# Resources for templates, code, and best practices

## Adapt-a-template guides[](#adapt-a-template-guides)

These guides are meant to show you the process of adapting a basic template from another service into a Customer.io Layout.

*   [Foundation - Basic](/journeys/5-adapt-foundation-basic)
*   [Mailchimp - Two-Column](/journeys/6-adapt-mc-twocol)

## Layout creation and templates[](#layout-creation-and-templates)

### Pre-built templates[](#pre-built-templates)

*   Mailchimp’s [Blueprints](https://github.com/mailchimp/Email-Blueprints)
*   [Litmus community](https://litmus.com/community/templates)
*   [Foundation for Emails](https://get.foundation/emails/)
*   [Inkbrush](https://www.inkbrush.com/), an email layout builder
*   A [really simple responsive HTML email](https://github.com/leemunroe/responsive-html-email-template) template

### Frameworks to build your own[](#frameworks-to-build-your-own)

*   [HTML Email Boilerplate](http://htmlemailboilerplate.com/)
*   [MJML.io](https://mjml.io), a markup language that lets you code your own responsive emails
*   [emailframe.work](http://emailframe.work/), another coding framework for responsive emails
*   [Cerberus](https://www.cerberusemail.com/), a collection of patterns

## Code[](#code)

*   [Campaign Monitor’s Ultimate Guide to CSS support](https://www.campaignmonitor.com/css/)
*   [MailChimp’s CSS support guide](https://templates.mailchimp.com/resources/email-client-css-support/)
*   [Making your emails accessible](http://www.accessible-email.org/)
*   [Emails and webfonts](https://litmus.com/blog/the-ultimate-guide-to-web-fonts): the three main approaches you can take

## Longer reads, but full of great advice[](#longer-reads-but-full-of-great-advice)

*   [Mastering Responsive Email Design Across The Most Popular Clients](https://www.mailjet.com/blog/news/mastering-responsive-emails-across-most-popular-clients/)
*   [A cheat sheet for mobile email design](https://www.godaddy.com/garage/smallbusiness/launch/cheat-sheet-mobile-email-design)
*   [The Tyranny of Tables: Why Web and Email Design are So Different](https://litmus.com/blog/the-tyranny-of-tables-why-web-and-email-design-are-so-different)