email method?
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- leftwave
hello,
i designed some digital invitations for my friends wedding that she is going to email to her guestlist (the couple is very eco conscious).
the invitations will be saved as JPG files and each one will be personalized with the guests name on it. there will be about 100 total JPG files.
what is the best way to individually email each invitation so that the JPG shows up in the body of the recipients email and not as an attachment?
- welded0
As an HTML email, I would guess.
- ismith0
If you're sending as an HTML email, be prepared for a good portion of recipient's to have images disabled (by default or completely), which will defeat the purpose of an HTML email in the first place. I'd say do it, but include the image as an attachment just in case unless you know that most recipient's are tech savvy.
- leftwave0
thanks for the info, but i totally forgot to mention....
i want the JPG to be able to get clicked on. once clicked, it will take the user to their wedding website.
it seems the only way to do this is by making the whole thing into a webpage, right?
- HTML email with a linked image, yes... Just prepare for people who won't see imagesismith
- leftwave0
if so, what's the easiest way this this fairly computer literate bride can make her own HTML emails if I provide the JPGs?
- forcetwelve0
download an app called directMail for the mac.
- knoxvoice0
Try a service like CampaignMonitor: http://www.campaignmonitor.com
- Jnr_Madison0
You're making things hard for yourself. CM is they way to go. Just let it fill in the names in plain text.
- leftwave0
i would, but she wants each guest to receive a personalized email "envelope" that they click on, like this:
- leftwave0
does anyone have a better way to do this?
- six0
post the fuckers
- Machuse0
PDF with links. it will feel like something ur opening, have that same feel; and u can automatically have adobe handle the dynamic names.
- leftwave0
are you saying that she emails everyone a PDF attached to an email and then they click on the envelope in that??
is there some sort of an easy way to just create HTML emails??
- acescence0
create an image for each person, and an html page which embeds the image with a link to the wedding site.
upload the html pages and images to a web server.
have her visit each page in a browser and select file > send page by email. that will create an html email with the image + link that she can address and send
- leftwave0
thanks acescence, this was the idea i had too but just assumed there was an easier way... guess not!
- leftwave0
if anyone else is curious how to do this with campaign monitor, i thought i would post the solution i got from their support team.
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When you import your subscriber list you could import them with a custom field name. So for example each person you're inviting would need the following information (you could do this in Excel, and then export as a.CSV):Name
Email
envelopenameAnd example subscriber would be:
Name: Mr. & Mrs. Fuller
Email:
envelopename: mrmrsfuller.jpgThen in your template include the custom field name:
<img src="http://support.freshview.com/images/[envelopename].jpg">
That would render as:
<img src="http://support.freshview.com/images/mrmrsfuller.jpg">
Thus, for every email giving a custom image.
***********************this worked perfectly for me - yay campaign monitor!!!!
- nice one. glad you got it sorted withCM. I was going to suggest an AS methodmaximillion_
- leftwave0
maximillion, what's an AS method mean???