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Can you create custom variables in Magento 2?
Although Magento 2 provides plenty of predefined variables, the list is however limited. To meet your business specific needs, you can create custom variables and add them in pages, blocks, and email templates. Let’s see how to create custom variables and how to add them in an email template.
What are the changes to custom email templates in Magento?
This topic describes the changes and provides instructions on how to convert your existing custom email templates. As of Magento 2.3.4, custom email templates are only allowed to use scalar values for variable data. Direct calls to methods are no longer allowed.
What are the changes in Magento 2.3.4?
With the release of Magento 2.3.4, we made some changes to custom email templates and how they access data and methods for email content. This topic describes the changes and provides instructions on how to convert your existing custom email templates.
Is there any support for Magento 1.x?
With Magento End of Life, there is no official support of Magento 1.x now. Now you have to look for external support for your Magento 1 store, or upgrade the store to Magento 2.
Why do you need email template in Magento 2?
Email is a common communication method between vendors and customers. Email marketing helps you connect with your customers with the aims of brand promotion and sales increasing. Aside from the default email templates in Magento 2, many extensions require their own emails with various custom templates, parameters, and conditions.
How to save custom data in Magento email?
Magento fire an event when a customer goes to order success page the event is : this event provides order id, So using this event you can save custom data in sales_order against order.
How to add a variable to an email template?
Navigate to Marketing -> Communications -> Email Templates Choose the template where you want to add the variables to or create a new template. Clicking on the Insert Variable button above the Template Content field will load the list of both predefined and custom variables.
What to do with custom templates in Magento 2?
Custom variables used within email templates in Magento 2.3.4+ must be written in ‘strict mode’. See Migrating custom email templates for more information. To add the store and sales related information to a template, use system variables.
How to override an email template in Magento?
Override email templates by creating templates in a new directory in your custom theme, using this pattern: / _ /email. For example, to override the New Order email template, create a template named order_new.html in the /Magento_Sales/email directory.