Containers

What are containers?

Containers are like layout templates for your newsletter articles. You can drag and drop them into your mailing.

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In Newsletter & Campaigns the following types of containers are available:

  1. Inxmail containers

    Ideal for getting started and sufficient for most designs. Insert them directly into your mailing and fill them with your content.

    Inxmail containers are the standard containers available by default in "Newsletters & campaigns". The positions for text, image and button elements are already defined. You can insert and edit them directly in your mailing.

    To get started, it is best to work with the standard containers - especially if you are using "newsletters & campaigns" for the first time.

    Overview of Inxmail containers

    Standard container

    Description
    One column

    Article across the full width

     

    Column 1: Image, headline, body text, button
    Two columns

    2 articles side by side across the full width

     

    Column 1: Image, headline, body text, price, button

    Column 2: Image, headline, body text, price, button
    Three columns

    3 articles side by side across the full width

     

    Column 2: Image, headline, body text, price, button

    Column 2: Image, headline, body text, price, button

    Column 3: Image, headline, body text, price, button
    Four columns

    4 articles side by side across the full width

     

    Column 1: Image, headline, body text, price, button

    Column 2: Image, headline, body text, price, button

    Column 3: Image, headline, body text, price, button

    Column 4: Image, headline, body text, price, button

     

    Banner (extra wide)

    The extra-wide banner consists of three image sections and is wider than a standard banner. Crop your image to the correct dimensions beforehand using an image editing program.

     

    Example:

    • 600 x 300 px (center)

    • 150 x 300 px (left + right)
    Banner image

    Standard banner across the full width
    Image + product text

    2 columns across the full width

     

    Column 1: Product image

    Column 2: Headline, body text, price, button
    Image + text

    2 columns across the full width

     

    Column 1: Image

    Column 2: Headline, body text
    Button

    Full-width clickable button
    Footer (text)

    Footer article across the full width

     

    Top row: Headline, full width

    Column 1: Address and contact information

    Column 2: Legal information

    Bottom row: Social media links and copyright, full width

     

     
    Product text + image

    2 columns across the full width

     

    Column 1: Headline, body text, price, button

    Column 2: Product image
    Section

    Section header bar across the full width
    Text

    Body text across the full width
    Text (2-column)

    2 columns across the full width

     

    Column 1: Body text

    Column 2: Body text
    Text + image

    2 columns across the full width

     

    Column 1: Headline, body text

    Column 2: Image
    Separator

    Divider bar across the full width

    You cannot delete Inxmail containers: They are provided by Inxmail. There is no way for you to edit or delete Inxmail containers.

  2. Layoutcontainer

    Create them if the standard Inxmail containers do not support your design. Define the layout yourself and add your content in the mailing.

    Create layout containers yourself in the Containers navigation item as needed to freely position images and text in your mailing and create complex layouts.

    As soon as your container is inserted in the mailing, you can fill the text and image elements with your own content.

  3. Content container

    Create them to save your container content. Re-use containers with content in multiple mailings.

    If you use a container in your mailing, you will usually add text and images, style it and personalize it or link it to external content. You can save your populated and styled container as a content container for reuse in other mailings.

    Alternatively, you can create a content container directly in the Container navigation item as a new container.

    Difference between layout containers and content containers: Use a layout container to design the structure of your mailing. A content container stores both the structure and the content for reuse.

  4. Referenced container

    Referenced containers behave similarly to content containers. Populate a container in your mailing and design it as needed. You can save your styled container as a referenced content container.

    Unlike content containers, you can only edit referenced content containers in the Containers navigation item. If you modify a referenced content container, the changes affect the mailings that use this container type.

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