---
title: Creating a newsletter
description: Set up a new newsletter in the Control Centre, ready to fill with articles in the newsletter builder.
url: "https://schoolzine.com/docs/creating-a-newsletter/"
updated: "2026-10-21"
category: Newsletters
tags:
  - getting started
  - newsletter builder
---

# Creating a newsletter

Each issue of your newsletter starts in the Control Centre. Once it's set up, you add the articles in the newsletter builder.

## Create the newsletter

1. Log in to your **Control Centre** and select **Newsletters** (previously **eNewsletters**) from the menu.
2. Click **New eNewsletter** at the top of the list.
3. Type a **Newsletter Title**, for example "Term 4 Week 3". Families see this title at the top of the newsletter and in your newsletter archive.
4. Choose a **Publication**. Most schools use **School Newsletter**. The publication decides the design and who the newsletter goes to.
5. Click **Save** in the bottom-right corner.

![The Newsletter Title and Publication fields](https://schoolzine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/10/newsletter-create-title.png)

Your newsletter is saved as **Unpublished**, so nobody can see it until you're ready. From here, click **Edit Content** to open the newsletter builder and add your articles.

![A new, unpublished newsletter with the Edit Content button](https://schoolzine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/10/newsletter-created.png)

## Advanced settings

Click **Advanced Settings** before you save to fine-tune the newsletter. You can come back and change these later from the newsletter's **Settings** button.

![The Advanced Settings section](https://schoolzine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/10/newsletter-create-advanced-settings.png)

- **Publish Date** and **Publish Time**: when the newsletter goes live. They start as the current date and time.
- **Assign Custom Skin**: use a different design for this issue only, such as a Christmas or end-of-year edition. Leave it blank to use your publication's usual design.
- **Custom URL**: give this issue its own web address. Each newsletter needs a different one.
- **Table of Contents**: shows a list of articles at the top of the newsletter. It's on by default. For a newsletter with three articles or fewer, you may prefer to turn it off.
- **Hide Archive**: keeps this issue out of your newsletter archive. This is handy for special editions.
- **Summary View** and **Layout**: leave these as they are unless our Customer Success Team has set them up for your school.

> **Tip:** Need a newsletter that looks like last week's? Open last week's newsletter and click **Copy**. You'll get a new newsletter with copies of its articles, ready to update. Changes to the copies won't affect last week's issue.

## Related articles

- [Getting started with the newsletter builder](https://schoolzine.com/docs/getting-started-with-the-newsletter-builder/)
- [Adding content to an article](https://schoolzine.com/docs/adding-content-to-an-article/)

## Need a hand?

Our Customer Success Team is here to help. Call **1300 795 503**, email **support@schoolzine.com** or start a live chat in your Schoolzine account.