Import an email from Canva

If you design your emails in Canva, you can bring a finished design into an email campaign. MailGraf uploads the images, sets up the unsubscribe and profile links and saves the result as an HTML email.

Import the design

1. Download the ZIP from Canva

   Open your email design in Canva and select Share, then Download. Choose HTML and images and download the ZIP file.

2. Click Import from Canva on the Design step

   It is one of the three starting options. If your dashboard shows Import from Canva, it leads to the same step.

3. Drop the ZIP file into the window

   You can also click Choose file. MailGraf accepts a .zip file of up to 20 MB.

4. Check the preview

   Your email is ready lists what MailGraf did. If something needs attention, Check before you send lists it, such as links with no address or images with no description.

5. Click Use this email

   MailGraf saves the email and opens it in the code editor. To use a different ZIP instead, click Choose another file.

What MailGraf prepares

MailGraf uploads the images to the Canva files group in your media library. The folder is named with the day and the campaign name.

MailGraf converts Canva's unsubscribe, profile update and view in browser links to its own links. If the design has no unsubscribe link or no Update my profile link, MailGraf adds the missing one at the bottom of the email.

Edit the email later

A Canva email is saved as an HTML email. It does not open in the drag and drop editor. On the Design step, click Edit code to open the code editor; the Canva chip next to the HTML chip shows where the design came from. Change design on the same step imports a new ZIP over this email.

In the code editor, Format code puts the one-line Canva export on readable lines; the email looks the same. Email checks below the code lists what needs attention. Two fixes are one click: Replace with your company details swaps Canva's sample address for the legal line from your company profile, and Suggest with GrafAI writes a description for each image without one (1 credit per image, with GrafAI on).

Next to the code, switch between Desktop and Mobile. Preview opens the email on its own with a bar at the bottom: desktop, small and large mobile, Both devices side by side, light or dark mode, images on or off, and View as to see it with a test contact's name and address.