The Emails page in Okendo allows you to browse, create and configure all the emails which Okendo may send to customers on your behalf. In this article, we're going to create a new Review Request Email that could be used in an upcoming Okendo Sequence.

To get started, head to the Okendo app and open the Emails page (Mail > Emails). Here you will see all of the different email types that Okendo supports such as Review Request and Coupon.

To see the individual emails within a type, click on that type in the list. In this case, we're going to click on "Review Request" to see our existing review request emails. To edit an existing email, click the email in the list or the "Edit" button. Alternatively, if you just want to quickly see what an email looks like, click the preview button. At the top right of this page, you can also create a new email for this type by using the "New Email" button.

Click "New Email" to open the new email configuration dialog:

Here you can give your email a name and also choose a base layout for the email. Choose whichever layout you prefer, in this case, we're going to choose "Side-By-Side".

Tip: Creating more than one review request email can be useful so that one can be used for the first email in a sequence and another can be used for a reminder. Additionally, multiple emails can be used to manage things like coordinated changes to branding or content. All you need to do is create and configure a new draft email and then activate it when you're ready.

Once your new email has been created, you'll be taken to the "Edit Email" page where you can set up your email.

The top action bar shows you this email's status controls, as well as the standard saving controls. The status of an email can be either 'draft' or 'active'. A draft email is still being set up while an active email is ready to send to customers. We'll cover this more in the article Using Your Emails.

On the left side is your customization panel. Here you can configure your email's colours, text, imagery and more. For more details see our article about Customizing Your Emails.

On the right side is your email preview panel. As you update things in the customizations panel, this will update with a live preview of the email so that you can see your email before it gets sent out to customers. At the top of the preview panel, you'll also find the name of this email and some additional controls. Within the ... menu you'll find options to Send this email as a test, rename this email, duplicate this email or delete this email. On the right, you'll find the ability to toggle the preview between desktop and mobile modes.

Now that you've created your first new email, you can learn how to customize it and put it to use in the following guides: