Salesforce Marketing Cloud

Setup instructions

Setting up an app package

1. Log in to your Salesforce Marketing Cloud account, and click on your avatar in the upper right, and from the dropdown, click Setup.

   

2. We’ll need to create a package for Blocks Edit. To do this, on the left sidebar, under Platform Tools, click Apps and then Installed Packages under it.
3. Click the New button in the upper right to create your package.

4. In the window that comes up, give the package a name. For reference, it would be helpful to include Blocks Edit in the name. Optionally, you can also add a description. If available, check Create with enhanced functionality.

   

5. Click Save.

Adding the integration component

1. Next, you’ll add a component for the package to setup the API connection. Click the Add Component button on the new screen you’re taken to after saving.

   

2. In the window, select API Integration as the component type and click Next.
3. Then select Server-to-server and click Next.
4. Under Scope options check permission boxes according to the table below. These permissions allow your Blocks Edit account to transfer the emails you build and their images to your Salesforce Marketing Cloud account.

   Email	Read, Write
   Documents and Images	Read, Write
   Saved Content	Read, Write

5. Once the component has been added, you’ll need some info from this screen to use in your Blocks Edit account. Specifically, the values for: Client Id, Client Secret, Authentication Base URI and Rest Base URI.

   

Finishing up in Blocks Edit

1. Log in to your Blocks Edit account. Next to your organization at the top, click the integrations icon (). Note: You’ll see the integration option only if you are an admin or owner on the account.

2. Click the Add button next to Salesforce Marketing Cloud.

3. A modal will come up where you’ll need to add in your Salesforce Marketing Cloud API credentials from the package you created.
4. Click Save to save your credentials.

Using Business Units

You'll also see a Business Unit MID field in Blocks Edit. This is if you need to specify a Business Unit for access. You can find the MID in SFMC by hovering your mouse over the Business Unit in the top right corner, next to your account dropdown. If you have multiple Business Units, hover over the one you want to use to see its MID.

Using its features

Once the integration is in place, you can use the Salesforce Marketing Cloud specific features with your theme. Here’s what you can do:

Theme access settings

You will need to enable your integration for each theme that you want to allow using as a source for images in the editor. You can do this in the dashboard by clicking on the preferences icon () on the right side of a theme title.

When enabled, the option to set a base directory to access images from is available. For example, if you want to limit access to a certain project folder.

Note: you will need to be an admin or owner on the account to have access to these settings.

Using your Salesforce Marketing Cloud images

In the editor, when adding in images, along with being able to upload local images, next to the upload option will also be an option to import from your Salesforce Marketing Cloud files where you can browse and preview images to pick the one you need.

Note: this will not appear as an option if it has been disabled for a particular theme by an account admin or owner.

Exporting emails to Salesforce Marketing Cloud

When you’re ready to export your email, you will be able to choose where you want to save it in your Salesforce Marketing Cloud account along with your modified images. The URLs for your images will be automatically updated in your email HTML file.