Buttons are an important aspect of your messages, as they enable your readers to navigate from your message to landing pages, documents, websites, etc.
Adding a button
On the Design > Build tab, you'll find the Button layout in the Static Elements category.
Drag and drop this layout onto the canvas.
Button properties
Button properties are available on two tabs: Content and Style.
Content
There are two content options for button layouts:
- Hyperlink - Click the dropdown list to select a hyperlink destination for your button. The choices are:
- Web Page
- Web Version of this Mailing
- Form Landing Page
- Content Only Landing Page
- Unsubscribe Landing Page
- Email Address
- Document
- Label - The text for the button.
Style
There are six style options for button layouts:
- Use Default Background - Check to use the default background color. Uncheck to set a unique color for this button.
- Use Default Text Color - Check to use the default text color. Uncheck to set a unique text color.
- Use Default Expansion - Check to use the default expansion option. Uncheck to reveal a dropdown list where you can select to have this button to expand to the layout’s width.
- Use Default Size - Check to use the default button size. Uncheck to reveal a dropdown list where you can resize this button.
- Use Default Alignment - Check to use the default alignment. Uncheck to select either Left, Center, or Right alignment.
- Use Default Text Decoration - Check to use the default text decoration. Uncheck to reveal a dropdown list where you can choose to underline the text.
- Use Default Font Family - Check this to use the default font family for the button text.
- Padding - Use these two menus to set the top and bottom padding amount for the button. This affects the amount of white space above and below the button, and can be helpful to create a bit of separation between a button and other message content.