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How to use the Drag & Drop template editor in Act! Marketing Automation

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Question: How do I use the Drag & Drop template editor in Act! Marketing Automation

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  • Product Family: Emarketing
  • Product: Act! Marketing Automation



Answer:

Drag & Drop editor overview


The Drag & Drop editor allows you to create templates by dragging and dropping design elements onto your template so that they appear in the order you would like them to appear. This allows you to quickly design templates without the need to be familiar with HTML.

    There are three panels available to help you design your template:
  • Content: Contains content block types for you to drag into a row on a template. Available types contain: Text, Image, Button, Divider, Social, HTML, and Video.
  • Rows: Rows are the structure of the template and work as containers that will hold the actual content that your readers will see. They are used to break your template down into organized sections, and can have 1-4 columns
  • Settings: Allows you to define overall settings for the template, such as content area width, overall background color, content area background color, default template font, and default link colors. Settings are simply managed in the Settings panel, and do not need to be dragged and dropped into the template


    • Note: If you are creating from a blank template, it is recommended that you start with Settings, Add your rows, and then add your content blocks

Opening the template editor

  1. On the far left side of the Act! Marketing Automation page, click Templates
  2. Locate the Drag & Drop Template you wish to edit, then click the “Open” button for that template to open the template editor

Editing a template


For information about using the template editor, refer to the following video tutorials:

Act! Video Training Library: Templates

You can also read about how to use the features of the template editor in the knowledgebase articles below:





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