> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.feedotter.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.feedotter.com/newsletters/getting-started/the-newsletters-dashboard.md).

# The Newsletters Dashboard

### Creating a Newsletter

From the main **Newsletters** homepage, click **New**. This creates the newsletter and takes you straight to its dashboard, where you'll set things up before creating your first issue.

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### On the Dashboard

Each newsletter's dashboard gives you three main actions:

* **+ New Issue** — creates a new issue (a single send) for this newsletter
* **⚙ Newsletter Default Settings** — the newsletter configuration that applies to every issue in this newsletter, unless overridden on a per-issue basis
* **Create Note** — attach an internal note to this newsletter

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**Notes** ca be used as in-company documentation for the newsletter itself — the kind of context a new team member or a colleague covering for you would need: what this newsletter is for, who it's for, any quirks in how it's built, decisions about cadence or content sources, etc.&#x20;

#### Audience & Performance Snapshot

The dashboard shows an audience summary (total subscribers, net subscriber growth, integration) for the newsletter as a whole.

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**Note:** The performance snapshot (delivery rate, open rate, click rate, unsubscribe rate. etc.) is currently only available for newsletters integrated with **Eloqua, Mailchimp, HubSpot, or Pardot**. If you're on a different integration, you won't see these metrics here.
{% endhint %}

#### Issues List

In the dashboard view, you'll see every **Issue** created for this newsletter, with its status (Draft / Published) and when it was last edited.

Each issue row has quick actions:

* **Eye icon** — preview the issue
* **Clone icon** — duplicate the issue
* **⋮ Options menu** — additional actions:
  * **Mark as Published** — manually flag an issue as published (useful if it was sent outside FeedOtter's publish flow)
  * **Clone** — same as the clone icon
  * **ESP Link** — jumps directly to that issue's email inside your connected ESP
  * **Rename**
  * **Delete**<br>

### **Next Up:**&#x20;

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[Newsletter Default Settings](/newsletters/getting-started/newsletter-default-settings.md)
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