I use various apps and approaches. For example, I like editing in Brackets Editor. Recently I've figured out how to use Outline Mail and think it is really cool. Once you edited the various components (using Brackets), you then generate the email outline! Looks great, and the CSS is already inlined.
We just developed Drag'n'Drop Email Builder for Sendy, this is a self-hosted extension, so you own your data and don't need to pay any monthly fee as well.
At the moment it comes with one default email template, however you can add your own email templates.
Special offer: Get 40% off. Coupon code: sendy40off
I have bought and installed it I too realise it's very similiar to stamp ready and like stamp ready it is just like an email builder you can purchase from themeforest "SHOPdeal - Responsive Email Template With Builder" with a small modification that allows you to add a login page using the Sendy API and also a so called tool to import your design into a Sendy campaign which so far has not worked for me at all, also the modules offered are very limiting. I have tried to contact them for support also with no luck what so ever. So in short its a slightly modified $18 email theme & Builder that doesn't work.
@njwrigley, it looks similar (not identical). We have developed our email builder from scratch. Stampready does not offer self-hosted version of their email builder.
@LaunchSolutions first of all, you cannot buy an email builder on Themeforest, you can buy HTML Email Template ONLY. As mentioned before, Stampready does not offer a self-hosted solution, which means that you can't install it on your own server. Regarding item support: we have asked you to provide us access to your Sendy installation to investigate the issue you have, however you still haven't replied. So in short its NOT a slightly modified $18 email theme.Moreover. we have mentioned in our previous post that at the moment there is only one theme available, and we are working on adding new themes.
I purchased the app from digitalwheat and it's quite good!
Early review
Positive:
Integration is great and because you can login with the same credentials as with Sendy.
This is certainly not a Wysiwyg editor so it is basically impossible for clients to ruin the markup! (Which is an issue on SHOPdeal template editor)
With the 40% off discount, it is worth the money for sure!
Negative:
Functionality is very basic, the UI is basic too and there is only one Template.
They mention Sendy by name throughout the App, so it's not good for Whitelabel.
Suggestions of improvement:
Remove the slow animation for opening panels and showing dialogues (Disable animations in SweetAlert). Slow animations like these makes it annoying and time-consuming to build the e-mail layout. I would also suggest removing popup's that occur when removing a section, there is no need for it.
We have added your suggestions into our roadmap, new template will be available at the end of the next week, and I guess we will also include whitelabel option in next release.
I just recently bought the Paperplane template set, http://paperpaperplane.com/, with a discount code from ProductHunt. they come with the CC inlined already. A very nice looking set.
I have used Sendy for years and never fell in love with any of the Email design software out there. So I ended up making my own... https://www.emailstacks.com
We've been using MailStyler for a couple of years now. If you purchase the software they will even host images for free. http://www.newslettercreator.com/
If you use WordPress then Nuntium Newsletter Generator is the best option: https://codecanyon.net/item/nuntium-newsletter-generator/14188595 The easiest way to create fancy HTML newsletters out of your existing WordPress content. 18 Modern Newsletter Templates to choose from. That's what I use...
I'm using CampaignMonitor tool for builiding good looking newsletters/emails. While on preview pane, click web version, take the source code and paste it to sendy. Before pasting modify with find-replace in notepad++ the unsubscribe and webversion links. Chage the images hosted on CM server to my server. And that's it. Campaign Monitor has quite a good email creator, a little bit limited but quite good looking and some great templates. For free
You can use MailChimp for building newsletter designs the same as CampaignMonitor. If you create a list of 1 (yourself) and create the design and send it, you can easily copy and paste the HTML into Sendy. You can leave the images hosted on MailChimp if you want to.
most of actual and past comment are not FOCUSED Sendy.
Sendy has Whitelabel /Saas abilities , then an editor must be able to manage each brands individually. Average users are NOT familiar with exporting, and Nerds are techy enough to create email without any "fancy" editor...
Most of listed script cited in various comments are very expensive ,WHO will buy Sendy at 59$ onetimefee THEN pay 1.200$ /year for a 50 user plan at beefree.io?
https://getemailbuilder.com/sendy isnt a Pay solution anymore, it is downloadable for FREE ( i am not related to these guys in any way...)
Limited? absolutely!
