Whether you’re creating a new broadcast or campaign, Podia's Email builder provides design options and customizations to your heart’s content.
Designing your email broadcasts and campaigns
Choosing a starting point
Podia's email builder allows you to start from a blank email, select a design from one of your previous emails, or use a premade template.
All design options will be available no matter what option you choose above.
Pick the option that best suits your needs based on the email you're writing, and let's move on! 😄
Setting global styles for your email
When you first open a new email, you can start by setting global styles that will apply across all sections in that email.
Use these options if you would like to change the overall look of how your email would look to your subscribers.
These include:
General:
Email:
Background color for the entire email
Email width
Vertical padding at the top and bottom of the email
Sections:
Background color for the body of the email
Both vertical and horizontal padding within those sections
Typography - Create a global style for the font colors, styles, sizes, weights, etc. across your entire email.
Buttons - Create a global style for any buttons within this email including font style, button shape, and more.
Dividers - Create a global style for any dividers within this email including style, width, thickness, and color.
Any global style changes you make will be applied to all email sections.
Adjust your global email style options until they align perfectly with your vision!
Adding new sections
To add a new section to your email, hover over the area you'd like to add a new section to and click the "+" icon. Then, pick the section you want to add from the right-hand menu.
You can then choose from 8 section types:
Text - Insert written content into your emails.
Divider - Add a visual separator to distinguish various sections of your emails.
Gap - Insert a blank space between two sections in your email to improve layout and readability.
Button - Incorporate clickable buttons that can direct recipients to different pages on your Podia site or external websites.
Image - Add images to make your emails more visually appealing.
Video - Include links to videos hosted on other platforms.
Socials - Add icons and links to your social media profiles.
File - Upload attachments to provide extra resources or information directly within your email.
Feature - Add a combination of image, button, and text within the same email section.
Columns - Add a 2-column element into your emails.
Customizing individual sections
In addition to the global sections, you can customize individual sections. Simply click on the section you’d like to edit to see the options available.
Each section type will offer different customization options depending on the section type.
Note: The settings you choose for individual sections will override your global settings.
You can click the refresh icon to restore default styles.
Within each section, you also have the ability to duplicate it, move it up or down within the body of your email, or delete it entirely.
Customizing your email's header
The header is always the first section of your emails.
It can display many important information, such as your company's logo, the ability to view emails in browser, etc.
Click directly on your email's header (the first section of your email) to bring up its editing options on the right-hand side menu.
Header design options include:
Options
Logo - Choose if you want to display your site name, site logo, a custom image, or no logo at all.
View in browser - Choose if you want to make your email viewable in browser or not.
Layout - Modify your header's alignment, horizontal and vertical padding
Colors - Modify your header's colors
The header cannot be removed from your emails.
You can give it an "empty look" by removing all gaps, disabling "View in browser" and set your logo option to "No logo".
Customizing your email's footer
The footer is always the last section of your emails.
Your email's footer will display your mailing address, an unsubscribe button, and you can choose whether to display your logo or not.
Click directly on your email's footer (the last section of your email) to bring up its editing options on the right-hand side menu.
Footer design options include:
Options
Logo - Choose if you want to display your site name, site logo, a custom image, or no logo at all.
Layout - Modify your header's alignment, horizontal and vertical padding
Colors - Modify your header's colors
Any questions about Podia's email features? 😄 Check out our comprehensive help docs, or click the purple icon to send us a message.