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akrokdesign
i'm buidling it in dreamweaver and using directmail to send it out. question is. can I use css. (style sheet) ?????
Mar 12, 08, 12:30 p.m. – Permalink
734
stick with simple css1 and inline styles.... everything else should be done in tables
no background-images
no div positioning
- yeah!– mrdobolina1/4
  whats 'yeah' supposed to mean? you trying to start a fight? fuck you!– 7342/4
  what the fuck you!– mrdobolina3/4
  lol @ mrd.'s 'yeah!'.– blaw4/4
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Dog-earMar 12, 08, 12:32 p.m. – Permalink
mrdobolina
if you do, embed it directly in the html, don't call out to a separate file. Your best bet is to keep html emails old school though, use tables, font tags and all that. no sense in doing it the other way and having people with outlook not able to see it.
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Dog-earMar 12, 08, 12:32 p.m. – Permalink
Point5
http://www.campaignmonitor.com/b…
- +1– utopian
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Dog-earMar 12, 08, 12:34 p.m. – Permalink
mrdobolina
gmail trashes most layouts.
- is this a gay joke? you fucking liberal!– 7341/4
  haha sorry i just was under the impression that everyone was supposed to argue with you :)– 7342/4
  haha– mrdobolina3/4
  nobody told me that. where the qbn newsletter. lol– akrokdesign4/4
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Dog-earMar 12, 08, 12:35 p.m. – Permalink
akrokdesign
great answers. thank you.
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Dog-earMar 12, 08, 12:37 p.m. – Permalink
brains
Also, most mail apps with ignore padding.
- padding? you mean attachment?– akrokdesign1/3
  no, css padding. make sure you don't rely on it in your layout.– brains2/3
  padding works in td cells... but not consistent on other elements, best to stick with cellpadding and cellspacing– 7343/3
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Dog-earMar 12, 08, 12:39 p.m. – Permalink
Daro
Huge image map, my solution to any web related design.
- +666– OnesandZeros
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Dog-earMar 12, 08, 12:46 p.m. – Permalink
akrokdesign
i'm deleted the css style sheet and going basic.
I got a background color in the tables, but for some reason when I email it, it just plain white. any ideas?
- it may be that it doesnt like multiple colors. do you say have a different color on the td cells as the entire table?– 7341/3
  well it was doing that when I had the CSS. I havent test it yet. (without it). =o)– akrokdesign2/3
  i will double check it. thanks, 734.– akrokdesign3/3
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Dog-earMar 12, 08, 12:54 p.m. – Permalink
akrokdesign
once agian. thanks.
- again not agian– akrokdesign1/2
  :-)– akrokdesign2/2
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Dog-earMar 12, 08, 1:01 p.m. – Permalink
geralddean
@daro:
you may or may not be aware but if you are sending to a large enough list your low text/image ratio in your email would get you blacklisted as a spammer.
You should have sufficient text and don't use spammy subject lines either.
Just something to think about.
@akrok,
if use a td with a background color to nest a table with no background color but with the text/etc, the background color of the nesting td will not disappear.
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Dog-earMar 12, 08, 1:35 p.m. – Permalink
geralddean
also if you send something with the background of the entire email intended to be a certain color... the best thing to do would be to nest the entire email template with a table width = 100% and assign the background color to the td that encapsulates the email news letter.
I could send you an example.
- to the table or td depending on which needs the bgcolor.– geralddean
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Dog-earMar 12, 08, 1:38 p.m. – Permalink
flashbender
You might want to take a look at these:
http://www.email-standards.org/
http://www.thinkvitamin.com/feat…
- dig the first link. preciated!– 7341/2
  ya, excellent resource.– nearestexit2/2
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Dog-earMar 12, 08, 1:53 p.m. – Permalink
akrokdesign
thank you!
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Dog-earMar 12, 08, 2:36 p.m. – Permalink
dtan
oh god...i've been getting bitch slapped with these at work ever since i started...fucking terrible. i hate them to death...
that being said, here are a few things to do:
- no css files, no <style> declarations, only inline styling
- use style="display: block" on all images to eliminate that annoying white gap in some clients
- use <font> tags
- make the layout with tables
- if you want the email to be forwarded and not break in the forwarding process, you cannot have stacked tables otherwise white gaps will appear in the forwarded version
here's the updated link to campaign monitor someone else just posted:
http://www.campaignmonitor.com/b…
- I am open to dealing with that which you do not want to deal with as I do this for a living.– geralddean1/2
  unfortunately, that has been my living as of late...– dtan2/2
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Dog-earMar 12, 08, 2:47 p.m. – Permalink
dtan
another note:
for aol clients, sometimes html comments show up as actual content.
to add to the <font> tag point, put that as the closest element to your actual text. otherwise i think gmail will insert its own font tag.
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Dog-earMar 12, 08, 3:01 p.m. – Permalink
OSFA
Quick question, anyone here that has used campaignmonitor interested in answering some questions I have? I'm getting ready to use it but want to make sure I do the right thing first...
- I may be able to help out..– brains1/4
  for a MacBook AIR!– brains2/4
  hahaha!– OSFA3/4
  I HAVE USED IT ONCE AND CAN SAY = IT'S WORTH IT– Dancer4/4
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Dog-earApr 8, 08, 10:36 a.m. – Permalink
Dancer
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- i did, but it's just a stoopid quick question... email me please if ya'll wanna help me out?– OSFA
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Dog-earApr 8, 08, 10:39 a.m. – Permalink
OSFA
Oh, and when you buy credits, do you have to include the $5 fee or that is added to the acct. automatically?
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Dog-earApr 8, 08, 10:45 a.m. – Permalink
akrokdesign
Only pay when you send
Campaign Monitor's pricing structure couldn't be more simple. There are no setup fees, no monthly fees and no hidden fees.
For each campaign you send with more than 5 recipients, you pay a flat delivery fee of $5 plus 1 cent/recipient. Any campaigns you send to 5 or less people are free of charge.
Let's say you're sending an email newsletter for a client to their database of 4,500 subscribers. To send this newsletter, you will be charged $5 plus a cent for each recipient, $45 in this case, making a total of $50. All prices are in US dollars.
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