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MarketoSupport
MarketoSupport
Level 2
September 21, 2016
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Only one container is allowed per template

  • September 21, 2016
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We are building email templates, and we intend to make use of containers and modules so we can build emails without having to edit the html directly.

In one of these templates, we have more than one region in separate columns that each require a variable number of items each week.

There may be five to ten news articles in the main column each week, and two to five calendar items in the side column.

If only one container is allowed per template, how do we create a template with more than one region supporting a variable number of module items each?

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Grégoire_Miche2
Grégoire_Miche2
Level 10
September 22, 2016

Hi Joe,

Yes, this is the case, only 1 container per template. There is not real workaround for this and you will have to trust the users to make the right usage of the available modules.

Read this:

Email editor 2.0 is leaving room for a v2.1

And vote here:

-Greg

Nicholas_Manojl
Nicholas_Manojl
Level 8
September 26, 2016

Hi Joe - not sure if I'm understanding your question correctly.

I don't think you need more than one container.

You can create a "news item" module and add that in 1 time or 100 times.

To give you an extreme example, you can create a "header" module that features your company logo. In the new email editor, you can have that header appear 100 times before the body content.

MarketoSupport
MarketoSupportAuthor
Level 2
September 26, 2016

Nicholas,

If you view the PDF I posted, it may help illustrate.

Regarding the case you mentioned, I require another column to the right of the of the region containing the header and dynamic number of news items which would support a dynamic number of "event" items. The news items and event items would not exist in the same table or cell, but separate tables.

Nicholas_Manojl
Nicholas_Manojl
Level 8
September 26, 2016

What does the individual module look like?

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