The Magento Expert

Writing HTML mail templates that are not considered as spam

Mex — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:18:13 +0000

Follow these rules and your mail templates will most likely not be considered as spam:

1. Always wrap the content in …
2. Remove all empty lines
3. Remove all font size definitions, like font:11px/1.35em
4. Avoid spam words such as “bank” or “lending institution”

Loading a mail template by its name

admin — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:44:47 +0000

Use the below code to load a Magento transaction mail template by its name:

$templateId = Mage::getModel('core/email_template')->loadByCode('')->getTemplateId();
$template = Mage::getModel('core/email_template')->load($templateId);

Getting mail template content by name

admin — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:42:58 +0000

Use the following code to get a mail templates content by its name:

$mailTemplate = Mage::getModel('core/email_template');
$templateByName = $mailTemplate->loadbyCode($templateName);
$text = $templateByName ->getData('template_text');

Getting mail template content by id

admin — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:41:41 +0000

Use the following code to get a mail templates content by its id:

$mailTemplate = Mage::getModel('core/email_template');
$template = $mailTemplate->load($templateId);
$text = $template->getData('template_text');

Changing mail template content by id programmatically

Mex — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 16:27:01 +0000

To change the content of a Magento mail template by its id, use the following code:

$mailTemplate = Mage::getModel('core/email_template');
$feedbackTemplate = $mailTemplate->load($templateId);
$feedbackTemplate->setData('template_text', 'new text goes here');
$feedbackTemplate->save();