Newsletter MJML Template

The email newsletter now offers a MJML template. MJML (Mailjet Markup Language) is an open-source markup language and framework to make responsive email development fast and consistent across different email clients.

The problem

Writing raw HTML and CSS for emails is notoriously difficult because email clients (like Outlook, Gmail, and Apple Mail) use outdated rendering engines and rely heavily on complex, nested <table>  tags instead of modern CSS layouts.

The solution

MJML acts as an abstraction layer and transpiler, using clean, high-level, semantic tags, and the MJML engine automatically compiles them into responsive, client-safe HTML.

New Simplified Design

The new MJML template option also offers a new, simplified email design which also supports dark mode if enabled on a users device.  Because of the addition of dark mode support, the email design options have been deprecated in order to provide a more consistent experience.

This template also has an option for including the site name in the header, along with the newsletter name. You can see an example of this below:

Accessing MJML Template Output

When previewing the newsletter, choose the EMIL MJML option, then click the Preview email button. There's also an option to preview how it appears in dark mode.