How to install, customise, and use pre-written email templates

We’ve written some email templates for wedding, portrait, and newborn photographers which you can install into your own Light Blue account. This guide walks through how to access those templates, install them into Light Blue, customise them, and use them for yourself.

Installing the templates

1. Download the folder of templates, here.
2. Unzip the folder of templates, if you haven’t done so already.
3. Open Light Blue.
4. Click on the “Records” menu at the top of the screen.
5. Click Import > Light Blue Templates.
6. Select all of the .XML files that are within the folder you’d downloaded and click Done.
7. The templates will install in Light Blue.
8. Find the templates by opening Light Blue’s preferences window, and going to the Email Templates preferences.

Customising the templates

Add your own personal touches to the imported templates, add images, formatting, or completely reword them. To edit a template, open the Email Templates preferences, then select the template you want to make changes to.

Learn more about how to make your emails stand out.

How to use the templates

Learn more about how to use email templates, here.

Automating emails

Emails can be sent automatically as part of a workflow. Learn more about workflows & workflow messaging here.