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Email Workspace and Template Authoring

Nicki Pabst
Nicki Pabst
Co-founder & Email wizard

This week's updates add Render Context for template authors, improve setup controls, and fix issues where migrated emails could appear blank, outdated, or difficult to publish.

Render Context for template authors​

Template authors can now use Render Context in Liquid to read facts Better Email already knows about the current email, including subject line, preview text, selected integration, preview mode, and included modules.

That makes templates easier to reuse across real campaign variations. A template can mirror the subject line in a hero headline, show integration-specific legal copy, or check whether a marketer included a required footer module before adding a fallback.

Improvements​

  • Template authors can add a merge tag selector to Link inputs, so marketers can personalize product links, preference-center URLs, and campaign tracking links without copying tag syntax by hand.
  • Admins can assign groups while inviting users, so new teammates get the right access as soon as they join.
  • Admins can add a BIMI logo while setting up a new integration, preview it inline, and finish with the normal save-and-close flow.
  • Template version descriptions generated from changes now reflect the actual HTML, module, setting, and input updates, making revision history easier to scan.

Fixes​

  • Email thumbnails now appear for newly created emails, refresh after edits, and open in larger hover previews without being cut off.
  • Send Test is available again from the email workspace, and HTML, PDF, and PNG downloads now match the rendered email that reviewers see.
  • Emails based on shared templates now show the shared template content and name instead of blank modules or raw template identifiers.
  • Agillic exports now include the required campaign block and stay pinned to the selected template revision.
  • Betty no longer changes fixed brand colors into editable color fields unless custom colors are intended.