Foundation for Emails 2.2

Update: We released 2.2.1 shortly after this release to add in more Ruby scaffolding

We're stoked to announce that Foundation for Emails 2.2 - codename Bismarck, has been released into the wild! There's so much about this release to highlight so we'll focus on the biggest parts. We've got new implementations, juicy features, and time saving bug fixes. Since we launched Foundation for Emails 2.1, we've seen a huge jump in excitement and involvement on GitHub with contributions. We were going to release a 2.1.1 with bug fixes but instead we skipped ahead to 2.2 from 2.1 because there were so many great features jammed into this release!

The most important part of your email is not the code, it's crafting the right message that connects and engages people. The less you have to worry about coding your emails, the more you can focus on your messaging.

A Gem of a Workflow

The highlight of this release is the Ruby versions of Foundation for Emails and Inky. So many people have told us they love the concept of using Inky markup in their workflow but couldn't because they're in a Ruby environment. Well, now you can! Inky-rb and the Foundation for Emails gem now easily integrates into your Rails Asset Pipeline. Now you can use Foundation for Emails CSS along with clean Inky markup to build emails in your environment. Maybe it's just our bias, but we think combining Inky-rb with Premailer might just create the best email development environment for apps ever. ;)

New Features from the Sea of Contributors

There are tons of other great features in this release from over 30 contributors. Most of the features and fixes will help make emails less of pain, saving you from throwing your laptop across the room and flipping your table. There's too many to list here so here's some of our favorites:

• Get that visual treatment you're looking for by vertically aligning content in columns and source ordering columns. HTML attributes can now be passed to rows and columns thanks to Brandon Barringer - commit
• Create more controlled and compelling layouts across devices with different height spacers for the large and small breakpoints. Awesome update from Ethan May - commit
• Raise your open rates, click thrus and reduce spam complaints by including a preheader. This capability has been added to the default layout along with styles to visually hide it - commit and commit
• In case your audience opens your emails in browsers, Buttons and Menu Items can now get attributes thanks to Clement Paris - commit and commit
• <hr>'s are notoriously hard to style in most versions of Outlooks. Now <hr>'s can be styled across every email client thanks to Brandon Barringer - commit
• Hugo Giraudel and Rafal Proszowski simplified Sass code across 10 different files making it easier to read and contribute!

These are just a few of the awesome updates to 2.2 - check out the release notes to see more the of the changes!

From the conversations on Twitter, the Forum, and GitHub, it's obvious there's a ton of energy and excitement about where Foundations for Emails is going. We hope you see the potential here: how much it helps us spend less time coding the emails and more time on messaging and connecting with our audience. So go grab Foundation for Emails 2.2 and if you're in a Ruby environment, get the new gem. If you're working on something you're proud of or have any suggestions for Foundation for Emails, let us know in the comments below!

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