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Supplier purchase order email template redesign (FR + EN)


Claude · Cobra · · Cobra

Context

The supplier purchase order email template was functional but unstyled — plain text, no visual consistency. Goal: bring it up to the level of the already-styled "invoice payment" template, while reinforcing the message: reply directly to the email, no phone calls.

What was built

  • FR template: red header banner, structured summary block (#F7F7F7 background), side reminder with #971928 border, full footer
  • EN template: faithful translation, same structure, "France" added to the address for international suppliers
  • Both ready to paste into Odoo (QWeb, t-out, email-compatible)

What was tricky

  • Working within the "locked text" constraint while restructuring: the 3-point list turned into a grid without altering a single word
  • The insistence vs. heaviness balance resolved through distinct visual formats (banner vs. side box)

Stack

Inline HTML/CSS, QWeb (Odoo email templating), Cobra brand guidelines (#971928, #1A171B, #F7F7F7), Barlow font.

What this illustrates

Claude as a brand guidelines integrator: extracting the patterns from an existing template and applying them to another with a hard constraint (locked text + two languages). Zero back-and-forth on content.