Template Editor Tool
With the Template Editor Tool, you can create beautiful, responsive email and text message templates without HTML!
- Responsive email design
- Robust styling options
- Drag-and-drop sections and formatting
- Drag-and-drop images
- AI-assisted content
When you create a template in the Template Editor Tool, MinistryPlatform creates a Template record. You can give templates both an internal Name (that only Platform users can see) and an external Subject (that recipients can see). After you save, you can reopen your template with the Template Editor Tool for future edits. When you're ready to send it to select Contacts, you can select your template in the New Message Tool.
- You can only view and edit templates created with the Template Editor Tool.
- Do not edit the Template record for any templates made with the Template Editor Tool. To change the HTML directly, you must use the tool. Changes made directly in the record may produce unexpected results and prevent future use of the tool.
Images
- Images (JPG, PNG, BMP, GIF) have a size limit of 1 MB.
- Uploaded images are stored in AWS, however you can't navigate to AWS. If using the same image for multiple templates, you'll need to upload the image to each template.
- If enabled by a SPoC, the Template Editor Tool offers a collection of royalty-free stock images that are available for use in any template. This feature has images from a handful of Creative Commons licensed sources.
Note: The stock image feature is offered "as is". We don't maintain, generate, or review this content. SPoCs who enable this feature understand the content is not filtered or limited and something inappropriate could show up.
- The template body has a default width of 500 pixels. For example, a width of 480 pixels with a default padding of 10 pixels could be used. The designs are responsive, meaning larger images are scaled down to fit smaller screen sizes. Files, however, can load slower if this is used on a smaller device, such as a mobile device.
Videos
You can link videos hosted by Vimeo or Youtube within a template. The URL you provide generates a preview image. Use the editor panel to adjust the play icon.
Buttons
Love including buttons in your emails? Us too! But note that Outlook Desktop uses Word to put HTML in emails. This might make your buttons display without text when they're opened in Outlook Desktop.
While we can't control Microsoft, one smart church included text with a link under buttons in their Templates: "If the button does not display as it should, click here to...". Have another creative way to handle this? Let the MinistryPlatform Community know!
Footers
Depending on the message type, churches may need to include certain information in the footer of an email, such as an option to give recipients to unsubscribe. We recommend you compose a template with a footer that links to the My Subscriptions widget.
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