What’s new

A fresher dashboard

We've started rolling out a visual refresh of the dashboard, the first phase of a wider redesign that'll continue over the coming weeks.

You'll notice a cleaner, simpler sidebar with updated typography and a move away from the heavy greens and blues of the old UI, along with tidier spacing throughout. When the sidebar is collapsed, you'll now see tooltips on hover to help you navigate.

A better automation editor

We've rebuilt the automation editor from the ground up, giving you a cleaner, more modern builder with smoother animations and a new mini-map for navigating larger automations.

Managing your automations is easier too. You can now move steps, swap Yes and No branches on conditions, and when deleting a condition you'll be asked which branch to keep, so restructuring no longer means starting over.

We've also made error handling much clearer. Validation issues now tell you exactly what's wrong, and you can jump straight to the step that needs fixing.

Plus a number of under-the-hood improvements to make everything feel faster and more reliable.

Preview text that stands alone

We've tidied up how preview text appears in your campaigns and automations. Previously, it would run straight into the opening lines of your email, now it sits alone, keeping things cleaner across most email clients.

It's a small fix that stops your carefully crafted preview from blending into your email content when subscribers scan their inbox.

A new home for your brand

The sidebar now has a Branding section, bringing together everything that shapes how your content looks and feels.

You'll find your templates, brand information and brand styles all in one place, rather than dotted across different parts of the dashboard. It should make it quicker to pull together a consistent look across your campaigns, landing pages and forms, and easier to keep things updated as your brand evolves.

A simpler way to get around EmailOctopus

We’ve moved our navigation from the top of the dashboard into a new sidebar.

This should make it easier to find what you’re looking for, with everything clearly grouped in one place. Switching between contacts, campaigns, automations and forms should now feel quicker and more straightforward.

If you prefer a cleaner canvas, you can minimise the sidebar at any time to keep it tucked out of the way.

The sidebar also gives us more space to evolve over time, without things starting to feel cramped or cluttered. As ever, we’ll keep refining things and we’d love to hear what you think.