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Save predefined sets of modules in your Email Design System — so editors can add them all at once, complete with default content, with a single click.

What are Stacks?

Predefined Module Sets for Your Team

A Stack is a saved, reusable set of modules tied to a specific modulezone in your Email Design System. When a designer creates a Stack, they choose which modules belong to it, set up the layout, and fill in default content.

Editors can then apply an entire Stack to a mailing in one click — all the modules appear instantly, pre-populated and ready to edit. No rebuilding from scratch, no hunting for the right modules.

One Stack, Many Mailings

Stacks are scoped to a modulezone, so they only appear in the zone they were built for — keeping the editor clean and the right content in the right place.

Think of a Stack as a content recipe: a "Hero Banner" Stack might contain a full-width image module, a headline module, and a CTA button module — all pre-configured and ready to customise.

Setting up Stacks in your Email Design System

Create and Manage Stacks

Stacks are managed from the Stacks tab inside your Email Design System settings. You need designer or admin access to create and edit Stacks.

How to create a Stack

  1. Open your Email Design System and go to the Stacks tab
  2. Click + Add New
  3. Give the Stack a name — for example, "Hero Banner" or "Product Spotlight"
  4. Add an optional description to help editors understand when to use it
  5. Select the Modulezone this Stack belongs to
  6. Click Create Stack
  7. The Stack editor opens — add the modules you want, arrange them, and fill in the default content
  8. Save your changes

Note: Each Stack is scoped to one modulezone. Editors will only see it in the zone you selected.

Editing and Deleting Stacks

To update a Stack's modules or content, click its name in the Stacks list to open it in the editor. Changes you make here update the Stack's default content — they don't affect mailings that have already used the Stack.

To rename or delete a Stack, use the ⋮ menu next to its name in the Stacks list.

Note: Deleting a Stack is permanent and cannot be undone.

The New Stack form showing Stack Name, Description and Modulezone fields

Adding a Stack in the Email Editor

One Click to Add All Your Modules

When a mailing has Stacks configured for one of its modulezones, a + Add Stack button appears in the modulezone header alongside the standard "+ Add Modules" button.

How to add a Stack

  1. Open a mailing in the editor
  2. Find the modulezone that has Stacks — look for the + Add Stack button in the zone header
  3. Click + Add Stack to see the available Stacks for that zone
  4. Select the Stack you want
  5. All of the Stack's modules appear instantly, pre-filled with their default content
  6. Edit the content as needed for your campaign

Note: The + Add Stack button is only available on the default (parent) version of a mailing.

The + Add Stack button in a modulezone header, with the Hero Banner Stack selected from the dropdown

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