Little Bugged? For sure!
but it work with a clear integration with sendy
Yes, some call "declare" that you're using Sendy platform, and it's not good for Whielabel's , but they can hire a coder to easily fix this (or do themself...)
finally: Sendy is one of the best email marketing script out there, but i think that a block/visual editor cannot be a "future release" , users have these things also into any "worst" system or script out there: Sendy's team can integrate this easily, even use the source corde release at getbuilder...
if they do this, Sendy will becamo more "user friendly and usable" to a vast large of peopel that need (also) fancy editors ;-)
@miomac231161 Have you managed to install the plug in successfully? I have managed to install it but while accessing it throws me a 500 internal server error.
It's a very flexible and FREE drag and drop editor. You can export the code and drop it into sendy as a template or full email. CiviCRM for Wordpress have made an integration with this, it would be AWESOME if someone could do the same for Sendy - I'm not sure my coding skills are up to it! It's open source code.
is there any editor that can replace the one that comes with Sendy? So that I would install it once, and then any existing or new brands would get the new editor?
Hi. I sent an email to support and still waiting for a reply. I'm happy to find this thread and write a reply.
I've used everything in the html editors thread and they all come out broken in Sendy. The padding and spacing is all wrong, the fonts don't come out the same, or colours are just ignored. It's not a simple thing to use. In Dreamweaver the exported HTML always looks sound.
I even tried Mail Styler 2 and even that comes out wrong in Sendy.
I have no idea what to do.
We've been using BEE Free (https://beefree.io/) and are very happy. We've tried a lot of software out there, but the ease of making a newsletter is incredible. In the pro environment they also have tons of ready-made professional looking templates. Big fan!
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I use various apps and approaches. For example, I like editing in Brackets Editor. Recently I've figured out how to use Outline Mail and think it is really cool. Once you edited the various components (using Brackets), you then generate the email outline! Looks great, and the CSS is already inlined.
Hello everyone!
We just developed Drag'n'Drop Email Builder for Sendy, this is a self-hosted extension, so you own your data and don't need to pay any monthly fee as well.
At the moment it comes with one default email template, however you can add your own email templates.
Special offer: Get 40% off. Coupon code:
sendy40off@digitalwheat Well done, looks great.
@digitalwheat - your email builder: https://getemailbuilder.com/sendy looks IDENTICAL to https://www.stampready.net. How is that?
Did you build this from scratch?
I have bought and installed it I too realise it's very similiar to stamp ready and like stamp ready it is just like an email builder you can purchase from themeforest "SHOPdeal - Responsive Email Template With Builder" with a small modification that allows you to add a login page using the Sendy API and also a so called tool to import your design into a Sendy campaign which so far has not worked for me at all, also the modules offered are very limiting. I have tried to contact them for support also with no luck what so ever. So in short its a slightly modified $18 email theme & Builder that doesn't work.
@njwrigley, it looks similar (not identical). We have developed our email builder from scratch. Stampready does not offer self-hosted version of their email builder.
@LaunchSolutions first of all, you cannot buy an email builder on Themeforest, you can buy HTML Email Template ONLY. As mentioned before, Stampready does not offer a self-hosted solution, which means that you can't install it on your own server. Regarding item support: we have asked you to provide us access to your Sendy installation to investigate the issue you have, however you still haven't replied. So in short its NOT a slightly modified $18 email theme.Moreover. we have mentioned in our previous post that at the moment there is only one theme available, and we are working on adding new themes.
I purchased the app from digitalwheat and it's quite good!
Early review
Positive:
Negative:
Suggestions of improvement:
Remove the slow animation for opening panels and showing dialogues (Disable animations in SweetAlert). Slow animations like these makes it annoying and time-consuming to build the e-mail layout. I would also suggest removing popup's that occur when removing a section, there is no need for it.
Hello @Cloudier,
Thank you for your feedback!
We have added your suggestions into our roadmap, new template will be available at the end of the next week, and I guess we will also include whitelabel option in next release.
Thank you!
@digitalwheat You're welcome, thanks for the great offer!
Another important thing is that you have to add saving of the current editor state, loosing all work on a reload is not acceptable
@digitalwheat: Still waiting for an updated version...
@digitalwheat Any new templates?
For the guys making templates in MailChimp. Is it possible to serve images from domains that are not registered with mailchimp?
