Step 1 - Upload assets

Upload the images you want Alvas to be able to choose from. You can either enter in an image URL, or select files from your local computer.

The images you upload will be your image bank.

Go to Assets inside the Alvas Platform.

Click Upload.

You can select a file, or use an Image URL. For this example, I'm using an Image URL.

Click Upload to upload the file.

Alvas will use AI to understand what's inside the image, and create a description of the image.

You should upload an image for all the different product categories you have.

For this guide, I've uploaded 3 assets, one for shoes, one for women's clothes and one for men's clothes.

Step 2 - Select assets for an email

For each email you have, you need to choose the assets Alvas can use in that email.

You do so by heading to Emails.

Select the email, where you want to add the category images.

Go to the Assets tab inside the email.

Click the "Add" button.

Select which images you will let Alvas choose between when generating a new email.

Clicking an image will select it.

Remember to save the email when you've selected the assets.

Step 3 - Add the mergetag in your template

To display the dynamic image, you will need to copy and paste the mergetag into your email template.

Turn on integration mode.

Add a fallback asset.

This should be a default branded image, in case Alvas doesn't find any of the assets relevant.

For example, for Nike I would use a standard Nike logo banner.

Then you can copy the mergetag by clicking on it.

Go to your email template.

Drag in an image block

Then click select an image.

Click on the Dynamic Image tab.

Paste in the mergetag you copied from Alvas.

Step 4 - Preview the images

For this last step, I would recommend watching our video, it shows how to do this step way better.

Simply put, you should preview the template as a person that you've just generated an email for.

When you do that, you can see the image that Alvas selected for the specifc person.