How to I replace the default logo in transactional emails?

Question

I don't want to create templates for all transactional emails but I would like to replace the default Magento logo used for emails.

I know that I can go into the base directory and replace it, but if I upgrade the system it will wipe it out. Does anyone know the proper way to change it?

Answer 1

Another correct way to do that is to go in BackEnd to System>>Configuration>>Design>>Transactional Emails>>Logo Image and easily pick your logo image from there. GL.

Answer 2

You can create a new theme and place it there. This isn't as difficult as it sounds because of the way themes fall back onto defaults in Magento. If Magento can't find something in your theme, it will fall back onto the base theme by looking in the default folder.

For example, in a store that I maintain, I uploaded my own version of the e-mail logo image in

/skin/frontend/{package}/{my-theme-name}/images/logo_email.gif

and in the Administration panel, I went to System > Configuration > Design > Themes and set Default to {my-theme-name}.

Why does this work?

In the e-mail templates, Magento specifies the src of the logo image as {{skin url="images/logo_email.gif" _area='frontend'}}. This is Magento template gibberish for "find the images/logo_email.gif in the frontend area of the current theme." So Magento looks in for /frontend/{package}/{my-theme-name}/images/logo_email.gif, finds it, and uses that path when dishing out the HTML.

If you delete your image, it doesn't break! Instead, although Magento would still first search in your theme directory as described above, it would discover that it doesn't exist and fall back onto the one in /frontend/{package}/default/images/logo_email.gif.

Good luck, and hope this helps!

Answer 3

The best answer for handling logos in transactional emails is a combination of the previous answers.

Select the logo for your transactional emails by going here: System -> Configuration -> Design -> Transactional Emails -> Logo Image

Then, in your transactional emails ensure that they reference: {{var logo_url}} for the url of the logo.

I upgraded from an older version of Magento and it had {{skin url="images/logo_email.gif" _area='frontend'}} for the logo url. This older method referenced the logo_email.gif stuck in the default image folder.