📌 Note: If you go back to a stock theme or a custom theme from the classic editor after creating an email with the email builder, your content will be erased.
Create a blast
Click the Communication tab to go to your list of broadcasters. Click the New email blast button on the right side of the page.
Enter your email blast details and click Create and edit email blast. You will be directed to the Theme section of your blast.
Select one of the Beta themes
Under Theme, select the themes with "(Beta)" contained in their name by hovering over the thumbnail image and click Use theme. This will save your selected theme and direct you to the “Content” section of your email.
Enter and preview content
To enter content and images for your email blast, click the Content tab of your blast.
You will find the content block types available on the right panel, in the Content tab. Drag and drop the blocks as needed to build the layout of your email.
Select a block to personalize it. For each block, you'll find a Content tab and a Styles tab in the right panel. Fill out the fields to add your content and customize the styles.
Block types available:
Text: one block of text
Two column: two blocks of text side-by-side
Image: one simple image
Image and text: image and text side-by-side
Button: button with hyperlink
Social follows: links to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn pages and/or your website.
Spacer: spacing between two blocks
Divider: horizontal line
Personalize your theme
Select the Theme styles tab in the right panel of the email editor.
Backdrop: select your background color, padding top and padding bottom.
Header: select your header format (image, text or both) and enter your text.
Canvas: select the background color of the email body and configure the paragraph and heading styles.
Footer: enter the text you would like to display at the bottom of your email. Make sure to keep all elements that are required by international spam laws.
Mobile: decide whether you'd like to show the backdrop on mobile and set up your font sizes on mobile.
When you save your content, the preview will refresh and update with your changes. Note that you can preview it in regular desktop email format, mobile device format and text format by clicking the corresponding button.
Send yourself a test email before you send your blast. Click Send test email and enter the email address(es) in the text box. Press Send test email.
Theme saving
You can save your newly created theme by using the Save as theme button. This will create a custom theme that you will be able to re-use.
Next time you want to use that theme, you'll be able to select it from the Custom themes tab of the Theme selection step:
When you're finished with your email layout, click Save and continue and continue sending your email blast as you usually would!
Theme editing
You can edit a saved theme by navigating to Email > Custom themes. Find the theme you want to delete and click on the edit button next to the theme name.
Theme editing: content
You'll be able to adjust the content of your theme by editing the content blocks and theme styles. When you are happy with your changes, click 'Save theme'.
Theme editing: settings
Edit your theme settings to change the name of your theme and the name of its creator. This is also where you can share your theme with other nations so they can use it when they create an email blast. You'll find a checkbox to allow control panel users to edit the shared theme. When you are done, click 'Save theme'.
Theme deletion
You can delete a saved theme by navigating to Email > Custom themes. Find the theme you want to delete and click on the arrow at the end of the row. You'll see a 'Delete custom theme' option. Only drag-and-drop themes (that don't have the HTML label) can be deleted.
Once deleted, the theme will no longer be available in the list of custom themes of the email editor, but previous mailings won't be affected. When visualizing a blast with a deleted theme, you'll see a notification in the email preview stating that the theme has been deleted.
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