Overview

The Simple Editor makes it easy to create, reuse, and customize message content. Drag and drop Rows to use prebuilt layouts or create new ones, then use Content blocks to insert images, text, buttons, videos, personalized content, and more. Creating reusable message content in Cordial has never been easier.

Contact your CSM to enable the Simple Editor in your account.

SMS messages are not currently supported in the Simple Editor.

Create messages with the Simple Editor

1. Navigate to Messages > Create New Message. 

2. Select the Simple Editor button.

3. Click Edit in the Message Content pane. The Simple Editor will appear.

4. From the Rows tab, you can select different layouts to drag content blocks into. You can also save Rows to reuse.

5. Drag in desired content blocks from the Content tab.

6. Create default settings for your Rows and Content under the Settings tab.

Rows

Rows are the main building blocks in the Simple Editor, serving as containers for your content blocks.

1. Click the dropdown to choose from the following Row styles:

• Empty: Empty layouts to drag content into
• Default: Prebuilt layouts you can customize
• My saved rows: Rows you've created previously and want to reuse

2. Drag the desired Row style into your message.

3. To Save, Delete, or Duplicate your Row, select the Row and select the desired option.

Content

From the Content tab, you can drag configurable content blocks into your message.

1. Choose the type of content you want to create and drag the block into your message.

2. You can choose the following content options:

• Text
• Paragraph
• List
• Image
• Button
• Table
• Divider
• Spacer
• Social
• HTML
• Video
• Icons
• Menu
• Text

3. Click the content block to delete or duplicate it.

Settings

You can create overall settings for your Rows and Content under the Settings tab.

Message personalization

The Simple Editor supports message personalization with Smarty. For advanced use cases with long, complex strings of Smarty code, you can use Sculpt.

1. To personalize your messages with Smarty in the Simple Editor, drag in the HTML block under Content.

2. Enter your Smarty message content.

• You can find detailed information about Cordial's Smarty functions and modifiers here.
• You can get an introduction to personalized content in Cordial here.

Smarty content only renders after you click Preview.