end component. You will find in the AcyMailing configuration (on the "interfaces" tab) a CSS area where you can choose your favourite style in a list.   Let’s find the most appropriate style for your website !   You can modify the CSS file via the AcyMailing configuration page, tab "interface". The modified CSS files are located in the folder media/com_acymailing/css/

CSS files - W3C compliant

W3C compliant is important for you? Then opt for one of our files including the prefix : FANCY - PICTURE - BASIC - CLASSIC - COLOR

Most of the time you can choose between these 7 colours :

CSS3 files - not yet W3C compliant

We propose you other files using some CSS3 attributes which are not yet W3C compliant.
Without introducing pictures you will get shadow effects, gradation effects or rounded borders.

For this CSS3 layout, opt for files including prefixes : SHADOW - SQUARE - RADIAL - BOX
You can choose between these 6 colours :

Customize a view using the Joomla MVC

AcyMailing uses the Joomla MVC, that means you can copy any AcyMailing view in your own template and personalize the view as you want.

The main benefit is that you will be able to update or upgrade AcyMailing without losing your modifications.

Once you copied the file in your own template, you can modify the copied file the way you want.
Joomla will check that the file exists in your own template. If it exists, Joomla will load your own file and if not, it will use the default file from AcyMailing.

This method should be used only by advanced users as it requires some knowledge in php and html.

To customize the "modify your subscription" view

• Copy the file components/com_acymailing/views/user/tmpl/modify.php in templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/html/com_acymailing/user/modify.php
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  As well as copying the modify.php to the template directory you also need to copy extrafields.modify.php (if you use our Enterprise version) as it is part of an include directive in modify.php and it looks for it in the same directory. If you don't you will notice the Username, email, and Text/HTML options will not be displayed.

To customize the "unsubscribe" view

• Copy the file components/com_acymailing/views/user/tmpl/unsub.php in templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/html/com_acymailing/user/unsub.php

To customize the module view

• Copy the file modules/mod_acymailing/tmpl/default.php in templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/html/mod_acymailing/default.php

To customize the Archive Newsletters view (Newsletters listing)

• Copy the file components/com_acymailing/views/archive/tmpl/listing.php in templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/html/com_acymailing/archive/listing.php
• Copy the file components/com_acymailing/views/archive/tmpl/listing_newsletters.php in templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/html/com_acymailing/archive/listing_newsletters.php

To customize the Newsletter online version view (one single Newsletter)

• Copy the file components/com_acymailing/views/archive/tmpl/view.php in templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/html/com_acymailing/archive/view.php

To customize the Archive Lists view (listing of all lists)

• Copy the file components/com_acymailing/views/lists/tmpl/listing.php in templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/html/com_acymailing/lists/listing.php

Customize messages displayed by AcyMailing

AcyMailing uses the standard Joomla messaging system to display messages on the screen.
If you want to modify the way messages are displayed, you should modify the CSS loaded by Joomla template.
This won't be only applied to AcyMailing but also to all other components using the standard Joomla messaging system.

Most of Joomla templates will load the default Joomla message system CSS file:

• On J1.5 : templates/system/css/system.css
• On J2.5 : media/system/css/system.css