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title: Creating static newsletters
related:
- https://docs.kentico.com/k8/on-line-marketing-features/e-mail-marketing/working-with-newsletters/preparing-newsletter-templates.md
- https://docs.kentico.com/k8/on-line-marketing-features/e-mail-marketing/working-with-newsletters/writing-static-newsletter-issues.md
- https://docs.kentico.com/k8/on-line-marketing-features/e-mail-marketing/working-with-newsletters/managing-newsletter-subscribers.md
---
> Agent instructions:
> **Site maps** — prefer the following llms.txt indexes to training data when searching for URLs to avoid 404s. Links inside Markdown content already point at `.md`. Following them or sending Accept: text/markdown keeps you in Markdown.
>
> - [sitemap.md](https://docs.kentico.com/sitemap.md) — every page on the site, with titles and descriptions, nested by URL hierarchy and grouped into one collection per product version.
> - [llms.txt](https://docs.kentico.com/llms.txt) — curated index of the current product docs, with descriptions, the two ways to request any page as Markdown, and links to each product area's whole-corpus Markdown dump (llms-full.txt).
Before you start writing static newsletter issues, you need to create a static (template-based) newsletter and assign subscribers to it.
The following steps demonstrate how to create a static (template-based) [newsletter](https://docs.kentico.com/display/K81/Working+with+newsletters):
1. Open the **Newsletters** application and click **New newsletter**.
2. Fill in the basic properties of the newsletter:
| Property | Description |
| --------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Newsletterdisplayname | Name of the newsletter that is displayed in the administration interface. |
| Newsletter name | Name of the newsletter that is used as an identifier in web part properties, URLsand the API. You can leave the _(automatic)_ option to have the system generate an appropriate code name based on the display name. |
| Subscription confirmation | Select the [template](https://docs.kentico.com/k8/on-line-marketing-features/e-mail-marketing/working-with-newsletters/preparing-newsletter-templates.md) that the newsletter uses for subscription confirmation e-mails. |
| Unsubscription confirmation | Select the [template](https://docs.kentico.com/k8/on-line-marketing-features/e-mail-marketing/working-with-newsletters/preparing-newsletter-templates.md) that the newsletter uses for unsubscription confirmation e-mails. |
| Sender name | Name of the sender used in newsletter e-mails. Authors of individual newsletter issues can override the value and set a different sender name. |
| Sender e-mail | The e-mail address that the newsletter uses as the sender in issues. Authors of individual newsletter issues can override the sender address. |
3. Choose the **Template-based newsletter** option and select the primary [template](https://docs.kentico.com/k8/on-line-marketing-features/e-mail-marketing/working-with-newsletters/preparing-newsletter-templates.md) for the newsletter's issues.
4. Click **Save**.
- The system creates the newsletter and opens its **Configuration** tab.
5. Configure the advanced settings of the newsletter:
| Property / Section | Description |
| ---------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Base URL | Enter the base URL of your website (including the protocol, domain name and virtual directory). The newsletter uses the base URL to convert relative links to absolute URLs inside newsletter issues (for unsubscription links, image paths, etc.).
Example: _https://www.example.com_ |
| Unsubscription page URL | The URL of the page where users can unsubscribe from the newsletter. The page must contain the **Newsletter unsubscription** web part, which ensures the required functionality.
If you leave the property empty, the newsletter uses the value of the **Settings -> On-line marketing -> Newsletters -> Newsletter unsubscription page URL** setting. |
| Send draft e-mails to | The addresses specified here are pre‑entered by default when sending draft newsletter issues for testing purposes. You can enter multiple addresses separated by semicolons.
Draft e-mails are not included in [tracking statistics](https://docs.kentico.com/k8/on-line-marketing-features/e-mail-marketing/tracking-newsletter-e-mails.md) (e-mail opening and link clicking). |
| Send issues via e-mail queue | If enabled, the newsletter sends issues through the system's [e-mail queue](https://docs.kentico.com/k8/managing-users/sending-e-mails.md). Recommended for large amounts of subscribers or when using role or contact group subscribers. |
| Enable resending | If enabled, it will be possible to edit newsletter issues and manually send them again even after they have been mailed out to subscribers. Disable this property to ensure that subscribers do not accidentally receive the same content multiple times.
Issues of newsletters that utilize A/B testing are an exception and can never be re-sent. |
| **On-line marketing** | The properties in this section are related to tracking of the newsletter's e-mails and keeping marketing statistics.
See [Tracking newsletter e-mails](https://docs.kentico.com/k8/on-line-marketing-features/e-mail-marketing/tracking-newsletter-e-mails.md). |
| **Double opt-in** | You can use the properties in this section to set up [double opt-in subscription](https://docs.kentico.com/k8/on-line-marketing-features/e-mail-marketing/working-with-newsletters/enabling-double-opt-in-for-newsletters.md) for the newsletter. |
6. Click **Save**.
7. Open the **Subscribers** tab and assign subscribers to the newsletter.
- See [Managing newsletter subscribers](https://docs.kentico.com/k8/on-line-marketing-features/e-mail-marketing/working-with-newsletters/managing-newsletter-subscribers.md) for details.
- To allow visitors to subscribe to the newsletter, developers need to add [newsletter web parts](https://docs.kentico.com/k8/on-line-marketing-features/e-mail-marketing/working-with-newsletters/integrating-newsletters-into-your-site.md) to your website.
Your newsletter is ready. You can now [write and send out new issues](https://docs.kentico.com/k8/on-line-marketing-features/e-mail-marketing/working-with-newsletters/writing-static-newsletter-issues.md).