# Two designs. Built for the inbox.

> Choose Classic or Plain for each send, see it as it will arrive, and send a test to yourself. Your theme's fonts and your accent, built for mail clients.

PixelGlass makes the email form of each post when it sends. **Classic sets the post on a card in your theme's fonts and accent**; Plain reads like a letter, in the reader's own mail app.

## By hand, in the admin

1. In the editor, press **Publish**, and switch the preview to **Email**.
2. Press **Classic** or **Plain** to see the post in each design. The size shows beside it, with a warning past 102 KB, where Gmail clips an email.
3. Press **Send a test to me** to get the email in your own inbox, its subject marked [TEST].
4. Under **Publish to**, choose an email, then pick the design under **Email design**. Every copy of the send wears it.
5. To change the colour of links and quote lines in Classic, pick the accent in **Settings › Design**, under **Brand**.

The subject is the post's title, and the inbox preview line is its excerpt: the subtitle, or else the first paragraph.

## With your agent

> Tighten my draft so it reads well in an inbox: short paragraphs, one picture and a clear first line.

> Give my draft a subtitle that says in one line what this issue is about.

The tools it calls: `get_post`, `start_editing_post`, `edit_post`, `replace_post`, `update_post_settings`, `finish_editing_post`.

No tool picks the email's design or sends a test: the design is chosen for each send on the publish page. Your agent shapes the post that fills it.

## Examples

- **A letter, not a layout.** A founder sends a monthly update in Plain. **It looks like an email from a person**, and it turns dark when the reader's mail app does.
- **A magazine in the inbox.** A travel magazine sends in Classic: the site's name, the cover, the byline and the story on one card, in the theme's fonts.
- **Under the clip.** A photographer sees 130 KB beside the preview, takes out three pictures, and sends a test before the real send.

## Questions

### How do I change the design of my newsletter email on PixelGlass?

On the publish page, choose an email under Publish to and pick Classic or Plain under Email design. The preview shows the email in each design before you send.

### What is the difference between Classic and Plain?

Classic puts the site's name, the title, the byline, the cover and the post on a card, in your theme's fonts and accent. Plain is a letter with no masthead or cover, in the reader's own font and colours.

### Does a PixelGlass newsletter work in dark mode?

The Plain design sets no background or text colour, so a mail app in dark mode shows it dark. The Classic design keeps its own page colours.

### Can I see the email before I send it?

Yes. The publish page's Email preview shows the email as PixelGlass will send it, with its size, and Send a test to me mails it to you with [TEST] in the subject.

### What happens to cards and blocks in the email?

Callouts and buttons have an email form, a video shows as its picture with a link, and an interactive block becomes a line that leads to the post. Scripts and frames never go in a PixelGlass email.

## See also

- [Send a post as an email](https://pixelglass.co/guides/send-a-post-as-an-email): Publish a post to the site and email, or email it alone. Pick the list, the readers and the design, then send now or later. Your agent drafts it.
- [Set a reply-to address](https://pixelglass.co/guides/set-a-reply-to-address): Choose where readers' replies go: one address for the publication, or one for each newsletter. Each is confirmed first. Set in the admin by an admin.
- [Start a newsletter](https://pixelglass.co/guides/start-a-newsletter): Every PixelGlass site starts with a newsletter. Name it, choose who joins, and send any post to it. Set up by hand; your agent writes the issues.
- [Newsletters](https://pixelglass.co/features/newsletters): Send every post as a newsletter: many lists, two email designs, opens and clicks, links you can fix after sending. From $9 a month.
- [Themes](https://pixelglass.co/features/themes): Start from 9 themes made for magazines, newsletters, coaches and portfolios. Change the look in Settings, or ask your agent to redesign it.
- [Every guide](https://pixelglass.co/guides)
- [Pricing](https://pixelglass.co/pricing): every feature on every plan, 14 days free
- [Create your site](https://pixelglass.co/signup)