# Using a created newsletter template

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**Created:** [July 30, 2024, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/using-a-created-newsletter-template/49173 "2024-07-30T16:47:31Z")\
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> [@BruceInLouisville](#):
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> If you created a custom template file using code and handlebars, with a name beginning with “custom-,” then it will show up when you create a new post in the Template drop-down under Settings.

To clarify this - making a custom post template inside the theme does _not_ affect the appearance of what goes out by email. It only affects how it looks on the website.

There is modest ability to customize the newsletter that gets emailed out, and you’ll find it inside /ghost \> settings (the gear icon), under newsletters:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/ghost2/original/3X/a/3/a35520dd62e484d60bcf7c1efe65570b39c398c5.png)  
(when you hover, an ‘edit’ link appears for each newsletter)

Then within the Design tab (see image below), there are some options you can select, like whether to show the post excerpt, whether to show the blog/newsletter title or the post title, etc.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/ghost2/original/3X/2/5/25fa89aa707c7ff55ba4ab3e6fc6aa03864b82aa.jpeg)

More changes would require editing the core of Ghost, which would mean needing to merge code whenever Ghost releases an update (i.e. weekly, if you want to stay up to date). There’s some discussion of how to do so here:

> [@Is there an easy way to edit the email newsletter template? Will there be?](https://forum.ghost.org/t/is-there-an-easy-way-to-edit-the-email-newsletter-template-will-there-be/13070/14):
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> Another vote on newsletter theming! It would be a huge win and make Ghost usable as a viable alternative to other platforms. Also, slightly lower priority since its achievable with Zapier, but still +1 to custom transactional emails (ie welcome email)

(The start is likely outdated, but the last post should get you to the right part of the file structure, I think.)

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