Email Template Design

Email templates allow you to customize the formatting and text of emails sent by users who share your content. Templates can be text-only, or HTML and text, in which case the user's email client will determine which is displayed.

As a publisher, your emails will use the default AddThis email template unless you choose to create your own. This initial AddThis template cannot be edited or removed, however it can be replaced as your default template, in which case any emails generated by users sharing your content using any ADD this code with your profile ID will utilize new default template.

You can choose to override your current default template by specifying a different one in your Add This code. Any emails generated by this code will use that template's text and/or HTML formatting. You can even create multiple templates for different parts of a site or different domains!

Also, if you have created multiple Add This Profiles, each profile has it's own Email Templates. This helps publishers who are managing different configurations to more easily organize their implementations without having to create multiple Add This accounts.

Testing and Previewing Your Templates

You can send a Test Message using the default Add This template, or any custom template you create. You will be asked for an email address, and a test message will be sent using the selected template. Note that your email client will determine whether you receive a text-only or HTML template. If you would like to see what your templates will look like, you can also select Preview while editing a template.

Selecting a Different Default Template for Your Account

The default template for your Profile will be applied to any emails shared using any Add This code with your Profile ID unless a different template has been specifically called for in that particular instance of code. The email template supplied by Add This is set to be your Profile's default template unless you create your own template and set it to be your Profile's default.