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sendwithus cofounder; we've had a template gallery internally in the product since launch, but we felt that these templates were something that everyone should

by mrmch 12y ago

sendwithus cofounder; we've had a template gallery internally in the product since launch, but we felt that these templates were something that everyone should be able to use. We didn't want to launch "just another template gallery", like many others, so we've made these open source. Contribute a pull request on github[0], we'll merge it, run it through Litmus and make sure it's still responsive. You can read about it on the 'about' page[1] [0] https://github.com/sendwithus/templates https://github.com/sendwithus/templates [1] https://www.sendwithus.com/resources/templates/about https://www.sendwithus.com/resources/templates/about

j_s 12y ago
Awesome, I think you just became the Bootstrap of email by default!
- mrmch 12y ago
  Thanks, that's super flattering for the whole sendwithus team!
- guynamedloren 12y ago
  See Zurb Ink, which is also open sourced, but might be a bit closer to Bootstrap as it also has a framework. http://zurb.com/ink/ http://zurb.com/ink/
  - tjaspers 12y ago
    That looks pretty good, thanks for the share.
eltondegeneres 12y ago
These templates are really nice, but the license choice confuses me a bit. Apache 2.0 requires attribution, but there aren't license headers in any of the templates. How should I properly attribute sendwithus when using this template?
- mrmch 12y ago
  The way we intend this is that if you redistribute the templates (say you host your own template gallery, or put them together as a zip you send people), then attribution would be nice. If you're using the templates to send email, no attribution is required.
  - jensC 12y ago
    Thanks for clarifying this.
rodriguezcommaj 12y ago
Great work, Matt. I think you guys did a great job with these, especially having multiple layouts for each template to handle different use cases. A lot of people make the mistake of thinking that one layout works for every situation—it's nice to see you guys helping to remedy that misconception. Chuffed to see you using Litmus, too!
- mrmch 12y ago
  Thanks! This was a team effort, not just me :) We like the idea of "purpose driven" templates, and that's why we've designed that way. Who thinks "I want a 3 column email template"? Most people think "I need to send a notification email". That's what we tried to design for.
  - Angostura 12y ago
    > Who thinks "I want a 3 column email template"? People who send out monthly e-mail newsletters and the like. Sadly, that's a use-case that isn't really included. Other than that - very nice approach.
dehmlow 12y ago
Ah you guys are the bomb! I might have to fork some of your templates for our year 2005 looking emails..
wuliwong 12y ago
Thanks for this, I have been looking for email templates for a little while.
hobarrera 12y ago
The "alt" attributes on images (at least on the few templates I saw), are pretty bad. For example, here [0] all the social icons have an alt of "social icon". Have you guys even tried looking at these templates on a non-html email client? Clearly not. [0] https://github.com/sendwithus/templates/blob/master/templates/narrative/invoice.html https://github.com/sendwithus/templates/blob/master/template...

by mrmch 12y ago

j_s 12y ago

Awesome, I think you just became the Bootstrap of email by default!

mrmch 12y ago
Thanks, that's super flattering for the whole sendwithus team!
guynamedloren 12y ago
See Zurb Ink, which is also open sourced, but might be a bit closer to Bootstrap as it also has a framework. http://zurb.com/ink/ http://zurb.com/ink/
- tjaspers 12y ago
  That looks pretty good, thanks for the share.

eltondegeneres 12y ago

These templates are really nice, but the license choice confuses me a bit. Apache 2.0 requires attribution, but there aren't license headers in any of the templates. How should I properly attribute sendwithus when using this template?

mrmch 12y ago
The way we intend this is that if you redistribute the templates (say you host your own template gallery, or put them together as a zip you send people), then attribution would be nice. If you're using the templates to send email, no attribution is required.
- jensC 12y ago
  Thanks for clarifying this.

rodriguezcommaj 12y ago

Great work, Matt. I think you guys did a great job with these, especially having multiple layouts for each template to handle different use cases. A lot of people make the mistake of thinking that one layout works for every situation—it's nice to see you guys helping to remedy that misconception. Chuffed to see you using Litmus, too!

mrmch 12y ago
Thanks! This was a team effort, not just me :) We like the idea of "purpose driven" templates, and that's why we've designed that way. Who thinks "I want a 3 column email template"? Most people think "I need to send a notification email". That's what we tried to design for.
- Angostura 12y ago
  > Who thinks "I want a 3 column email template"? People who send out monthly e-mail newsletters and the like. Sadly, that's a use-case that isn't really included. Other than that - very nice approach.

dehmlow 12y ago

Ah you guys are the bomb! I might have to fork some of your templates for our year 2005 looking emails..

wuliwong 12y ago

Thanks for this, I have been looking for email templates for a little while.

hobarrera 12y ago

The "alt" attributes on images (at least on the few templates I saw), are pretty bad. For example, here [0] all the social icons have an alt of "social icon". Have you guys even tried looking at these templates on a non-html email client? Clearly not. [0] https://github.com/sendwithus/templates/blob/master/templates/narrative/invoice.html https://github.com/sendwithus/templates/blob/master/template...