Preview and test

Stop 42 of 58 · about 8 minutes

What does it look like on a phone, and who sees it first? The first person to see a typo should be you, not four thousand supporters.

Sample charity: the people and numbers in these screens are made up, so the picture shows the tool, not a result.

The lesson

From the Email Builder, click Edit under your template, then Preview & Test.

Preview email, then Start testing: pick the email clients and devices to see it in.
Send a test email: type one or more addresses, pressing Enter after each, and click Send. Test emails go to any address and arrive like the real thing.

From a journey, open the email step's option menu, click Edit, then the menu in the top right of the side panel, then Preview and Test Email.

Send a test to yourself and to one colleague who hasn't seen it. Read it on a phone.

Watch this stop · about a minute

Open your template and click Preview & Test.
Click Preview email, then Start testing, and look at it on at least one phone client.
Click Send a test email, add your own address and a colleague's, and click Send.
Read the test on your phone. Fix anything you find.

Where do test emails go?

Answer: To any address you type in

What should you check on the test?

Answer: The name variable, the links, and how it reads on a phone

Need a hint?

Any address. Check the variable, the links and the phone view.

Ten minutes of testing protects a relationship you spent years building.

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