Managing templates efficiently is crucial for productivity, especially when dealing with a large number of templates for different projects. With our latest improvement, you can now update the contents of multiple templates simultaneously.

Previously, while you could change tags or sharing settings in bulk, updating actual template content required more effort. Each template needed to be individually updated, which could get time-consuming.

Suppose you recently rebranded your company and need to update all templates to reflect the new name. Instead of manually editing each template, our bulk update feature allows you to make this change efficiently.

Or maybe there’s a specific word or phrase you want to cut from several templates. Whether it’s outdated terminology or irrelevant content, our bulk import functionality streamlines the task.

The new feature is part of our Template Import tool, so you’ll need to be with familiar HTML code and CSV files. Here’s how it works:

Export Templates: Begin by exporting your existing templates. This step generates a CSV file containing all necessary information.

Edit the CSV File: Open the CSV file and locate the template HTML code. Make the necessary changes—whether it’s removing a specific word (e.g., your company’s old name) or updating other content.

Import the Updated Templates: Import the modified CSV file back into the dashboard. You’ll receive a confirmation message listing the new and changed templates detected in the file.

The confirmation message ensures you’re aware of the changes before making them.

For a comprehensive guide on using this feature, including the import file format and how change detection works, see the Import Templates article in the Help Center.

In our continuous effort to improve collaboration, we’re rolling out new editing permissions for templates. Now, you have the flexibility to control who can edit your templates, ensuring they remain as you intended.

Tailor Template Access

Just like the previous access setting, you can now define who gets to edit a template. Choose to keep editing rights to yourself, allow your entire team to make changes, or grant permissions to specific individuals. This way, you maintain control over your template’s integrity while fostering a collaborative environment.

Viewing Without Editing

Those with view-only access can still utilize the template by inserting it into emails and messages, and see it in their dashboard, but won’t be able to make any alterations or deletions.

Full Control for Editors and Creators

Editors are empowered to make necessary changes, including deleting the template or adjusting its sharing settings.

As the template creator, you retain ultimate control with permanent access and editing rights, regardless of the set permissions.

Head over to our Help Center and check out the new Template Sharing guide for more details on template sharing and the new editing permissions.

You can now upload images directly in the template editor. This will save you time and effort by eliminating the need to upload images separately before adding them to your templates.

To upload an image, press the Insert/Edit Image button in the toolbar and select the Upload tab. You’ll then be able to select the images from your computer or drag and drop them into the editor. You can also copy and paste images from other sources, such as your clipboard or a web page, and they will be uploaded automatically.

Once you upload an image, you can resize it, align it, or add an alternative description.

The new image upload feature is available only to our Premium subscribers. Users on the free plan can still add images to their templates like they did before, by first uploading them to an image hosting service, such as Imgur, and using that link in the template editor.

Changes to attachments

We’ve also improved the way we handle template attachments. You now get better, prettier urls, and when someone downloads the file, they’ll get the original file name. For example, instead of seeing something like https://briskine.com/attachments/123abc.pdf, you’ll now see https://briskine.com/attachments/my-resume.pdf.

After implementing these enhancements, we've had to restrict attachment access to Premium subscribers exclusively. This is necessary to ensure that emails you send containing Briskine attachments won't be regarded as spam. Users on the free plan will no longer be able to add new attachments, but they will still be able to access the ones they have previously added.

You can find more assistance with formatting template content and instructions for adding images to templates on the new Template Editor page in the Briskine Help Center.

Automatically manipulate and transform variables or any other content in your templates, with template helpers.

Template helpers are special expressions that you can use in your templates to manipulate and transform variables or any other text. For example, you can extract a part of an email address, capitalize the first letter of a name, or insert different content depending on the day of the week.

Template helpers have a similar syntax to variables, using curly braces, but they also have a name and optional parameters.

For example, {{capitalize to.first_name}} will capitalize the first name variable, and {{lookup (text to.email "split" "@") 0}} will split the email variable by the @ character and return the first part.

We have four categories of template helpers that you can use:

• Text helpers: These are useful for transforming text, such as changing the case, replacing characters, or splitting it into parts.
• Date and Time helpers: These are the same ones you were already using, but they are now grouped under the helpers category. You can use them to insert dates and times in different ways.
• Conditional helpers: These allow you to use if/else/and/or conditions and compare values. You can use them to insert different content based on certain criteria.
• List helpers: These let you sort, reverse, or loop over a list of values. You can use them to create tables, lists, or menus in your templates.

To learn more about how to use template helpers, please visit our Help Center. There you will find detailed explanations and interactive examples for each helper. You can edit and preview the examples in real-time to see how they work.

We hope you find this feature useful and enjoy creating more personalized templates with it.

We're excited to announce that Briskine attachments can now be used on all websites and web apps.

Attachments are a great way to share documents, images, videos, and more with your contacts, using templates.

Previously, Briskine attachments were available only on Gmail. But we know that many of you use other platforms to communicate online, such as Outlook, LinkedIn, and more. That's why we've made them compatible with any website where you can insert templates.

On websites where Briskine supports rich text formatting (such as Gmail and Outlook.com), your attachments will be added with their name and the file type icon. On websites where Briskine doesn't support rich text (such as LinkedIn), your attachments will show up as a file name and a link to the file in square brackets. For example: resume.pdf [https://briskine.com/attachments/123456]

Either way, your recipients will be able to view and download your attachments with a single click.

If you want to learn more about how Briskine attachments work, and about their security and privacy considerations, visit the template attachments page on our help center.

This feature has been highly requested by our users, so we're glad to finally deliver it.