Full Width Blasts are a great way to send a simple email that formats your Blast to look as if it was sent from an app like Gmail or Outlook. With simplified formatting, Full Width Blasts are limited to the Text, Image, and Signature Elements - These elements will span the full width of the email instead of being placed in the center of it. Please Note: The full width Blast feature is only available for Cerkl Instances that send to Internal audiences.
Creating a Full Width Blast
It is recommended to start designing your Full Width Blast from the very start, but you can toggle a Blast to Full Width even after adding Text, Image and Signature Elements.
If other Elements have been included, you will not be able to toggle on the Full Width Email feature until they have been removed.
To toggle full width Blasts on/off for a specific Blast, from Blast Editor:
Click the ⋮ Ellipsis menu button to the right of Exit.
Click Email Settings.
Under the General tab
Toggle Full-Width Email on or off.
Click Save.
Full Width Elements
When creating a full width Blast, you will only be able to select from the following three Elements:
Elements function similar as when using the standard Blast editor, however, there are some key differences that are outlined before.
For Basic Blast functions, including re-arranging, duplicating, and deleting, please review: How To Use Blast Elements.
One Element Per Row
You can only have one Element per row since each Element will be using the full width of the email.
Image Size
The Image Element and Signature Element both allow you to set a specific image width in pixels from the Layout tab.
These size adjustments are applied through code and do not modify the original image file. While imported images can be larger, the displayed image width can be set to a maximum of 2,000 pixels. Images must also meet the maximum file size requirement of 3 MB.
Image height is automatically determined based on the selected width and cannot be adjusted independently. To change the visible height or dimensions of an image, use the Image Element Cropper.
In a Full Width Blast, images automatically scale down when the email is viewed on a screen narrower than the specified Image Width. For example, on mobile devices, an image that is wider than the available display area will automatically resize to fit the screen.
It is recommended that you send yourself a sample to preview on both mobile and desktop platforms to ensure the image meets your expectations.
Examples
The examples below show the format differences between a full width Blast and a regular Blast when viewed inside your inbox:
Full Width Blast
Regular Blast
When creating a full width Blast, the preview doesn't always represent what will be seen in your Audience's inbox. For that reason, we recommend that teams send samples before scheduling or sending your Blast.
If you have any questions at all, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at support@cerkl.com or use the support Chat toward the bottom right-hand corner of any cerkl.com page.