Layouts

A layout is a reusable structural section you design once and reuse across your emails. The layout editor gives you a focused canvas for composing headers, footers, multi-column arrangements, and other recurring patterns without rebuilding them every time.

What the layout editor is for

Most teams settle on a few recurring structures — a branded header, a footer with social links, a two-column feature block. Layouts let you design those structures once, then reuse them across emails in the same workspace. This keeps emails consistent and speeds up composing new ones.

Element types

Layouts are assembled from a focused set of element types:

• Image — An image element with sizing and alignment controls.
• Text — Rich text for headings, paragraphs, and labels.
• Button — Call-to-action buttons with label, link, and styling.
• Shape — Rectangles or custom vector shapes (more below).
• Divider — Horizontal separators to break up sections.

Each element is configured from the properties panel. Drag elements onto the canvas, arrange them, and adjust their settings until the section looks right.

Shape modes

The shape element has two modes:

• Rectangle — A solid rectangle. Control width, height, background color, border, border radius, padding, and shadows. Use this for solid blocks, containers, and decorative backgrounds.
• Custom — An uploaded SVG. Custom shapes are sanitized on upload so only safe vector markup is kept. Use this for logos, icons, and bespoke decorations that a plain rectangle can’t express.

Layouts vs emails

Layouts and emails are distinct in Temway:

• A layout is a reusable structural section — a header, footer, or content arrangement you design once and reuse.
• An email is the complete message you build and export to your sending provider.

Think of layouts as the recurring scaffolding you reach for when composing an email, rather than full email designs themselves. Keeping them separate means your reusable structure stays independent of the one-off content in each send.

Plan layout limits

The number of layouts you can create is capped by your plan. Layout limits are lifetime totals — soft-deleted layouts don’t count against your cap.

When you reach your plan’s layout limit, you’ll be prompted to upgrade before you can create another.

Tips

• Build your most-reused structures (header, footer, signature block) as layouts first so new emails start from familiar scaffolding.
• Use rectangle shapes for solid color blocks and backgrounds; switch to custom when you need a logo or vector decoration.
• Keep layouts in the workspace they belong to — layouts are scoped per workspace, just like emails and branding.

Next steps

• Learn about the email blocks you’ll compose into full emails.
• Set up branding so layouts inherit the right colors and fonts.