HTML Emails <--Help.
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- Buckyball2
You know, the ones that pop up in the body of your email message that look like a web page.
Our client wants to know if we can do this. We have our layout built in Quark from which we can export out to a PDF into a JPG, etc. From there is where the questions start to arise.
How hard is it to convert those raw materials into a HTML style format that would appear properly in email. Across multiple platforms, browsers, etc.
We are currently outsourcing this type of work due to my lack of knowledge in this area. There is one catch. Due to our "Big Brother" restrictions, our Macs cannot currently receive these type of emails. Don't ask my why.
Is this critical to testing the format to then be delivered to the client in its proper form.
Any links, tutorials, advice or how-to's anyone can lend would be greatly appreciated. We are hoping that it can be done in-house. Just need to research it thoroughly first.
thanks,
bB
- Mick0
Just make sure your email you're sending is HTML format. Then just do simple HTML coding to insert the image with a hyperlink over it.
You will need to host your image on a website somewhere and call it with an absolute URL ie. IMG SRC = "http://www.mysite.com/image.jpg...
- snowtrooper0
maxbulk mailer works a treat for multi-part stuff
http://www.maxprog.com/MaxBulk.h…
if you are doing html emails, do a search in here - there has been a few good discussions
- Buckyball20
What if I need to give the final HTML format email to the client who is then going to send it to all of their names in their database.
thanks,
bB
- jenno0
yeah - just build html page - even in dreamweaver.. whatever, but make sure the code starts and not all that additional shit dreamweaver adds...
...change all the image links to remote links (eg on the clients server and then send them the images to upload so traffic doesnt hit your server!)...
...upload the page to somewhere like your own site and you can test from wherever then - if the layout works in a browser it tends to be fine in email too - this is what i do for reasonably big online shop clients...
then just email the images and the html file to the client ...hey presto.
- unknown0
a related link, this is the service I use
- mbr0
Just remember that not all email recepients will be able to see the html.
That, and I just got put on a SPEWS list that will block your IP address (fuckers!). My email was only sent to fellow architects, so it's not like I sent a 1000 emails.
Things to consider. The spam filters will most likely block HTML (like on your Macs).
- spk0
hey... who offfers the BEST mailer/remailer service - pricing?
ive seen:
http://www.mailchimp.com
and
http://www.exacttarget.comon either end of the spectrum... what else is out there that peeps recommend?