{"id":55511,"date":"2021-06-25T18:01:15","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T10:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=55511"},"modified":"2021-06-10T22:01:10","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T14:01:10","slug":"heml-email-framework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/heml-email-framework\/","title":{"rendered":"Design Mobile-Responsive Email Templates With HEML"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you search the web you\u2019ll undoubtedly find <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/open-source-email-templates\/\" rel=\"noopener\">free email templates<\/a> to use for a newsletter.<\/p>\n<p>But for most websites it\u2019s smarter to build your own. Granted this can take a lot of work to custom-code newsletters and get them <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/planning-content-responsive-design\/\" rel=\"noopener\">fully responsive<\/a> for all devices.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/excellent-free-html-newsletter-templates-best-of\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: 15 Websites to Download Free Newsletters\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">15 Websites to Download Free Newsletters<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/excellent-free-html-newsletter-templates-best-of.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-5411 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/excellent-free-html-newsletter-templates-best-of.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">15 Websites to Download Free Newsletters<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThere is an abundance of resources from where you can get a creative and free email newsletter designs....\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/heml.io\/\">HEML<\/a> is a free open source framework made to simplify the process of building responsive newsletters. You can build custom emails without much effort and craft some amazing designs with very little code.<\/p>\n<p>From the homepage you\u2019ll find a link to the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/heml.io\/docs\/getting-started\/guide\/\">getting started guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s simple enough that <strong>anyone can follow along<\/strong>. It does help if you know a little about frontend HTML but you can also Google questions as you have them.<\/p>\n<figure><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/heml.io\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/heml-email-framework\/01-heml-newsletter-framework.jpg\" alt=\"HEML homepage\" width=\"1000\" height=\"373\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>HEML\u2019s documentation is pretty clear and it offers a lot of samples for the email design. For example, their <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/heml.io\/docs\/email-structure\/overview\">overview page<\/a> covers email structure in detail with all the HEML tags you\u2019ll use in a typical layout.<\/p>\n<p>But my favorite part?<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/heml.io\/editor\">This free editor<\/a> built as a webapp for custom coding HEML in your browser.<\/p>\n<p>Modern day <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/cloud-ide-developers\/\" rel=\"noopener\">cloud coding<\/a> is super popular and it\u2019s why cloud-based IDEs are awesome. But you rarely see them centered around frameworks.<\/p>\n<figure><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/heml.io\/editor\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/heml-email-framework\/02-heml-code-editor-webapp.jpg\" alt=\"HEML email web editor\" width=\"1000\" height=\"461\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>This one is 100% free and super easy to use. Plus it starts you out with a demo newsletter that you can edit, refine, restyle, and format to suit whatever you\u2019re building.<\/p>\n<p>Note it <strong>takes time<\/strong> to design a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/design-perfect-newsletter\/\" rel=\"noopener\">great newsletter<\/a>. Each website has different needs and it\u2019s best to craft something you know will work for your audience.<\/p>\n<p>But once you have an idea for your newsletter I absolutely recommend testing HEML.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s compatible with all modern email programs and can work on all devices which saves you a ton of headaches during testing.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you search the web you\u2019ll undoubtedly find free email templates to use for a newsletter. But for most websites it\u2019s smarter to build your own. Granted this can take a lot of work to custom-code newsletters and get them fully responsive for all devices. 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