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Upgrading your Maizzle projects from v4.x to v5. Maizzle 5 is a major framework rewrite that comes with awesome new features and improvements, but also includes a few breaking changes. Migrating an existing project to Maizzle 5 takes less than 10 minutes in most cases.

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Node.js

BREAKING CHANGE
Maizzle 5 requires Node.js v18.20 or higher. Check your current Node.js version: 
node --version
Maizzle is tested on Node.js 18, 20, and 22.

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Update @maizzle/cli

BREAKING CHANGE
Users with @maizzle/cli installed globally need to upgrade it to v2.x in order to continue using it in Maizzle 5 projects: 
npm install -g @maizzle/cli
CLI 2.x only works with Maizzle 5 projects, it’s not backwards compatible.
Alternatively, you can just use the NPM scripts like npm run dev from package.json.

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Update package.json

The @maizzle/framework package is now a module, so you need to update your package.json file to reflect this change.
package.json
{
  "private": true,
  "type": "module",  
  "scripts": {
    "dev": "maizzle serve",
    "build": "maizzle build production"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@maizzle/framework": "latest",
    "tailwindcss-preset-email": "latest"
  }
}

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Upgrade dependencies

It’s probably best that you do a clean install:
  • remove node_modules directory
  • remove package-lock.json and/or yarn.lock
If using yarn, note that it might have cached your dependencies.
Install the latest version of Maizzle: 
npm install @maizzle/framework@latest

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Update your HTML

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yield

BREAKING CHANGE
The <content /> tag has been replaced with <yield />. Make sure to update it in your Layouts and Components:
layouts/main.html
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <!-- ... -->
</head>
<body>
  <content />
  <yield />
</body>
</html>

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style

BREAKING CHANGE
Tailwind CSS can now be used as expected, with @tailwind directives in any <style> tag, instead of the old <style>{{{ page.css }}}</style>.
layouts/main.html
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <style>
    {{{ page.css }}} 
    @tailwind components; /* [!code ++] */
    @tailwind utilities; /* [!code ++] */
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <yield />
</body>
</html>

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Update tailwind.config.js

We created tailwindcss-preset-email to make it easier to use Tailwind CSS for styling HTML emails - it outputs more email-friendly CSS and includes some useful plugins. Using it will now greatly simplify your tailwind.config.js file, this is all you need:
tailwind.config.js
/** @type {import('tailwindcss').Config} */
module.exports = {
  presets: [
    require('tailwindcss-preset-email'),
  ],
  content: [
    './components/**/*.html',
    './emails/**/*.html',
    './layouts/**/*.html',
  ],
}
You now also need to define content sources in your tailwind.config.js - Maizzle will not automatically scan any paths for files containing Tailwind classes to generate.

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Update config.js

The Maizzle config has been reimagined, so naturally there are a few breaking changes.

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ESM export

BREAKING CHANGE
The config file is now an ESM module, which means you can use import and cool stuff like top-level await. It also means you need to make this change:
config.js
module.exports = { 
export default {
If you need to keep using module.exports you must use the .cjs extension: 
config.js
config.production.js
config.cjs
config.production.cjs

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build

BREAKING CHANGE
The build key, which is where you define what emails to build and where to output them, has changed considerably. This is how the build key looks in Maizzle 5:
config.js
export default {
  build: {
    content: ['emails/**/*.html'],
    static: {
      source: ['images/**/*.*'],
      destination: 'images',
    },
    output: {
      path: 'build_production',
      extension: 'html',
    },
    summary: true,
    spinner: 'circleHalves',
  },
}

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components

The components key has been moved outside build, to the root of the config file:
config.js
export default {
   build: { 
     components: {} 
   } 
   components: {} 
}

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events

Events have been moved to the root of the config file:
config.js
export default {
   events: {...} 
   async beforeRender({html, matter, config}) { 
     // ...
   }, 
}

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extraAttributes

This key has been moved to css.attributes.add:
config.js
export default {
   extraAttributes: {} 
   css: { 
     attributes: { 
       add: {} 
     } 
   } 
}

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layouts

The layouts key is no longer used, you can safely remove it.

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inlineCSS

Configuration for CSS inlining has been moved under the css.inline key:
config.js
export default {
   inlineCSS: {} 
   css: { 
     inline: true, 
   } 
}
See the CSS inlining docs for all the options available.

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outlook

Configuring the custom tag for Outlook conditionals is done through the same outlook key, but at the root of the config file instead of inside the posthtml key:
config.js
export default {
   posthtml: { 
     outlook: {} 
   } 
   outlook: { 
     tag: 'mso', 
   }, 
}

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fetch

The fetch key has been moved to the root of the config file:
config.js
export default {
   posthtml: { 
     fetch: {} 
   } 
   fetch: { 
     tags: ['get'], 
   }, 
}
See the fetch docs for the available options.

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postcss

PostCSS may now be configured under the root postcss key:
config.js
export default {
   build: { 
     postcss: {} 
   } 
   postcss: {} 
}

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removeAttributes

This Transformer has been moved to css.attributes.remove:
config.js
export default {
   removeAttributes: [] 
   css: { 
     attributes: { 
       remove: []  
     } 
   } 
}

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removeUnusedCSS

Configuration for this Transformer has been moved to css.purge:
config.js
export default {
   removeUnusedCSS: {} 
   css: { 
     purge: {} 
   } 
}

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shorthandCSS

The shorthand CSS Transformer config has been moved to css.shorthand:
config.js
export default {
   shorthandCSS: true
   css: { 
     shorthand: true
   } 
}

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safeClassNames

The safeClassNames option has been renamed and moved to css.safe:
config.js
export default {
   safeClassNames: {} 
   css: { 
     safe: {} 
   } 
}

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server

Browsersync has been replaced with a custom dev server, powered by Express.js and WebSockets with morphdom for an HMR-like local development experience. We call this Hot Markup Replacement™. This new dev server is much faster and provides a nicer experience, but you’ll need to update your config.js if you want to configure it:
config.js
export default {
   browsersync: {...}, 
   server: { 
     port: 3000, 
     hmr: true, 
     scrollSync: false, 
     watch: ['./images/**/*'], 
     reportFileSize: false, 
     spinner: 'circleHalves', 
   }, 
}

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sixHex

This Transformer config has been moved to css.sixHex:
config.js
export default {
   sixHex: true
   css: { 
     sixHex: true
   } 
}

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tailwind

The tailwind key in config.js has been deprecated, you can safely remove it. You may now simply use @config in your <style> tags or files included with <link>, to specify a custom Tailwind CSS config file to use:
layouts/main.html
<style>
  @config 'tailwind.custom.js';
  @tailwind components;
  @tailwind utilities;
</style>
If you prefer using CSS files:
css/tailwind.css
@config 'tailwind.custom.js';
@tailwind components;
@tailwind utilities;
… you may import that through a <link> tag or with an @import statement: 
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/tailwind.css">

<!-- or -->
<style>
  @import 'css/tailwind.css';
</style>
You can still define a Tailwind config object if you need to, under css.tailwind:
config.js
export default {
  css: {
    tailwind: {}, // custom Tailwind CSS config object
  },
}

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templates

The templates key has been deprecated, see build above for how to define Template and other assets sources.

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applyTransformers

This has been renamed to useTransformers:
config.js
export default {
   applyTransformers: true
   useTransformers: true
}

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Optional

These updates are optional but highly recommended.

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Update components

The Maizzle 5 Starter uses updated components for dividers, spacers, or buttons. We recommend you update your components to the latest versions, which you can find in the Starter project on GitHub.

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