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            Create an Email Template in Marketing Cloud Next

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            Create an Email Template in Marketing Cloud Next

            To keep your marketing campaigns consistent with brand guidelines and save time, create reusable standard and custom email templates.

            Required Editions

            Available in: Salesforce Enterprise and Unlimited Editions with Marketing Cloud Next Growth or Advanced Edition, and in Starter and Pro Suite Editions. Your edition determines the options that you have.
            User Permissions Needed
            To create or edit content:

            Marketing Cloud Manager permission set

            AND

            Any CMS workspace contributor role
            To publish or unpublish content:

            Marketing Cloud Manager permission set

            AND

            A CMS workspace contributor role of content

            Admin or content manager

            Create an Email Template

            To create a reusable email template that matches your branding, select a prebuilt standard layout or design a custom template.

            1. On the Content tab in a marketing workspace, select Add | Content | Email Template. Click Create.
            2. Select a creation method.
              1. Use a standard template: Click Select a Template | Select. Select a layout from the Standard Templates tab, and then click Select.
              2. Build a custom template: Click Use Components, and then click Select.
            3. In Experience Builder, click the Settings tab and configure the properties.
              1. Give your email template a title for internal use and write a subject line.
              2. Enter a preheader summary that appears next to the subject line in the recipient's inbox.
              3. Set the Message Purpose to Promotional or Transactional depending on your needs.
            4. Add or move components to create the layout that you want.
              If you’re using a standard template, to change the layout without losing your content, click Template Switcher in the properties panel.
            5. Save your work.
            6. To preview the template or send a test message, click Preview.
            7. To make the template available for authors to use, click Publish Now.

            Whether you started with a standard layout or a custom design, the published template is available in the template library under Custom Templates.

            Edit an Email Template

            You can modify an email template at any time.

            1. From the Content tab in a marketing workspace, open the email template that you want to use.
            2. On the content details page, click Edit.
            3. Edit the template, and then save it.
            4. To make the changes available to authors, click Publish.

            Manage Template Content

            By default, template-wide settings and individual content components are locked. You can adjust these settings to grant or restrict access as needed.

            The state of nested components in the email template mirrors that of the parent component. Locking or unlocking the parent component automatically locks or unlocks all nested components.

            1. To configure template-wide settings, on the Settings tab, select or deselect Allow users to modify template settings for an individual email.

              When you turn on this setting, users can change styles, layouts, settings, and any unlocked components in the email.

            2. To control editing subject lines and preheaders, in the Settings tab, use the lock icons next to Subject Line and Preheader.

              If editing template-wide settings is disabled, you can still turn on editing for subject lines and preheaders.

            3. To let users modify data sources, in the Data Sources tab, select Allow users to modify data sources.
            4. To let users edit individual components, select a component, column, or section in the canvas. In the Settings tab, select Allow users to modify this component.

              Users can edit the selected component and all its nested components.

            5. Save your work.

            Unpublish an Email Template

            To prevent others from using a template, unpublish it.

            1. From the Content tab, find the template that you want to hide.
            2. Open the content detail page, and then select Unpublish.
            3. Choose whether to unpublish the template now or later.
              • To unpublish immediately, select Unpublish Now.
              • To unpublish later, select Schedule Unpublish, and set the date and time.
             
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