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Import, export, versions, saved blocks and images in the e-mail editor

Bringing in an e-mail from HTML, a link or a file, exporting a template, going back to an earlier version, reusing saved blocks, and managing your images.

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Monfri Team
Updated ·3 min read

These tools are in the editor's top bar — More ▾ and Versions — and in its left panel, under Saved.

Import an e-mail

More ▾ → Import opens Import Template with three tabs:

  • Paste HTML — paste the HTML of an e-mail and click Import HTML;
  • From URL — a link to an HTML e-mail; The HTML will be fetched and converted to blocks; click Import from URL;
  • Import JSON — Upload a template JSON file exported from this editor, then Import JSON.

Imported HTML is turned into blocks as well as possible. A simple e-mail comes in clean; a complicated one may land partly in HTML blocks — check it in Preview before you send.

Export

More ▾ → Export JSON downloads the template to import into another workspace; Export HTML downloads the finished e-mail. View MJML shows the source the e-mail is built from, for developers.

Versions

Each click on Save keeps a version of the template as it was before. Versions lists them — v1, v2… with the date and the subject. Restore brings one back; Rename gives it a name, for example Before the redesign. The latest 50 are kept.

The automatic saving while you work does not make versions: click Save before a big change if you may want to go back.

Saved blocks

Right-click a block → Save to Library keeps it, with its settings, for reuse. In the left panel, Saved lists your saved blocks — search them, click one to add it to the template, × to delete it. Good for a header, a footer or a signature you use everywhere.

Images

Choosing an image in a block opens Image Browser:

  • Upload — JPEG, PNG, GIF or WEBP, up to 5 MB each. Every file is checked for viruses.
  • Import from URL... — copies a picture from a link into your library.
  • + Folder — sort images into folders; sort by Newest or Name.
  • Click an image to use it, × to delete it.

Images are served from Monfri, so they show in every inbox. Use small files — a picture of 100–300 KB loads fast on a phone.

If something doesn't work

The imported e-mail looks broken

Some HTML cannot become blocks. Start from a ready-made template instead, or keep the imported part in an HTML block and test it with Test Send.

An image does not upload

It is larger than 5 MB or not one of the four types. Resize it or save it as JPEG or PNG.

Restore did not bring back what I expected

Versions are kept only on Save, not on automatic saving. Pick the version by its date; restoring keeps the current state as a new version, so you can go back again.

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