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You can build an email template three ways. All three produce the same result, so start from whatever you already have. Prerequisites

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Steps

1

Start an email template

In Content, select Create and choose the email template option. Give it a name.
2

Choose where it starts

Pick one of three starting points:
  • A written brief. Describe the sections, their order, and the kind of message. This works best when you are starting fresh.
  • A URL. Give the address of a page or email layout you want to match. allGood reads it and builds a design from it.
  • An email you already have. Point at an email in allGood. This works best once you have made a few by hand and want to stop rebuilding the same layout.
3

Attach your brand and components

Link your brand guideline and your Email Components library. The design comes back built from approved blocks and styled to your brand.
4

Review the design and the copy schema

You get a rendered preview of the design and its copy schema. Check that each field is named for the person who will fill it. See Writing the copy schema.
A template's copy schema: the named fields the next email has to supply.

A template's copy schema: the named fields the next email has to supply.

5

Publish it

Publishing locks in the brand guideline and component library at the versions it was built against. If either changes later, the template shows as out of date. See Changing an email template.
When this works, you will see the template under the Templates toggle in Content with a Published status, ready to start new emails from.
Templates are the other half of the library, reached by the toggle.

Templates are the other half of the library, reached by the toggle.

If you get stuck, contact support@allgoodhq.com.