How to Send Branded Transactional Emails from Your App with Markdown (simplified) 💌
Dealing with transactional emails is often exhausting.
Sidemail.io has a new feature that makes sending branded transactional emails as easy as writing a markdown file. It automatically transforms the markdown content into a professional-looking email branded with your logo and customized design.
Code example
Here is a code example showcasing how to create a button with $btn syntax, include dynamic variables by using the {variable} syntax, and put the variable data into templateProps:
(the trim function is used just to remove the access new lines to make the code more readable)
Markdown feature highlights:
- Pixel-perfect design optimized for transactional emails
- YAML-formatted metadata support (subject and from address directly in .md file)
- Dark mode is supported
- Open tracking is supported (can be disabled)
- Dynamic data supported
- Button style is supported by prefixing a markdown link label with $btn
- Code block is syntax highlighted (js, php, ruby, python, bash)
- Responsive (optimized for the best user experience on all devices)
- Won't break in Outlook and similar
Want to learn more?
Visit the docs: https://sidemail.io/docs/markdown-emails/
What is Sidemail?
Sidemail is all-in-one email platform for SaaS. It comes packed with templates for any scenario and functionality to let you hit the ground running — in minutes. Try it free for 7 days at https://sidemail.io/.
This looks pretty interesting. I've integrated some email-sending capabilities into some of my projects in the past, but at a really unsophisticated level (using AWS SES with no styling whatsoever).
How customizable is this feature? What if I wanted to include images or custom html /css? Is this possible?
Thanks for checking it out! Sure, you can include images. The markdown feature supports these elements:
Regarding the styling – the final email is customized based on the design you'll set up in your project settings (like colors, fonts, logo, etc). We optimized the email layout to look great on all devices and inboxes so you don't have to write the CSS yourself.
Got it!
It's great to see that Sidemail has come up with a new feature that simplifies the process of sending branded transactional emails. The ability to create professional-looking emails with customized designs using markdown content is certainly a time-saving and efficient solution.
If you have any thoughts or feedback, please let me know. I'm all ears!