Answers.Body: <p>The issue may have to do with the extensions on the files in your template folder. By default, Craft only renders <code>.html</code> and <code>.txt</code> files. If you want Craft to also render <code>.txt</code> files, you could update the <a href="https://craftcms.com/docs/config-settings#defaultTemplateExtensions" rel="nofollow noreferrer">defaultTemplateExtensions</a> config variable.  Adding something like this to your <code>general.php</code> would get <code>.txt</code> files rendering:</p>
  
  <pre><code>'defaultTemplateExtensions' =&gt; array('html', 'twig', 'txt')
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>If you want to access a <code>.txt</code> file without enabling it as a <code>defaultTemplateExtension</code>, you would have to access the template URL with the full file extension.</p>
  
  <p>This URL would work out of the box:</p>
  
  <pre><code>/newsletter/entry.txt
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This would only render <code>.html</code> or <code>.twig</code>:</p>
  
  <pre><code>/newsletter/entry
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>These defaults makes it a little harder to use a hidden template file such as <code>newsletter/_entry</code> for non-standard extensions. One work around would be to pass your ID as a parameter in the URL and manually grab it in your template code to determine what to do on the page. </p>
  
  <p>This is an option:</p>
  
  <pre><code>/newsletter/entry.txt?id=123
  </code></pre>
  
  <hr>
  
  <p>As an alternative method, the plugin <a href="http://sprout.barrelstrengthdesign.com/craft-plugins/email" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Sprout Email</a> helps manage a lot of components of HTML and Text versions of email templates, and ships with a <code>Copy/Paste Mailer</code> which allows a user to copy and paste the HTML and Text versions of an email directly from a modal in the the Control Panel.</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/MR7Ex.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/MR7Ex.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
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Answers.LastActivityDate: 2016-04-27T06:57:09.757Z
Answers.UserDisplayName: Ben Parizek
Body: <p>So I'm using Craft to create code to be pasted into a blast email program. My standard template is at the following:</p>
  
  <pre><code>newsletter/_entry
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>However, I'm having trouble getting the text version to display in any way. I tried creating the following folder structure which did not work (404).</p>
  
  <pre><code>newsletter/text/_entry
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I tried using routes in the backend to do this, but does not work either. I know I must be missing something simple. Any ideas?</p>
  
Comments.ContentLicense: CC BY-SA 3.0
Comments.CreationDate: 2016-04-26T17:43:39.473Z
Comments.Text: How are you planning to serve the text version?
Comments.UserDisplayName: mcclaskiem
Tags: <routes><routing>
Title: Creating HTML and Text version of entry via different templates
ThreadText: # Creating HTML and Text version of entry via different templates
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-04-26)
  
  So I'm using Craft to create code to be pasted into a blast email program. My standard template is at the following:
  
  ```
  newsletter/_entry
  
  ```
  
  However, I'm having trouble getting the text version to display in any way. I tried creating the following folder structure which did not work (404).
  
  ```
  newsletter/text/_entry
  
  ```
  
  I tried using routes in the backend to do this, but does not work either. I know I must be missing something simple. Any ideas?
  
  **Tags:** routes, routing
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: How are you planning to serve the text version?  
  
  ---
  
  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2016-04-27. Score: 1
  
  The issue may have to do with the extensions on the files in your template folder. By default, Craft only renders `.html` and `.txt` files. If you want Craft to also render `.txt` files, you could update the [defaultTemplateExtensions](https://craftcms.com/docs/config-settings#defaultTemplateExtensions) config variable. Adding something like this to your `general.php` would get `.txt` files rendering:
  
  ```
  'defaultTemplateExtensions' => array('html', 'twig', 'txt')
  
  ```
  
  If you want to access a `.txt` file without enabling it as a `defaultTemplateExtension`, you would have to access the template URL with the full file extension.
  
  This URL would work out of the box:
  
  ```
  /newsletter/entry.txt
  
  ```
  
  This would only render `.html` or `.twig`:
  
  ```
  /newsletter/entry
  
  ```
  
  These defaults makes it a little harder to use a hidden template file such as `newsletter/_entry` for non-standard extensions. One work around would be to pass your ID as a parameter in the URL and manually grab it in your template code to determine what to do on the page.
  
  This is an option:
  
  ```
  /newsletter/entry.txt?id=123
  
  ```
  
  ---
  
  As an alternative method, the plugin [Sprout Email](http://sprout.barrelstrengthdesign.com/craft-plugins/email) helps manage a lot of components of HTML and Text versions of email templates, and ships with a `Copy/Paste Mailer` which allows a user to copy and paste the HTML and Text versions of an email directly from a modal in the the Control Panel.
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/MR7Ex.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/MR7Ex.png)
  
  
  ---
  
  