Saving a design on beefree.io
This article is for those that are using our free visual email & landing page builder at beefree.io. If you are instead using BEE Pro, please see Testing and exporting your emails with BEE Pro.
Saved in your browser
When you use beefree.io, the builder saves a copy to your browser storage. This goes beyond the browser session. You can close your browser session (all browser tabs) and then restart the browser. When you go back to beefree.io, the system will retrieve the design from your browser storage. Also, it will ask you if you wish to continue working on it.
There is nothing you need to do to save the design to your browser. An auto-save feature takes care of the task every 30 seconds.
Save by downloading a ZIP file
When you save a design with BEE Free, the system allows you to download a ZIP file. It contains both the HTML and the images that make up the design. You can then import the file into any application that allows you to do so. If designing emails, you must use an external sending platform to send the design.
Save by sending the email to your ESP
Some email marketing systems allow you to save an email by sending it to a special email address. For example, in MailUp there is the "List+" feature. You send an email to a special address, and MailUp will save it to that List in your account. The folks at Mailchimp call it Email Beamer, and it works the same way.
Save by sending the email to Zapier
Zapier is a system that connects many applications. You can use it to push an email created on beefree.io to another application. See: Exporting to many apps via Zapier.
Save by sending the email to yourself
- Send the email to your Gmail account using the Send Test feature
- In Gmail, select the email and click Forward
- Remove the extra lines at the top and the signature, if any
- Select Edit subject to change the email subject
- Enter the recipients and send the email
Please note that forwarding may impact the rendering or responsiveness of your email.
Save by using a BEE Pro account
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Save and edit multiple designs.
- Free BEE Pro accounts can store up to 10 designs.
- Paid BEE Pro accounts can store unlimited designs.
- Host your images with BEE Pro.
- Create new designs from templates.
- Multiple users and more!
If you have any questions, feel free to contact us.
Comments
14 comments
we think you have a nice product..are you thinking of including a library of templates and images in the paid version?
Great product. Can't wait until we can create accounts and save messages!
Hi Tyler, thanks for the kind words. Yes, BEE Pro is coming soon (https://support.beefree.io/hc/en-us/articles/360011308780-BEE-Pro)!!
Hey there. I stumbled on your product and love it! I created a template in the free version but want to save it to continue working on it, so I signed up for a Pro account. The thing is that my template did not show up in my pro account. How do I get it?
Hi Stephanie, we are very aware of the problem that this causes, and we are actively looking to improve the user experience for our customers soon. Right now there is no easy fix, unfortunately: you will need to recreate the message in your new BEE Pro account.
Well, that's unpleasant. But I'll overlook it as I am extremely happy that you exist at all! Fantastic product. I would love to provide feedback and give suggestions for enhancements, is it best to post them here?
Also, thanks so much for the swift reply Massimo!
Hi Stephanie, yes, we are the first ones to be embarrassed that we still have not fixed that bad user experience. Hopefully very soon!!
Thanks for the kind words about the editor, it means a lot to our team.
Absolutely, feedback and suggestions are very, very welcome. If it pertains to BEE Pro, please post here: https://support.beefree.io/hc/en-us/community/topics/360000341892-BEE-Pro
Thanks again!
Thank you Massimo Arrigoni and BEE. Great product! Still test driving, working out kinks and refining my maiden email but success is immanent.
Hi Massimo, I'm loving Beefree! I've just used it to create a nice little emailer for our school. However, I seem to have lost my template all together! I'm freaking out! I have exported the zip-file but I need to edit it one last time before I can send it. Please help me ! This would be much appreciated!!
Thank-you :)
Nina.
Hi Nina, glad that you're liking the BEE editor!
You should be able to edit and access your template again by clicking on the "Continue editing your last message?" link on the top, blue header from the homepage https://beefree.io/
Everything has gone smoothly so far, but when I download the html and copy the code over to constant contact all my images are there except for the social media icons. How do i link the icons so that it isn't just the text link to social sites?
i have tried to send a test to myself and it won't go through?????? It went through the first time but now won't
Hi Guys
I too seem to have lost my template but had exported the zip-file. How can I re-open the file and continue editing?
Regards
Zvina Mukome
Hi Zvina, thanks for reaching out! If your message isn't available when you use the "Continue editing" button, this means that it has been overwritten in your browser storage. Unfortunately, you won't be able to use the ZIP file to import the message back into the BEE editor.
I'm really sorry for any inconvenience! In order to mitigate this issue, you can always try a BEE Pro free trial! The BEE Pro platform allows you to save your design in our cloud.
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