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Getting Mailchimp-Usable HTML out of Canva: Lost Cause?
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Hi. I have a Canva project that I started some months ago; the end product is to be a monthly email newsletter, so I started with one of Canva's "Email Newsletter" templates and then modified the design pretty extensively. Now it's getting ready to fly, so I'm trying to use Canva's much-touted integration with Mailchimp, only to find that in the eyes of Canva, what I've made from their Email Newsletter template is not actually an email. This is based this on indicators including but not limited to: - When I try to publish via Share > Mailchimp > Format > Email (HTML), on the "Select a page" pulldown, all the pages are greyed-out/unselectable. - When I try the HTML workarounds I've read about (e.g. copying the raw HTML and pasting it directly into Mailchimp) via Share > Download > File type--there are no options for "HTML" or "ZIP file." - Etc. The newsletter pages I designed involved a fair amount of fine tweaks to colors, typefaces, spacing, etc., and there are a couple-few in-text/image links per page. It's nothing too crazy in terms of functionality, but represents enough fine-grain work that it would be kind of a nightmare to do over from scratch. So, my question is: Without starting all over, is there any mechanism available for getting from what I have now--a design that looks and links the way it should, but apparently only within the confines of Canva's editing...
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