Guidelines for HTML Email
Here are some of the guidelines for HTML email to
ensure you have a good HTML rendering in a broad range of email
clients:
HTML emails are created similar to a regular HTML
page having html, head and body
tags.
It is a good idea to create a plain text file alternative to the HTML email so that email clients that cannot display HTML will display the plain text.
Using WebObjects, the HTML part and the Plain Text alternative can each be created as a WOComponent
All URL references to external images must be absolute full URLs, for example "http://www.domain.com/images/email/image1.gif"
Do NOT link to style sheets, however BASIC simple stylesheets can be put in the head of the html page and inline styles in html tags can be used effectively.
Use CSS styles for text formatting and tables for layout. Use HTML 4.01 transitional DTD and syntax.
Preview your html email in a browser. TEST it using MS Outlook on Windows, Mail on OS X and a browser based client such as yahoo or msn.
It is a good idea to create a plain text file alternative to the HTML email so that email clients that cannot display HTML will display the plain text.
Using WebObjects, the HTML part and the Plain Text alternative can each be created as a WOComponent
All URL references to external images must be absolute full URLs, for example "http://www.domain.com/images/email/image1.gif"
Do NOT link to style sheets, however BASIC simple stylesheets can be put in the head of the html page and inline styles in html tags can be used effectively.
Use CSS styles for text formatting and tables for layout. Use HTML 4.01 transitional DTD and syntax.
Preview your html email in a browser. TEST it using MS Outlook on Windows, Mail on OS X and a browser based client such as yahoo or msn.
Posted: Wednesday - May 04, 2005 at 11:57 AM
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