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Newsletter

A model for teams that treat their newsletter like a product: issues with subject lines, preview text, and send scheduling, built from ordered story blocks. Every issue doubles as a web archive page, so past editions keep earning traffic.

2 content types17 fields3 sample records

What's inside

Every content type ships pre-configured with typed fields, validation and relationships.

Issue

One edition of the newsletter, from draft through send to public archive.
9 fields
subjectTextrequiredEmail subject line, also the archive page title
slugSlugrequiredURL segment for the web archive version
issue_numberTextoptionalSequential label shown in the header, e.g. #42
preview_textTextoptionalInbox preview snippet shown after the subject line
introRichTextoptionalEditor's note that opens the issue before the stories
hero_imageImageoptionalBanner image at the top of the email and archive page
send_dateDateTimeoptionalScheduled or actual send time, used to order the archive
statusEnumrequiredOne of: draft, scheduled, sent
show_in_archiveBooleanoptionalIncludes the issue in the public web archive

Story

A single item within an issue: a headline, a blurb, and a link out.
8 fields
headlineTextrequiredStory title rendered as the block heading
issueReferencerequiredReference to the Issue this story appears in
summaryTextoptionalOne or two sentence blurb under the headline
bodyRichTextoptionalLonger content when the story is written in full
imageImageoptionalThumbnail or illustration for the story block
linkLinkoptionalDestination the story points readers to
cta_labelTextoptionalLink text, e.g. Read the full post
orderTextoptionalNumeric sort key controlling story position in the issue

Ships with sample data

Install the blueprint and explore it with realistic example records.

Sample
Issue #42: The state of shipping fast

A sent issue with intro, hero image, and four ordered stories

Sample
Why we rewrote our billing stack

The lead story in issue 42, linking to the full blog post

Sample
Community picks of the month

A curated roundup story with a thumbnail and outbound links

Why this blueprint

Issues built from blocks

Ordered story records make each edition easy to assemble, rearrange, and reuse across email and web.

Inbox details modeled

Subject, preview text, and send scheduling live as fields, so the whole team reviews the email before it ships.

An archive that compounds

Every sent issue becomes a public page, turning your back catalog into evergreen, linkable content.

Built for

  • A content team curating a weekly industry digest with linked stories
  • A startup sending monthly product updates that mirror a public archive
  • A media creator running a paid newsletter with a browsable free archive
  • A community manager assembling member roundups from recurring story blocks

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Install it in one click, explore the sample data, then adapt every field to your needs.

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