The template mechanism allows the creation of designs based on predefined templates. This guide shows how to use a template to create a design and how to edit this design.
A new campaign based on a template
Go to DESIGNER > Templates, as shown in the image below.
Find the template you want to use and open the tools menu on the right. Select “Create design”.
The option you choose is important. “Create design” uses the template to produce a new design, “Duplicate” creates a new template.
Congratulations, you have created a design. Now, open the “Tools” menu and click “Edit”.
It opens an editor which gives you access to editable blocks within the design.
With each block you can click on it to start editing or use the buttons on the right to duplicate or edit the block. This way you can produce designs based on different parts of a template.
Text
Opening a text block allows you to edit the text using WYSIWYG tools.
Edit the text between the first and the last character, leaving them in place until the end, to make sure that you do not accidentally change any existing formatting.
Images
When you open an image block, Splio shows you a preview of the image. Double-click on the image (or in the empty image block) to display image properties.
You can add or change the URL of the image.
The size (width) you see on a new template has been set by Splio Teams on the template. It is always the best fit for the template and we strongly suggest you use it!
Positioning images with tables
When the template offers a single block and you have a collection of small images, use the table to place the images on a grid.
Open the block where you need to insert images and click the table tool. Select the desired size of the table from the grid. In this example we have chosen a simple table, which has just one row of three cells.
Click the “Image” tool to enter the URL of the first hosted image, then confirm. Repeat to insert or edit images in all cells.
To make the example clear, we used three rectangles of different colors, each 200 pixels wide (they add to 600 pixels, as in the previous section).
Confirm by clicking “Save”.
Table borders
Tables created with the tool above have visible borders which occupy room in the template. Follow the procedure below to remove them.
Right-click anywhere on the table border and select “Table Properties” from the menu.
In the “Table Properties” dialog, set “border size”, “cell spacing”, and “cell padding” to 0 (the default is 1). Confirm with the “OK” button.
This procedure removes the border and can fix the display of images cut into tiles. Alternatively, you can use these parameters, e.g., to create invisible borders separating products.
Personalization
All types of personalization can be used in templates. You can include field values using variables, insert tracking pixels.