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# Getting Started

Curated newsletters put you in the editorial seat: instead of fully automating a feed into an email, you connect your content sources, then select what to feature, arrange it in the order that makes sense, and tweak the details before it goes out — while FeedOtter handles the design, formatting, and delivery to your ESP. 

At a high level, every curated newsletter has two connected layers:

* **Your content** — pulled in from RSS, WordPress, YouTube, Google Sheets, and other sources (or bookmarked directly from the web). FeedOtter automatically makes this content email-ready: resizing images to the right format and aspect ratio so things look consistent no matter where the content originated.
* **Your template** — the design and structure your content is delivered in, configured once as a default and reused across every send. Our team prepares your own custom HTML for use with Feedotter. Don't have a template? [Read more here](/custom-template-guide/overview.md).

*Editing happens **on rails:*** you're placing and tweaking content within a predefined structure, not building rows and columns from scratch. That's intentional. Most teams want their editors focused on curation, not on relearning an email builder every time they publish.

**Watch the introductory video below to get familiar with the high-level features.**\
\*Coming Soon.

### **Next steps in this guide:**

★ ~~Overview~~ *(you are here)*

1. [The Newsletters Dashboard](/newsletters/getting-started/the-newsletters-dashboard.md)
2. [Newsletter Default Settings](/newsletters/getting-started/newsletter-default-settings.md)
3. [Creating & Editing an Issue](/newsletters/getting-started/creating-and-editing-an-issue.md)
4. [Test, Review, and Publish](/newsletters/getting-started/test-review-and-publish.md)