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Lauren_Baideme1
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Help fixing "Invalid Module" error in mkto email template

Hi folks - 

Hoping someone can help me figure out why I'm getting validation errors when trying to add modules to an email template. I uploaded html to Marketo to create a new email template, and then followed the directions in their documentation (Email Template Syntax - Marketo Docs - Product Documentation ) to make the template sections modular. 

I get the following "Invalid Module" errors: 

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I've read several other articles and tried playing around with the code, but am finally giving it up and hoping someone who knows what they're doing can help me :-D. 

HTML code is attached - highlighted the container and modules in yellow. 

FYI, I created a single module container using <td>, and 4 modules using <table>. Definitely open to changing this if it's a problem. 

Ultimately if I can figure out what's going on with the basic template, I want to also ensure that the modules are editable (i.e. that the body copy is in a rich text editor). I was going to use mktoText or mktoEditable after solving for this first problem. 

Thanks in advance for any expert guidance! 

Lauren 

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code attached and below

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html style="width:100%;font-family:arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif;-webkit-text-size-adjust:100%;-ms-text-size-adjust:100%;padding:0;Margin:0;">

<head>

<meta charset="UTF-8">

<meta content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" name="viewport">

<meta name="x-apple-disable-message-reformatting">

<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">

<meta content="telephone=no" name="format-detection">

<title>[Register] Fireside chat on Candidate Experience</title>

<!--[if (mso 16)]>

<style type="text/css">    a {text-decoration: none;}    </style>

<![endif]-->

  <!--[if gte mso 9]>

<style>sup { font-size: 100% !important; }</style>

<![endif]-->

<style type="text/css">

@media only screen and (max-width:600px) {p, ul li, ol li, a { font-size:16px!important; line-height:150%!important } h1 { font-size:30px!important; text-align:center; line-height:120%!important } h2 { font-size:26px!important; text-align:center; line-height:120%!important } h3 {

font-size:20px!important; text-align:center; line-height:120%!important } h1 a { font-size:30px!important } h2 a { font-size:26px!important } h3 a { font-size:20px!important } .es-menu td a { font-size:16px!important } .es-header-body p, .es-header-body ul li, .es-header-body ol li,

.es-header-body a { font-size:16px!important } .es-footer-body p, .es-footer-body ul li, .es-footer-body ol li, .es-footer-body a { font-size:12px!important } .es-infoblock p, .es-infoblock ul li, .es-infoblock ol li, .es-infoblock a { font-size:12px!important } *[class="gmail-fix"] {

display:none!important } .es-m-txt-c, .es-m-txt-c h1, .es-m-txt-c h2, .es-m-txt-c h3 { text-align:center!important } .es-m-txt-r, .es-m-txt-r h1, .es-m-txt-r h2, .es-m-txt-r h3 { text-align:right!important } .es-m-txt-l, .es-m-txt-l h1, .es-m-txt-l h2, .es-m-txt-l h3 { text-align:left!important }

.es-m-txt-r img, .es-m-txt-c img, .es-m-txt-l img { display:inline!important } .es-button-border { display:block!important } a.es-button { font-size:20px!important; display:block!important; border-width:10px 0px 10px 0px!important } .es-btn-fw { border-width:10px 0px!important;

text-align:center!important } .es-adaptive table, .es-btn-fw, .es-btn-fw-brdr, .es-left, .es-right { width:100%!important } .es-content table, .es-header table, .es-footer table, .es-content, .es-footer, .es-header { width:100%!important; max-width:600px!important } .es-adapt-td {

display:block!important; width:100%!important } .adapt-img { width:100%!important; height:auto!important } .es-m-p0 { padding:0px!important } .es-m-p0r { padding-right:0px!important } .es-m-p0l { padding-left:0px!important } .es-m-p0t { padding-top:0px!important } .es-m-p0b {

padding-bottom:0!important } .es-m-p20b { padding-bottom:20px!important } .es-mobile-hidden, .es-hidden { display:none!important } .es-desk-hidden { display:table-row!important; width:auto!important; overflow:visible!important; float:none!important; max-height:inherit!important;

line-height:inherit!important } .es-desk-menu-hidden { display:table-cell!important } table.es-table-not-adapt, .esd-block-html table { width:auto!important } table.es-social { display:inline-block!important } table.es-social td { display:inline-block!important } }