Here's a compile.
http://maildesigner.equinux.com/ mac
http://edmdesigner.com/pricing
http://chamaileon.io/pricing
http://outlinemail.co.uk/
http://www.toddle.com/frontend/l/page-pricing.html
https://beefree.io/
http://www.newslettercreator.com/software-pricing/
https://www.sparkemaildesign.com/how-it-works.html
http://maildesigner.equinux.com/en/compare/
https://www.stampready.net/promotions/starter-kit/
https://getemailbuilder.com/sendy
https://themeforest.net/item/shopdeal-responsive-email-template-with-builder/reviews/8962419
I just recently bought the Paperplane template set, http://paperpaperplane.com/, with a discount code from ProductHunt. they come with the CC inlined already. A very nice looking set.
I have used Sendy for years and never fell in love with any of the Email design software out there. So I ended up making my own... https://www.emailstacks.com
We've been using MailStyler for a couple of years now. If you purchase the software they will even host images for free. http://www.newslettercreator.com/
If you use WordPress then Nuntium Newsletter Generator is the best option: https://codecanyon.net/item/nuntium-newsletter-generator/14188595 The easiest way to create fancy HTML newsletters out of your existing WordPress content. 18 Modern Newsletter Templates to choose from. That's what I use...
I'm using CampaignMonitor tool for builiding good looking newsletters/emails. While on preview pane, click web version, take the source code and paste it to sendy. Before pasting modify with find-replace in notepad++ the unsubscribe and webversion links. Chage the images hosted on CM server to my server. And that's it. Campaign Monitor has quite a good email creator, a little bit limited but quite good looking and some great templates. For free
You can use MailChimp for building newsletter designs the same as CampaignMonitor. If you create a list of 1 (yourself) and create the design and send it, you can easily copy and paste the HTML into Sendy. You can leave the images hosted on MailChimp if you want to.
most of actual and past comment are not FOCUSED Sendy.
Sendy has Whitelabel /Saas abilities , then an editor must be able to manage each brands individually. Average users are NOT familiar with exporting, and Nerds are techy enough to create email without any "fancy" editor...
Most of listed script cited in various comments are very expensive ,WHO will buy Sendy at 59$ onetimefee THEN pay 1.200$ /year for a 50 user plan at beefree.io?
https://getemailbuilder.com/sendy isnt a Pay solution anymore, it is downloadable for FREE ( i am not related to these guys in any way...)
Limited? absolutely!
Little Bugged? For sure!
but it work with a clear integration with sendy
Yes, some call "declare" that you're using Sendy platform, and it's not good for Whielabel's , but they can hire a coder to easily fix this (or do themself...)
finally: Sendy is one of the best email marketing script out there, but i think that a block/visual editor cannot be a "future release" , users have these things also into any "worst" system or script out there: Sendy's team can integrate this easily, even use the source corde release at getbuilder...
if they do this, Sendy will becamo more "user friendly and usable" to a vast large of peopel that need (also) fancy editors ;-)
@miomac231161 Have you managed to install the plug in successfully? I have managed to install it but while accessing it throws me a 500 internal server error.
Does anyone out there know how to fix getemailbuilder? Or actually have a solution to plug in a drag and drop? I'd even pay money.
Take a look at https://mosaico.io/
It's a very flexible and FREE drag and drop editor. You can export the code and drop it into sendy as a template or full email. CiviCRM for Wordpress have made an integration with this, it would be AWESOME if someone could do the same for Sendy - I'm not sure my coding skills are up to it! It's open source code.
is there any editor that can replace the one that comes with Sendy? So that I would install it once, and then any existing or new brands would get the new editor?
thanks
We use http://goodbits.io and are very, very happy.
Not found anything that compares if you are creating a curated set of links
Hi. I sent an email to support and still waiting for a reply. I'm happy to find this thread and write a reply.
I've used everything in the html editors thread and they all come out broken in Sendy. The padding and spacing is all wrong, the fonts don't come out the same, or colours are just ignored. It's not a simple thing to use. In Dreamweaver the exported HTML always looks sound.
I even tried Mail Styler 2 and even that comes out wrong in Sendy.
I have no idea what to do.
Any ideas?
Mailchimps templates also come out broken.
We've been using BEE Free (https://beefree.io/) and are very happy. We've tried a lot of software out there, but the ease of making a newsletter is incredible. In the pro environment they also have tons of ready-made professional looking templates. Big fan!
Beefree seems good, somebody tried it in Sendy ? It would be so awsome to have a small builder with Sendy, perhaps in the 5.0 version ?