I would like to give new subscribers a $5 coupon for subscribing to the newsletter.
The best way (in my mind) to do this is to create a transactional email template (System > Transactional Emails) and set it to email in lieu of the default Newsletter Subscription Confirmation email.
The $5 coupon will be redeemed in a physical store so it will need to have a scannable barcode instead of a simple promo code which is why it will need to be an image.
I'm asking:
1) Is this possible?
2) Is there a better way of doing this?
3) If this is the best way, how do I embed an image into the email message?
Please let me know your thoughts, I greatly appreciate any help you can give me.
Thank you!
Best Answer
I think your proposed solution will work without editing template files in your theme. Below I have created a simple sample template for you to paste in a new template.
System > Transactional Emails > Add New Template
Paste this into Template Styles
Below is the whole template to paste in to Template Content.
Note the line that contains
You need to substitute the src with your own image's url in the above code. Upload the image using your FTP client.