#outlook a {

padding:0;

}

.ExternalClass {

width:100%;

}

.ExternalClass,

.ExternalClass p,

.ExternalClass span,

.ExternalClass font,

.ExternalClass td,

.ExternalClass div {

line-height:100%;

}

.es-button {

mso-style-priority:100!important;

text-decoration:none!important;

}

a[x-apple-data-detectors] {

color:inherit!important;

text-decoration:none!important;

font-size:inherit!important;

font-family:inherit!important;

font-weight:inherit!important;

line-height:inherit!important;

}

.es-desk-hidden {

display:none;

float:left;

overflow:hidden;

width:0;

max-height:0;

line-height:0;

mso-hide:all;

}

</style>

</head>

<body style="width:100%;font-family:arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif;-webkit-text-size-adjust:100%;-ms-text-size-adjust:100%;padding:0;Margin:0;">

<span style="display:none !important;font-size:0px;line-height:0;color:#FFFFFF;visibility:hidden;opacity:0;height:0;width:0;mso-hide:all;">Save your spot for this month's

webinar! ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌</span>

<div class="es-wrapper-color" style="background-color:#F6F6F6;">

   <!--[if gte mso 9]><v:background xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" fill="t"><v:fill type="tile" color="#f6f6f6"></v:fill></v:background><![endif]-->

<tbody>

 

<td class="mktoContainer" id="template-wrapper">

    

<table class="mktoModule" id="LogoArea" mktoName="Logo Area" mktoActive="true" mktoAddByDefault:="true" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;padding:0;Margin:0;width:100%;height:100%;background-repeat:repeat;background-position:center top;">

<tr style="border-collapse:collapse;">

<td valign="top" style="padding:0;Margin:0;">

       

<table class="es-content" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;table-layout:fixed !important;width:100%;">

<tr style="border-collapse:collapse;">

</tr>

<tr style="border-collapse:collapse;">

<td align="center" style="padding:0;Margin:0;">

           

<table class="es-header-body" width="600" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;background-color:#FFFFFF;">

<tr style="border-collapse:collapse;">

<td align="left" style="Margin:0;padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px;padding-right:10px;">

               

<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;">

<tr style="border-collapse:collapse;">

<td width="580" valign="top" align="center" style="padding:0;Margin:0;">

                   

<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;">

<tr style="border-collapse:collapse;">

<td align="center" style="padding:0;Margin:0;"> <img src="https://go.greenhouse.io/rs/750-ISS-976/images/12351564524528090.png" alt="Greenhouse logo" title="Greenhouse logo" width="139" style="display:block;border:0;outline:none;text-decoration:none;-ms-interpolation-mode:bicubic;"></td>

</tr>

</table>

</td>

</tr>

</table>

</td>

</tr>

</table>

</td>

</tr>

</table>

<table class="mktoModule" id="BannerArea" mktoName="Banner" mktoActive="true" mktoAddByDefault:="true" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;table-layout:fixed !important;width:100%;">

<tr style="border-collapse:collapse;">

<td align="center" style="padding:0;Margin:0;">

           

<table class="es-content-body" width="600" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;background-color:#FFFFFF;">

<tr style="border-collapse:collapse;">

<td align="left" style="padding:0;Margin:0;">

               

<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;">

<tr style="border-collapse:collapse;">

<td width="600" valign="top" align="center" style="padding:0;Margin:0;">

                   

<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;">

<tr style="border-collapse:collapse;">

<td align="center" style="padding:0;Margin:0;"> <a target="_blank" href="https://webinars.on24.com/greenhouse/CheckrAndFabFitFun?partnerref=gh-email&std1=database-email&std2=greenhouse&std6=Database%20Email"

style="-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;-ms-text-size-adjust:none;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-decoration:underline;color:#6AA84F;"> <img class="adapt-img"

src="https://go.greenhouse.io/rs/750-ISS-976/images/45951564524610182.png" alt="Register for the next Greenhouse Webinar" style="display:block;border:0;outline:none;text-decoration:none;-ms-interpolation-mode:bicubic;" width="600" title="Register for the next Greenhouse Webinar"> </a> </td>

