Email Template Adapter

Email Template Adapter

Features

• - Easily change email template layout for all default templates
• - Make custom and system variables available in templates
• - Determine which default templates are allowed to be sent
• - Change the default templates outer container, header, middle container and footer through the backend
• - Configurable for all scopes (website,store,view)
• - Template adapter and filter can be turned on or off in the configuration

What this extension does

This extension kicks into gear when the a transactional email is sent. When a default template is used it can strip away the original outer container, header, and middle container and only leave the text of the email. It then adds a new middle container, header, footer and outer container allowing you to fully tweak the layout for any specific scope. In addition, when sending a default template, it can check whether we actually want to send this template.

Install notes

• - Turn caching off
• - Re-login to the admin panel to get correct permissions
• - The default configuration has 5 custom options. You can increase this number by copy pasting more lines in the config.xml and by increasing $_customFieldCount in Adapter.php

Compatibility

• - 1.3.0 works and used in production environment
• - 1.3.1.x not tested
• - 1.3.2.x not tested and the way variables are noted in the templates is different: “{{var email_template_adapter.custom1}}” becomes “{{htmlescape var=$email_template_adapter.custom1}}”
• - 1.4.0.1 works and is used in production environment

How the Email Template Adapter changes a Template

http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/58099/

How to transform a template

Copy one of the default templates and modify it to fit your design

• - Replace the text by “” and also add this line in the backend to “Divide Middle Container on this line “
• - Cut and paste the middle container part into “Middle Container Html”
• - Put “” in “Middle Starts Here” and make sure it is similar to what is in the original template
• - Cut and paste the header part into “Header Html”
• - Put “” in “Header Starts Here” and make sure it is similar to what is in the original template
• - Cut and paste the footer part into “Footer Html”
• - Add “” in the gap where the header, middle and footer were
• - Paste the remainder in “Outer Container Html”
• - Go to the original default template and add the additional variables, if needed

Example application

Say you have two frontend stores, a wholesale and retail store in the same language and currency. With this extension you can now use different email layouts when sending the same kind of email from either store.  

Version info

• - 0.2.0 initial release Please test this extension thoroughly before using it in a production environment.