I am working for a client who wants to move a website from a proprietary CMS to WordPress. The only feature I can’t re-create for him is a good newsletter creation tool.
They are publishing only headlines and links, but minor customization options.
Now, their when they want to create the weekly newsletter, the editor can choose articles from the CMS – no need to generate and copy HTML. And they can insert ad code easily when needed.
I have looked at MeeNews, and MailPress and Aweber.
MeeNews has the right features. You can select current posts to add. But it looks unfinished – menus are half in English, half Spanish. The end-users will find this frightening. And I worry about longterm support.
Mailpress does not let you add posts. You are given a blank text field to enter posts.
Aweber has a good tool. It is based on an RSS feed but it gives the editor an option to remove some posts. And the client would have to leave Constant Contact, where he is happy.
Anyone find a solution for this? I am surprised there are so few options for creating newsletters in WordPress. Or am I missing something?