</tr>

</table>

</td>

</tr>

</table>

</td>

</tr>

</table>

</td>

</tr>

</table>

<table class="mktoModule" id="BodyCopy" mktoName="Body Copy" mktoActive="true" mktoAddByDefault:="true" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;table-layout:fixed !important;width:100%;">

<tr style="border-collapse:collapse;">

<td align="center" style="padding:0;Margin:0;">

           

<table class="es-content-body" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;background-color:#FFFFFF;" width="600" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center">

<tr style="border-collapse:collapse;">

<td align="left" style="padding:0;Margin:0;padding-top:20px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;">

               

<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;">

<tr style="border-collapse:collapse;">

<td width="560" align="center" valign="top" style="padding:0;Margin:0;">

                   

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;">

<tr style="border-collapse:collapse;">

<td align="left" style="padding:0;Margin:0;padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px;">

<p style="Margin:0;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;-ms-text-size-adjust:none;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-size:14px;font-family:arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:21px;color:#333333;">Lauren -</p>

<p style="Margin:0;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;-ms-text-size-adjust:none;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-size:14px;font-family:arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:21px;color:#333333;"><br></p>

<p style="Margin:0;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;-ms-text-size-adjust:none;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-size:14px;font-family:arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:21px;color:#333333;">The original title for this webinar was “Think Like a Candidate: Deliver the Experience

They Expect." Why did we change it? Decades of hiring cycles that have lacked transparency, overwhelmed with confusing and inconsistent processes, and burdened stakeholders with long waiting periods have left the average candidate to expect a mediocre interviewing experience – in the best case

scenario.</p>

<p style="Margin:0;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;-ms-text-size-adjust:none;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-size:14px;font-family:arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:21px;color:#333333;"><br></p>

<p style="Margin:0;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;-ms-text-size-adjust:none;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-size:14px;font-family:arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:21px;color:#333333;">See you there! </p>

</td>

</tr>

</table>

</td>

</tr>

<tr style="border-collapse:collapse;">

<td width="560" valign="top" align="center" style="padding:0;Margin:0;">

                   

<table class="mktoModule" id="CTAButton" mktoName="CTA Button" mktoActive="true" mktoAddByDefault:="true" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;border-bottom:1px solid #EFEFEF;" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">

<tr style="border-collapse:collapse;">

<td class="es-m-txt-c" align="center" style="padding:0;Margin:0;padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:30px;"> <span class="es-button-border" style="border-style:solid;border-color:#FFFFFF;background:#FFDD57;border-width:0px;display:inline-block;border-radius:5px;width:auto;"><a

href="https://webinars.on24.com/greenhouse/CheckrAndFabFitFun?partnerref=gh-email&std1=database-email&std2=greenhouse&std6=Database%20Email" class="es-button" target="_blank" style="mso-style-priority:100

!important;text-decoration:none;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;-ms-text-size-adjust:none;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:18px;color:#333333;border-style:solid;border-color:#FFDD57;border-width:10px 20px 10px

20px;display:inline-block;background:#FFDD57;border-radius:5px;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;line-height:22px;width:auto;text-align:center;border-left-width:20px;border-right-width:20px;">Primary CTA</a></span></td>

</tr>

</table>

</td>

</tr>

</table>

</td>

</tr>

</table>

</td>

</tr>

</table>

</td>

<table class="es-content" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;table-layout:fixed !important;width:100%;">

<tr style="border-collapse:collapse;">

</tr>

<tr style="border-collapse:collapse;">

<td align="center" style="padding:0;Margin:0;">

           

<table class="es-footer-body" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;background-color:#EFEFEF;" width="600" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#efefef" align="center">

<tr style="border-collapse:collapse;">

<td align="left" style="padding:0;Margin:0;padding-top:20px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;">

               

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;">

<tr style="border-collapse:collapse;">

<td width="560" align="center" valign="top" style="padding:0;Margin:0;">

                   

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;">

<tr style="border-collapse:collapse;">

<td align="center" style="padding:0;Margin:0;"> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.greenhouse.io/" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;-ms-text-size-adjust:none;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica,

sans-serif;font-size:12px;text-decoration:underline;color:#B9B9B9;"> <img src="https://go.greenhouse.io/rs/750-ISS-976/images/43271564527721996.png" alt="Greenhouse.io Logo" style="display:block;border:0;outline:none;text-decoration:none;-ms-interpolation-mode:bicubic;" height="32"

title="Greenhouse.io Logo"> </a> </td>

</tr>

</table>

</td>

</tr>

</table>

</td>

</tr>

<tr style="border-collapse:collapse;">

<td align="left" style="Margin:0;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;padding-top:30px;padding-bottom:30px;">

