Unused modules in editor 2.0

JD_Nelson · ‎08-02-2016

Do all modules in an email (editor 2) template have to be used in order to be available? I'm trying to create a base email that I can allow my marketers to drag modules to communicate what they need (dependent on channel) ... but the only way I can get my modules to be available is if they're already in the body tag. Seems like reverse-logic; I'd rather add what I need than delete what I don't...

Hopefully I'm just coding this wrong...?

Full background:
I grabbed a marketo template email, removed all the modules from the layout (to be a base-white/empty version), then saved that as my template. Before I saved it as my template all the modules were still active and available; but once I saved it as a template, the modules section greys-out on new emails.

I still have a container available in my template:

Justin_Cooperm2 · ‎08-02-2016

If you use the "Save as Template" button in the Email Editor it will save out your currently designed email in the canvas as your new template. So, if your canvas contains 4 of the 15 modules, then your newly created template will only have 4 modules available. We have another flag on "Modules" called mktoAddByDefault which controls whether a module in your template should be added to a new email by default. This flag will be available starting with the Summer release in ~1 month. Currently, all modules in a template are added to a new email by default.

You may want to "Clone to Design Studio" one of the starter template by right-clicking on one in the Template Picker. Then you can just delete the modules yourself to your liking and approve it to your Design Studio.

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