Design your email with the visual editor (drag and drop)

You don't need a design background or a single line of code to put together an email that looks professional. arrobaMail's modular Designer works like building with blocks: you stack pieces — logo, images, text, buttons — and arrange them until the email looks the way you want, watching it live the whole time.

In this guide we walk through the visual editor end to end. It's the manual path (no AI involved): ideal when you want full control over every detail. If at some point you'd rather have artificial intelligence give you a starting point, there's an Edit with AI button — covered in using Amanda AI — but here we do it by hand.

1. Pick «Designer» when creating the campaign

When you create a campaign, arrobaMail offers four ways to build the message: the visual Designer, With AI (Amanda), advanced HTML mode, and From a URL. For this guide, pick the Designer: it's the one that lets you compose by dragging blocks, without writing any code.

2. Get to know the editor: canvas and module panel

The Designer has two zones worth learning right away:

• On the left, the canvas: your email as it's built, stacked block by block (the logo, an image, some text, a button…). It's a live preview: what you see is what gets sent.
• On the right, the module panel: click a block on the canvas and its options show up here, organized into tabs — Modules and template, Content, and Module design.
• Up top, the Back, Edit with AI, and Continue buttons.

The mechanics never change: you pick a block on the canvas and edit it in the panel on the right, seeing the result instantly.

3. Start from a template or a blank canvas

From the Modules and template tab you can start from a prebuilt template (faster) or a blank canvas (more control). If you're just starting out, a template gives you a decent structure to tweak; over time you'll want to build from scratch.

Tip: save the designs that work for you in your library. Your next campaign comes together in minutes by reusing something that already worked, instead of starting from zero every time.

4. Add and reorder blocks by dragging

This is the heart of the visual editor: you add blocks and arrange them by dragging them around. The typical ones are logo, image, text, image + text, button (CTA), and columns. Drag each one to where you want it and reorder them whenever you need to.

One structural tip worth its weight in gold: think of the email top to bottom as a funnel — logo, an image or headline that hooks attention, the message, and the button. And remember the discipline of focus: one goal, one button (covered in one campaign, one goal).

5. Edit each block's content

With a block selected, go to the Content tab. Depending on the block type, you'll be able to:

• On an image: Replace it with your own, or paste a URL, and adjust the size.
• On text: write and format it (bold, links), and insert personalization fields like the subscriber's name.
• On a button: change the label and the destination link.

Everything shows up on the canvas instantly, so you're never working blind.

6. Adjust each block's design

The Module design tab controls how each block looks: colors (background, text, button), sizes, alignment, and spacing. This is where you apply your identity — your brand's colors, your typography — so the email looks like you, not something generic.

Important: keep it consistent. Use two or three of your brand's colors and repeat them; an email with eight different colors looks amateur. Less palette, more polish.

7. Check it on mobile and continue

Before moving on, check how it looks on a small screen: most people read from their phone. Make sure images aren't oversized, text reads without zooming, and the button is easy to tap.

Once the design clicks for you, tap Continue: you move on to the campaign details, the test send to your own mailbox, and delivery. That final stretch is covered in creating your first campaign.

Common mistakes to avoid

• Heavy or oversized images. They're slow to load and look bad on mobile. Use optimized images and always check on mobile.
• Too many colors and typefaces. They cost you professionalism. Two or three from your brand, repeated.
• Text baked into an image. If your main message is embedded in an image, anyone who doesn't load images misses it. Important text goes in as real text.
• Not testing on mobile. What looks perfect on a computer can fall apart on a small screen. Always check.

Next steps

1. Make sure your design has focus with one campaign, one goal.
2. If you want an AI-generated starting point to fine-tune by hand, check out using Amanda AI.
3. Review all four ways to create and send in creating and sending campaigns.