               

<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;">

<tr style="border-collapse:collapse;">

<td width="560" valign="top" align="center" style="padding:0;Margin:0;">

                   

<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;">

<tr style="border-collapse:collapse;">

<td align="center" style="padding:0;Margin:0;padding-bottom:15px;">

                       

<table class="es-table-not-adapt es-social" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;">

<tr style="border-collapse:collapse;">

<td valign="top" align="center" style="padding:0;Margin:0;padding-right:10px;"> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/greenhouse.io" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;-ms-text-size-adjust:none;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica,

sans-serif;font-size:12px;text-decoration:underline;color:#B9B9B9;"><img title="Facebook" src="https://go.greenhouse.io/rs/750-ISS-976/images/facebook-rounded-gray.png" alt="Fb" width="32" height="32"

style="display:block;border:0;outline:none;text-decoration:none;-ms-interpolation-mode:bicubic;"></a> </td>

<td valign="top" align="center" style="padding:0;Margin:0;padding-right:10px;"> <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/Greenhouse" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;-ms-text-size-adjust:none;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica,

sans-serif;font-size:12px;text-decoration:underline;color:#B9B9B9;"><img title="Twitter" src="https://go.greenhouse.io/rs/750-ISS-976/images/twitter-rounded-gray.png" alt="Tw" width="32" height="32"

style="display:block;border:0;outline:none;text-decoration:none;-ms-interpolation-mode:bicubic;"></a> </td>

<td valign="top" align="center" style="padding:0;Margin:0;padding-right:10px;"> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/greenhousesoftware/?hl=en" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;-ms-text-size-adjust:none;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica,

sans-serif;font-size:12px;text-decoration:underline;color:#B9B9B9;"><img title="Instagram" src="https://go.greenhouse.io/rs/750-ISS-976/images/instagram-rounded-gray.png" alt="Inst" width="32" height="32"

style="display:block;border:0;outline:none;text-decoration:none;-ms-interpolation-mode:bicubic;"></a> </td>

<td valign="top" align="center" style="padding:0;Margin:0;"> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/greenhouse-inc-/" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;-ms-text-size-adjust:none;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica,

sans-serif;font-size:12px;text-decoration:underline;color:#B9B9B9;"><img title="Linkedin" src="https://go.greenhouse.io/rs/750-ISS-976/images/linkedin-rounded-gray.png" alt="In" width="32" height="32"

style="display:block;border:0;outline:none;text-decoration:none;-ms-interpolation-mode:bicubic;"></a> </td>

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<p style="Margin:0;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;-ms-text-size-adjust:none;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-size:12px;font-family:arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:18px;color:#B9B9B9;">New York, NY 10011 United States</p>

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<p style="Margin:0;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;-ms-text-size-adjust:none;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-size:12px;font-family:arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:18px;color:#666666;"><a target="_blank"

style="-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;-ms-text-size-adjust:none;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;text-decoration:underline;color:#B9B9B9;" href="https://go.greenhouse.io/UnsubscribePage.html">Update Email Preferences</a></p>

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Frank_Breen2
Level 10

Re: Help fixing "Invalid Module" error in mkto email template

Your code is very messy to be honest, I managed to tweak it so that it has no errors, hopefully you'll be able to work it from here. It has 4 separate modules, one big thing wrong with your code is that it had nested modules, so I removed that. Please test this through the usual methods. Code attached.

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Frank_Breen2
Level 10

Re: Help fixing "Invalid Module" error in mkto email template

Your code is very messy to be honest, I managed to tweak it so that it has no errors, hopefully you'll be able to work it from here. It has 4 separate modules, one big thing wrong with your code is that it had nested modules, so I removed that. Please test this through the usual methods. Code attached.

Lauren_Baideme1
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Re: Help fixing "Invalid Module" error in mkto email template

Not all heroes wear capes... (or maybe you do wear a cape?).

Thanks so much for taking the time to help me, Frank! Your code worked perfectly. I understand it's messy, and appreciate you wading through it even more for that.