Newsletter Default Settings

Set up the template, sender info, integration, and automation defaults that carry over to every issue.

Default settings are the configuration that automatically carries over to every new issue you create in this newsletter. Set them up once, and you won't need to touch them again unless something changes — you can always override any individual value on a per-issue basis later (see section 4).

Open Newsletter Default Settings from the newsletter dashboard. You'll see five tabs (depending on your specific setup):

Customize

Common things to set here:

• Sender info & default subject — click the From/Subject area in the preview to set defaults. You can still adjust these per issue.

• Logo — applies across all issues in this newsletter.

• Footer info — address and social links, required for compliance on most templates.

Visual Editor

Select an element directly in your template to edit it — but only static elements: things like your logo, certain button text, and static intro text (if your template includes one). Items inside a content loop (anything that gets populated by your actual content) can't be edited here — this view is for simple, one-off tweaks to the parts of the template that don't change issue to issue.

Code View

Edit your template's HTML directly. We only recommend this if you're comfortable with HTML or have coding experience. The TEXT view offers a plain-text view of your template.

Template Library

To swap your newsletter's default template entirely, click into the Template Library and select from the templates the FeedOtter team has set up for your account.

Applying changes

Once you've made edits, click Apply Changes. From there you have three options:

• Apply the changes to this template only

• Save the changes as a new template in your Template Library

• Update an existing template in your Template Library

Layout

This feature is coming soon.

Integration

Set the default connection to your ESP (Marketo, Pardot, Eloqua, HubSpot, Mailchimp, etc.). Whatever you configure here will pre-populate on every new issue. You can still adjust integration details per issue before publishing.

Preview

See how your default template renders before any content is added. Useful for checking your base design without the noise of live content.

Settings

The Settings tab is broken into five sub-sections in the left-hand nav:

Basics

• Default CTA Text — the default "Read More" style button text used across content blocks

• Issue Naming — customize how new issues are automatically named (uses a timestamp + label by default); insert dynamic data if desired

• Notification Emails — up to 3 email addresses to notify when an issue is auto-created or published

• UTM Reporting — configure UTM parameters appended to content links for tracking. Read more here

• Email Code — advanced HTML output settings (inline CSS, compress output), plus options to copy or download the final HTML

• Administrative Controls — restrict newsletter setup to admins, allow/restrict editing of dropped content, toggle thumbnail images for faster loading

Template

Controls how the email template can be modified by editors (other users) on this newsletter.

• Editing Permissions — checkboxes to control which editors are available to editors working on issues for this newsletter: Code editor, Visual editor, Module editor. Uncheck any you don't want available (e.g., turn off Code editor for non-technical editors).

• Linked Template — select the HTML template associated with this newsletter. Shows "— No template selected —" if none is linked yet.

Content, AI & Scheduling

These settings correspond with the Auto-Curated functionality. Please read more about that here:

NEW: Auto-Curated

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Creating & Editing an Issue