This is a proposal to provide a "FileMacro" which would hold the name of a small file containing some text (html?) that could be inserted into the email at run time.
A FileMacro might look like "{resources/documents/macros/{Member_Level}name_of_snippet.html}". Note that there is a regular {Member_Level} macro embedded within this file name.
At run time the system would expand any standard macro within the FileMacro to create a valid path/file.txt file name.
When the system sees the FileMacro it would insert it into the email. If there is a standard system macro within the snippet, it too would be expanded.
For instance, FileMacro such as
"{resources/documents/macros/{Member_Level}_welcome.txt}"
when running at Gold Level would expand to
"{resources/documents/macros/Gold Level_welcome.txt}".
The system would search for that file, expand any macros within it and insert it in the email. It does nothing if the file is not found.

With this tool we could modify the text of a membership email in the same way as we can use a Macro to modify the member details at present.
This would dramatically reduce the number of custom membership emails required.

Thanks, Gordon

What would be fabulous would be to be able to change email signature in templates when volunteers change e.g. all emails from President to change from Marie to Susannah, rather than manually changing each one.

Creating Macros from any field on a form (custom as well as common) would be VERY useful in customizing emails.

Hi
At times, we think it might be useful to include a custom field that initiates an action (i.e. "Yes, keep me in mind for volunteering") that would flag their profile. The profiles already have a field that is filled out as part of the initial membership sign up process, but it isn't filled out for another year.

While I'm at it, we could use the abililty for commenters to edit typos in their own comments ... :-)
"a 'swipe' template used only FOR copying from, ..."

There are so many typical uses for stock language that I'm surprised it's not already a capability. For example the email header (or text that appears above it), and especially the footer (which can be a LOT of text and links, any part of which might need to be globally changed at any time.) A workaround would be to provide users with HTML code they could paste in, or a "swipe" template used only from copying from, but that requires extra work and user expertise with every email: the need for which the WA model is (or should be) intended to avoid.

Sounds like this will allow me to put copyright info that rolls with the year in my emails.

Please please do this!!

Excellent! We would also use this for Events, for adding fields such as Presenter. I can think of many uses for custom macros.

This is useful. But I suggest it could be made more general.

See http://forums.wildapricot.com/forums/308932-wishlist/suggestions/8843152-generalize-macros-to-all-text-and-allow-custom-mac

I vote yes to this item. It would be useful, for example, to have a link in an email to the membership manager or events manager.

Would definitely be useful, gets our vote!!

Ian
worthing and adur chamber of commerce

Sounds like a cool idea!