Navigating your Series Settings page

Customize the look and feel of your series to set up your series for success

Head over to the Series settings page, by clicking on the gear icon next to your series name. Here, you will be met with the General, Design, Footer, and Notifications pages where you can decide how you'd like your edition to appear when it reaches your audiences’ inbox.

Table of Contents: 

General page: 

• Title and byline
• Series sender
• Link access
• Series sign-up link
• Unsubscribe link

Design page: 

• Colors
• Font
• Intro card customization
• Logos and banners

Footer page: 

• Feedback
• Custom footer

Notifications page:

• Notifications

Title and byline

⚒️ How it works: 

• Navigate to the Series settings page by clicking on the gear icon.
• On the General tab, you can edit the series title, byline, sender name, reply-to address, and send-from address. 
• Your series title appears in your Workspace, the intro card, and subject line.
• The byline indicates who wrote the series and appears in every edition’s intro card.
• Editing your title or byline in the Series settings page will be applied to all future drafts.

💡 You can also edit the title, byline, and subject line directly in your edition’s intro card. Those changes will only apply to the specific edition that was edited.

Series sender

You have the option to modify both the sender name and the reply-to email address. If your organization has a custom domain configured, you can also select additional send-from email addresses.

⚒️ How it works: 

• On the General page, you will be able to edit the sender name, reply-to address, and send-from address. 
• The sender name is the name that appears in your recipient’s inboxes.
• The reply-to-email address is the address at which you will receive replies to your series.
• The send-from email address is the email that appears in your recipient’s inboxes if you have set up a custom domain with Axios HQ.
  • ❗Certain send-from addresses may be locked by your account Admins. If you have access to a specific send-from address, you will see it in the send-from dropdown. 
  • If you do not have access to a specific send-from address, you have the option to send from your own email address or noreply@customdomain.com. 
• The reply-to email address will also serve as the sender email address if a custom domain is set up. 
  • If you do not have a custom domain, your recipients will receive the series from noreply@axioshq.com. 
  • If you’d like to set up a custom domain with Axios HQ, reach out to your account manager! You can check out a short explanation on our Custom Domain integration here.

Link access 

Manage who can read your series on the web. 

⚒️ How it works: 

• Each sent edition has a link that you can copy and share. Select between the three link access options.
  • Recipients only: Only the people who were sent an edition can view it on the web.
  • Recipients and current audience: In addition to recipients, everyone in the current audience can access all past editions.
  • Anyone with a link: Your content will be publicly viewable on the web for anyone to access with the link.
• By default, all series will be set to ‘Recipients only’.

 

Series sign-up 

Generate a sign-up link to allow people to subscribe to your series.

⚒️ How it works: 

• Scroll down on the General page to the Series sign-up section. 
• Use the toggle to turn on the link and it will begin to generate. Note: It can take a few minutes to generate. 
• Once the link is ready, you can copy and share it on your website or other platforms. 
• Anyone with any email can be added to your series audience list.

Unsubscribe link 

Include an unsubscribe link at the bottom of the edition to allow audience members to unsubscribe themselves from the series.

⚒️ How it works: 

• Scroll down on the General page to the Unsubscribe section. 
• Use the toggle to turn on the Unsubscribe link. 
• You can review unsubscribed recipients on your Series audience page. 
• For more information on reviewing unsubscribed recipients review our article here.

6. Colors

Set the color for your series. Your selected primary color will be used for the title, block quotes, and polls. Your selected primary and secondary colors can be used for buttons and text. 

⚒️ How it works: 

• Navigate to the Series settings page by clicking on the gear icon then click the Design tab. 
• Click on the color you want to change and enter the hex color code or choose from the pre-selected color options. 
• Select “Save changes” then navigate to the editor to use your series colors. 

• ⭐ Users can select up to 4 colors

 

Font

We offer two default font options: Arial (sans-serif) and Georgia (serif). 

⚒️ How it works:

• Navigate to the Series settings page by clicking on the gear icon then click the Design tab.
• On the Design page, you can select between Arial or Georgia for the header and/or body of your series.
• Select “Save changes” then navigate to the editor to use your fonts. 

• ⭐ Users can set up custom fonts by submitting a request here. 
  

 

8. Intro card customization

Customize your intro card by showing or hiding specific elements like series title, series byline, and Smart Brevity word count.

9. Logos and banners

You have the option to add your company’s logo or banner to your intro card. A banner sits above the title of your series and spans the width of the column. A logo goes in the upper left corner of the title.

⚒️ How it works:

• Navigate to Series settings by clicking on the gear icon, then click the Design tab.
• Select either a logo or banner.
• Upload your image. Use the image cropping tool to size your banner or logo to the optimal image specs. You can review the Optimal Image Specs here.  
• 💡 Pro-tip: Use the ‘Preview Series’ button in the top right corner to see how your banner or logo will look. 
• Save changes. 

 

Feedback

Collect anonymous or identified feedback from your audience. This gives readers the ability to leave feedback in the form of a thumbs up / thumbs down button, with optional comments.

🛠️ How it works: 

• Navigate to Series settings by clicking on the gear icon, then click the Footer tab.
• Toggle "Feedback" on to include the feedback block in your editions. 
• Toggle "Feedback" off to disable the feedback block. 
• Toggle "Collect individual emails" to enable identified feedback. 
• Use the Feedback text box to add customized text to your feedback block.
• Preview how your feedback block will look in the Live preview section on the right-hand side. 
• View feedback responses in your edition analytics under the Responses tab.

💡 The reader will see the following copy to understand their information will be shared: Your email will be recorded with your response and shared with the sender.

 

Custom footer

You can add a custom footer, including text and links to social media. 

🛠️ How it works:

• Navigate to Series settings by clicking on the gear icon, then click the Footer tab.
• Select the social media icons that you would like to appear and insert the links for each. If you do not want to include icons, proceed to the next step.
• Insert the text you would like in your footer. You can bold, italicize, and hyperlink any text. Hit “Enter” on your keyboard to create space between lines of text. 
• Use the Live preview section to test your links and preview exactly how it will look in your email.
• Send a test to yourself to confirm and see your footer in action ✅

Notifications

The Notification settings allow you to customize reminders for your editions.

🛠️ How it works: 

• Navigate to Series settings by clicking on the gear icon, then click the Notifications tab.
• Toggle the switch to enable or disable send edition reminders. You can customize the number of days before the target send date that you want to receive notifications.
• Toggle the switch to enable or disable overdue notifications. You'll receive an email notification if your edition is 24 hours overdue from its target send date.