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Paste HTML Template

An email template is a reusable structure that can be used to standardize your email campaigns. Email templates can help you quickly and easily create emails while maintaining consistency.

Creating a Paste HTML Email Template

  1. Click Templates under the Email folder.
  2. Enter the name of your template in the Create New Template field.
  3. Select Paste HTML Template in the Select Content Type drop-down.
  4. Click Create.
    This takes you to the Properties step within the Template Editor.
  5. Fill in the Properties fields.
  6.  Click Continue.
    This takes you to the Template editor.
  7. Create your Paste HTML Template.
  8. Click Save and Publish.
    Publish makes the template available for selection when creating an email. If a template has been published, you will have the option to unpublish it.

Properties

The table below lists the Paste HTML Template configuration properties with their descriptions.

Name The name of your template. The name is what you and other users see in your template folder. This field is required.
Folder Location This field shows the folder in which the template is stored. To change the folder the template is stored in, click Select Folder and choose a different folder.
Language Language allows you to select the type of email encoding you would like to use. The encoding plays a major role in the way an email will be displayed, especially with respect to special characters in non-Latin languages. This field is required.

Language types:
  • UTF-8
  • US English (ASCII)
  • Western Europe
  • Central Europe
  • Chinese (Traditional)
  • Chinese (Simplified)
  • Korean
  • Japanese
  • Russian
Distribute to Subclients Use this feature to allow your other accounts to utilize the template you have created. This is only available if your account is provisioned with subclients and this feature is enabled. Contact iPost Client Services if you would like this feature enabled.
Emails Affected This section will display the names of any email that was built using the current template and provides a warning that any changes made to the template will affect those emails. It also gives you the option to change the template used by those emails in the event you do not want to continue using the current template.

Content

Create your HTML template using the Template Editor. You can either start with a pre-existing html email and replace the sections you want to make editable with the iPost template code, or you may build one from scratch. Each editable section should include the following code:

<div id=”Hero” data-editable=”true” type=”content” name=”Hero”>Hero</div>

Content that does not have the unique ID code will not be editable when creating an email from a template. You can look at this kind of content as being locked down or static and not editable when creating an email.

This code should replace any content you previously had in an HTML tag. Here is an example:

Before:

<table style=" font-family:sans-seriF;color:#333333;width:100%;max-width:600px;">
	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td class="one-column" style="padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0;">
            <!-- BEGIN HERO IMAGE -->
			<img src="imagelocation" border="1">
			<!-- END HERO IMAGE -->
            </td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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After:

<table style=" font-family:sans-seriF;color:#333333;width:100%;max-width:600px;">
	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td class="one-column" style="padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0;">
            <!-- BEGIN HERO IMAGE -->
			<div id="Hero" data-editable="true" type="content" name="Hero">Hero</div>
			<!-- END HERO IMAGE -->
            </td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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Preview Structure

Preview Structure allows you to view the structure of your HTML template during the creation process.

Content Panel

Use saved Snippets, Dynamic Content, or Web Content in your template.

The table below lists the tools available in the content panel with their descriptions.

Option
Description
Insert Snippet Use a stored snippet. Place the cursor in the section of the email you want to insert your stored snippet. Then, click on INSERT SNIPPET and select the snippet.
Insert Dynamic Content Use a stored snippet. Place the cursor in the section of the email you want to insert your stored dynamic content. Then, click on INSERT DYNAMIC CONTENT and select the stored dynamic content.
Insert Web Content This feature allows you to include content in your emails directly from an outside source.
Insert RSS Content This feature allows you to include content in your emails from an RSS Feed
Insert Editable Area This feature allows you to insert an editable area within your template.  
Insert Coupon Code The feature allows you to include a coupon code in your emails.

Personalize Panel

Drag & drop attributes from your database into your email to personalize your email.

Spell Check

This feature will identify words in your document that are misspelled. Click on the highlighted word for a list of correctly spelled words to replace it with. Click Save Changes when done.