---
title: "Mailchimp Templates"
slug: "mailchimp-templates"
tags: ["Mailchimp", "Email"]
updated: 2023-11-09T20:43:04Z
published: 2023-11-09T20:43:04Z
---

> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Mailchimp Templates

As of May 2023 Mailchimp made changes to its API system, which has changed how infoodle is able to access Mailchimp Templates.

You can use Mailchimp to create templates, add them to a Mailchimp Campiagn and then access these Campaigns to send emails via infoodle.

**Here's how:**

1. Login to your account at **[mailchimp.com](https://mailchimp.com/)**
2. Go to Templates and start creating.
3. You can add videos, images, complex layouts and can use the prebuilt templates as well
4. **[Add the Template to a Mailchimp Campaign](/v1/docs/add-template-to-mailchimp-campaign)**, so that it can be accessed in infoodle

          Note

          

The goal here is to do ALL the work of creating the template in Mailchimp. Once you import it into infoodle, you won't be able to edit it again. Therefore, you cannot rely on the mailmerge fields that Mailchimp has.

```
Mailchimp merge fields start with */ and end with /*
```

You can't preview the email and you can't forward it to a friend using the Mailchimp process. So basically, the header and footer areas should be removed.

### Using Mailchimp templates

1. Make sure you have added your Mailchimp API key into infoodle

For more instructions on how to find your key and where to add it to infoodle, see **[infoodle and Mailchimp](/v1/docs/infoodle-and-mailchimp-1)** - (**Administration > System > Mailchimp**).
2. When you are in the **Contact > Email** tab, you will be able to add email Recipients. In the **Create From** section click **Mailchimp** to use a Mailchimp template ![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/d198920d-a212-4177-85f9-e1abc92e7ab3/Images/Documentation/image%281011%29.png)
3. For each Campaign you have three options: ![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/d198920d-a212-4177-85f9-e1abc92e7ab3/Images/Documentation/image%281012%29.png)

**1) Use Content as Email** - this allows you to use the Mailchimp template as a whole and not add anything to it. The benefit of doing it this way, versus sending it from Mailchimp, is that there will be a history of the email sent to each recipient within infoodle.

**2) Use as Design** - this allows you to use the Mailchimp template as a background design and then add content in the infoodle Basic editor, e.g. personalisations or other content. If you select this option you will need to make sure that there is a **{content} tag** somewhere in the Mailchimp template (in Mailchimp before importing it to infoodle) to indicate to infoodle where it must place the content. If you have not put this tag in then return to Mailchimp to add it and then reimport the saved Mailchimp template in infoodle (see below for more detailed information). ![MailchimpContentTag.png](https://cdn.document360.io/d198920d-a212-4177-85f9-e1abc92e7ab3/Images/Documentation/MailchimpContentTag.png)

**3) View** - select this option to view an image of the mailchimp template.

1. You can now add all the other information about the email e.g. email subject, Send from settings, attachments etc.

          Please Note

          

infoodle can only access and use Templates from Mailchimp that are part of a Campaign. See **[Add Template to Mailchimp Campaign](/v1/docs/add-template-to-mailchimp-campaign)** for more information. You will need to use Mailchimp to edit the templates.

### Update template from Mailchimp

1. Return to Mailchimp and make the relevant changes.
2. Return to infoodle **Contact > Email > Mailchimp** screen and then click on the **Reload from Mailchimp** button ![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/d198920d-a212-4177-85f9-e1abc92e7ab3/Images/Documentation/image%281013%29.png)
3. From here, continue and send your email as usual.

          
          

infoodle has the ability to keep your Mailchimp lists up to date based on the data in infoodle by using the infoodle Workflow feature. For more information about infoodle and Mailchimp working together, see **[infoodle and Mailchimp](/v1/docs/infoodle-and-mailchimp-1)**

## Related

- [Emails](/emails.md)
- [Email Templates](/email-templates-1.md)
- [Mailchimp Lists](/mailchimp-lists.md)
- [Mailchimp Setup](/mailchimp-setup.md)
- [Using Mailchimp Templates as Email Designs](/using-mailchimp-templates-as-email-designs.md)
- [Update Mailchimp from infoodle](/update-mailchimp-from-infoodle.md)
- [infoodle and Mailchimp](/infoodle-and-mailchimp-1.md)