We Recommend Searching for Mailchimp Templates on Etsy or Creative Market
Looking to upload a Mailchimp template that you created in your own Mailchimp account? View the tutorial “Export a Mailchimp Template” before following this tutorial.
When looking for Mailchimp templates to use with OHWO, be sure your purchase comes with an html file.
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Zip Your HTML File if it Isn’t Already Zipped
OPTION A: Right click on your html file and choose “compress” from your menu options.
OPTION B: Right click on your html file, choose “send to” -> “compress”
OPTION C: Use https://files2zip.com/
Step 1. Go to Files2Zip.com
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Step 2. Select html file, click Open.
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Step 3. Click Zip It
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Step 4. Click to Download
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Step 5. Name and Save Your Zipped File
![](https://ohwo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/nameandsave.jpg)
Go to OHWO and Click Email Templates -> All Email Templates From the Left Side Menu
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Find and Click the Upload Template Top Menu Button
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Choose Your Template HTML Zipped File Then Click Upload
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Click ‘Source’ and Remove Mailchimp Tags
Mailchimp tags can be identified by *|tag|* Find all tags with the bars and asterisk in the source code of the template and remove.
Find and remove *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* or your emails will send out with that tag as a pre-header. <–Not cool.
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