Notices by Buttondown (buttondown@mastodon.social)

@mcmullin @arendleejessurun Happy to answer any questions you might have :)

@nafnlj amazing read./ anything we could do to make the final parts easier?

@stilgherrian TIL the phrase, but oh no! Were you able to send it out?

Remember Tumblr? We never forgot. And that's why we just launched crossposting for Tumblr. #automations #emails #queuing #isthisnichejokeabouttumblrtagsgonnaland

https://buttondown.com/changelog/2025-03-10

@loleg sorry about that! will post a tiny postmortem once I get back from jury duty 😅

Craft CMS folks — did you know some kind stranger started a Buttondown plugin?! Give it a spin!

https://plugins.craftcms.com/buttondown

Updates from February:

· A new subscriber details pane
· Better referrer analytics
· Zapier is even better
· RIP 'teasers'
· Lots of lovely essays
· A secret sixth thing
· Achieve superalignment (with your buttons)
· Faster search

https://newsletter.buttondown.com/archive/updates-from-february-3165/

G-G-G-G-G-GUEST POST!

Jon Sully, Typora aficionado, shares how to integrate it with Buttondown — and also acts as a bit of a backdoor pilot for "how to use the Buttondown API with ruby".

https://buttondown.com/blog/using-typora-as-a-custom-buttondown-frontend

@etp it is a forever game of cat and mouse, but right now the cat is winning!

What better way to spend a lovely Sunday than by, uh, reading a history of why we call it "mail merge"?

https://buttondown.com/blog/mail-merge-history

@matratype @onpaperwings @elliotjaystocks aw, i'm blushing! (and happy to answer any questions you have Pooja!)

"The content of a NWG (Network Working Group) note may be any thought, suggestion, etc. related to the HOST software or other aspect of the network.”

And with that, the RFC was born.

https://buttondown.com/blog/optimism-of-email

New analytic: pageviews by referrer!

https://buttondown.com/changelog/2025-02-17

we are tired of manually emailing you about affiliate payouts. so our newest changelog entry is about making that easier.

https://buttondown.com/changelog/2025-02-13

“The absolute most important trick, though, is: Be human,” says Friedman. “Write like a human. Write emails you wouldn’t mind reading. And respect your reader.”

https://buttondown.com/blog/write-newsletters-from-gmail

this and more in January's roundup:

https://newsletter.buttondown.com/archive/updates-from-january-9711/

https://mastodon.social/@angelo@social.droppedbits.com/113979951659194340

@reinier @gvenk 👀

An ode to the little-used format that everyone loves: the pop-up newsletter.

https://buttondown.com/blog/pop-up-newsletters

An ode to the little-used format that everyone loves: the pop-up newsletter.

https://buttondown.com/blog/pop-up-newsletters

Good morning. Consider starting your day by reading about ZINES.

https://buttondown.com/blog/zines