Creating HTML Emails
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- tactikal2
I'm using Mac's email program and I'd like to use HTML code to compose a message. I have images sitting on a server that I need to point to. I'd appreciate any advice you might want to share.
- tactikal20
Bond
- tactikal20
wow I must be tired... meant to write "bump".
- grafholic0
bond... james bond.
- ********0
use absolute links to the images
- abizzyman0
what rand said.
- jox0
omg you spammer!
sorry. can you tell I'm bored?
- tactikal20
I figured that about the absolute links. The issue is I can't type HTML code directly into a new message out of Apple's Mail program. I just don't know how to go about actual getting hte HTML in there.
- lvl_130
an html email in microsoft outlook never renders right. at least in classic. otherwise it should work in other mail programs
- grafholic0
actually lotus notes is horrible in rendering HTML emails.
- ********0
do the html as an attachment
- stewart0
i always use the Entourage + SendComplexHTML applescript for that, it works OK.
the free applescript can be downloaded here: http://www.macupdate.com/info.ph…
- megatron51500
At work, we've usually created and html page and host it somewhere online. Images must be absolute paths, like everyone else said. Then we've used programs like MailChimp to send the message, you copy your code, paste and go!
To get around Lotus's crappy rendering, we created a single jpeg for the whole message, then send away.
- stewart0
and another thing:
don't use nested tables in your html file.
- grafholic0
megatron -
currently at my work, we have major headache about the lotus rendering issue.
basically, we are sending out weekly emails about some updates to our clients, but we don't really know what email client they use (some outlook, some lotus, some are totally different). we do give them option to receive email in HTML or non-html format, but other than that, we have no control as to who receives crappy html email due to rendering issue.
you said "one big jpeg..." but are you guys selectively sending special html email to those with lotus, and if so, how are you guys finding out what kind of email client people are using?
- lvl_130
good question graph. i was wondering that myself. does it send back a report on who openedd it and with what type of mail app, and that info is then saved in a db or something?
- grafholic0
lvl_13, i'm sure there's a way to track it, but i haven't found one yet. basically i need to get the header when they open email...but saying that is easier than actually coding it. ughhhhh.
- unfittoprint0
doityourself:
a form with 3 input boxes [recipients, subject, body]
make your html [no headers, no css, just plain html -> tables, font, bold tags and images linked to your server], copy paste and....
... use php's mail function to send dat biatch.
http://pt.php.net/mail
- grafholic0
:: jump jump jump jump ::
we use asp at work (not php) but i see the light at the tunnel
thanks!!
- unfittoprint0
note: even using asp you should llok carefully to that link. there's very important info regarding the correct headers for sending mail and preventing it to end in junk mail folders.
for multiple recepients try making a script that split the multiple adresses into an array, to send mail one by one. another anti-junk mail precaution...
- grafholic0
thanks for the further info, unfit.
yeah we do have script setup so email is sent one by one.