Easy HTML guide
Learn how to brand your Recurly email templates using our Easy HTML Guide, featuring step-by-step instructions on merge tags, inline styling, and Outlook/Gmail compatibility to perfectly customize your subscription billing emails without coding experience.
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Easy HTML guide
Brand every Recurly email with HTML, even if you have never edited a template.
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Path overview
What this path covers
Recurly builds each subscriber email from a template you can customize with HTML. This path covers the header and footer, merge tags, styling, and testing.
You copy a block, replace the placeholder values, and check the result in Preview. No web development experience needed.
Access to Configuration → Email Templates, a logo hosted at a public HTTPS URL, your brand hex colors and font stack, and links to your Subscription Terms and Privacy Policy.
What's inside
HTML basics
Find the header and footer templates and edit them safely.
Merge tags
Insert account, plan, and invoice details that Recurly fills in at send time.
Styling & layout
Set colors, fonts, and widths that hold up in Gmail and Outlook.
Testing & previewing
Preview, send a test, and confirm your email is live and ready.
Common snippets
Copy HTML for your logo, footer, conditional messages, and social links.
Review & resources
Check what you learned and find every link in one place.
Work through the pages in order. Each one builds on the last.
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