Update on Email Scripting in the new Email Designer

Adobe Marketo Engage released a feature called Conditional Content for the new Email Designer this past June. The feature was powered by Handlebar scripting instead of Velocity scripting, in an effort to provide a little more flexibility in your dynamic content. But when we discovered it was causing some tokens to be resolved incorrectly, we decided to temporarily disable it.

While our engineers have been retooling the functionality, we made the decision to switch the scripting back to Velocity. Not only will this speed up the feature’s return, but recent feedback has shown us that the majority of users who utilized the new feature preferred the ease-of-use and workflow familiarity afforded by Velocity. We hope this change encourages adoption and simplifies the transition between the legacy email editor and the new Email Designer. Any tokens that currently utilize Velocity scripting will continue to work without interruption.

Conditional Content for the new Email Designer is scheduled to return in the September Release. Please keep an eye on the Release Notes page for updates.