# Email templates with "common modules"?

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/email-templates-with-common-modules/84582>\
**Category:** CMS Development\
**Tags:** design-manager, local-development, email, professional\
**Created:** [July 3, 2023, 2:56pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/email-templates-with-common-modules/84582 "2023-07-03T14:56:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Track](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@Track](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Track)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2023, 2:56pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/email-templates-with-common-modules/84582/1 "2023-07-03T14:56:48Z")

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Hey, so if I try to create an email via the built-in email-templates from HubSpot I get this UI:

 ![Track_0-1688395800020.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/3/b/3bb04e317bdcd64dce18ca4fee055fd1a99ee8af.png)

while if I create my own email template (hs create template, chose email) that gives me an entierly different UI, without drag&drop functionalities or even the “common modules” like Text, Image etc.

 ![Track_1-1688395937592.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/3/e3f9b1ad66b0a41ac7d1f03e62485e5b1e01b2a1.png)

Is it really not possible to have a hybrid? Is the built-in that unique?  
I’ve even tried inserting a {% dnd\_area %} and pre-added a module (Banner), but the UI only brings it up as a “static module” and not something I can drag and drop anyway.

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**Author:** ![jnix284](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/jnix284/32/29_2.png) [@jnix284](https://community.hubspot.com/u/jnix284)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2023, 11:56pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/email-templates-with-common-modules/84582/2 "2023-07-03T23:56:33Z")

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@Track , unfortunatley yes - custom templates can be created via Design Tools, but can’t be made available in the Drag and Drop section.

It is possible to create a new template in the Drag and Drop section, but it’s not possible to edit it via Design Tools once created.

The new Drag and Drop emails are built using a completely different UI as you mentioned and don’t leverage Design Tools at all.

I’m not 100% on this, but I believe it is part of the shift away from coded files and to make DnD more accessible to non-developers. Developers can still create fully custom emails with coded files, but the DnD capabilities weren’t brought over to the backend in Design Tools.

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**Author:** ![Anton](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/anton/32/103167_2.png) [@Anton](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Anton)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 6:15am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/email-templates-with-common-modules/84582/3 "2023-07-04T06:15:44Z")

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Hi @Track,

the “new” drag&drop builder sunsetted the old “design-manager” email templates in January 22. But as @Jnix284 mentioned - developers still have the ability to create “hardcoded” email templates via design-tools(how the design-manger is called now).

Nevertheless - up to date you can’t create custom drag&drop emails via local environment/CLI neither the design-tools.

Saved sections like @Jnix284 mentioned are great if you’d like to reuse specific parts of an email - if you want to reuse the whole email there is only one “real” solution for this:

- create a email template via drag&drop
- save it as template(you need marketing professional for this)

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2023-07-04 um 08.02.24.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/2X/0/00337caee83f0e1786b130f55026895894c0c972.png)

If you don’t have marketing pro - there’s a workaround:

- create a template
- call it something like “DND\_Template\_Newsletter” or something like that
- clone this email everytime you want to use this layout
- edit the content of the cloned email to your needs

hope this helps

best,

Anton

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**Author:** ![jnix284](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/jnix284/32/29_2.png) [@jnix284](https://community.hubspot.com/u/jnix284)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 12:56pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/email-templates-with-common-modules/84582/4 "2023-07-04T12:56:20Z")

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Thanks for confirming @Anton 🙌

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**Author:** ![Track](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@Track](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Track)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/email-templates-with-common-modules/84582/5 "2023-07-04T13:52:18Z")

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Thanks for answers everyone 😊