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February 1, 2013
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Repeatable editable regions in email templates.

  • February 1, 2013
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Does anyone know if you can define repeatable editable regions in the email templates.

For example, I want to have a 'story' block containing an image, headline and copy. And then in the editor, I can add or remove these blocks without editing the template.

Somtimes I want 2 stories, sometimes 6. It's a pain to have to edit the template each time to change the number of stories.
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Just thought of this and want to throw it out there, what if you made 6 email templates? You could have a list of email templates to pick from based on how many stories you plan on including in this current issue titled something like 2 Story Template, 3 Story Template etc.

It might be a bit of work up front, but if you usually retain the same design elements on every 3 story template for example, it might be worth cranking these 6 out and then never worrying about editng the template when you change up the number of stories from week to week.

Hope this helps!

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Anonymous
February 1, 2013
Templates are more code-oriented than drag-n-drop interfaces .

In my humble opinion that sort of functionality is more suitable for automated code generation tools producing final content.

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Anonymous
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February 1, 2013
Just thought of this and want to throw it out there, what if you made 6 email templates? You could have a list of email templates to pick from based on how many stories you plan on including in this current issue titled something like 2 Story Template, 3 Story Template etc.

It might be a bit of work up front, but if you usually retain the same design elements on every 3 story template for example, it might be worth cranking these 6 out and then never worrying about editng the template when you change up the number of stories from week to week.

Hope this helps!
Michelle_Tizian
Michelle_Tizian
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February 5, 2013
I've gone through this myself and what I did was create a template with 5 or 10 repeating editable areas. Then I cloned the template and removed 1 editable block area.  Then cloned it again and made 1 less editable block each time.  That way we have multiple templates to choose from based on the number of stories we have for our newsletters and blogs. 
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Anonymous
February 5, 2013
Thanks guys, I think creating multiple templates is the way to go.

I'm used to Campaign Monitor for Email campaigns, and the repeatable region feature was built into their email editor. I suppose I just have to get used to a different system with a different way of thinking.


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Anonymous
August 2, 2013
Is there a place to leave feature requests? My company just switched to Marketo from MailChimp and not having repeatable sections is going to make the transition a nightmare.

We have something like 20 unique email templates, each with multiple sections, and each section can contain any number of content items. 

Even just thinking about how to properly name / organize everything is making my head spin ...

Marketo, plese tell me this is something you have in the works ?
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Anonymous
August 2, 2013
Feature/Enhancement requests are posted on "Ideas" section.
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