markwill2112 Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 I send out regular e-newsletters. Obviously I had to revert to tables to send via Outlook 2007 because of Microsoft's leap back to the dark ages! Here is the web version of one I sent out today: http://www.imperial.ac.uk/edudev/newsletters/FacMed_prog_2010-11.html I basically create the webpage in Dreamweaver using tables so the formatting doesn't go awry, view it in the browser and click file > send page by email. This 'embeds' the page in the email and I also include a link to the webpage in case Outlook throws a wobbly! Could Outlook cope with fancier e-newsletters this way? E.g. could I 'embed' flash, hover over thumbnails etc etc Basically I am always looking at ways to improve them and jazz them up. Any suggestions and/or advice on how I could improve these 'embedded' e-newsletters would be most welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falkencreative Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 I would do a bit more testing in commonly used email clients -- not only Outlook, but Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, etc. I think you'll find that the embedded CSS within the <head> section of the document gets stripped and your floats may or may not work. One thing I thought I would also point out... using tables isn't only for Outlook -- gmail and other web clients have issues with a float based layout as well. I don't believe you can embed Flash -- I believe there are security risks with that and if you test it, I imagine that a lot of email clients strip that out. Also, I'm not sure if/how you could do rollovers -- I believe Javascript gets stripped and using a background image doesn't work in a lot of email clients. I usually recommend people look at: http://www.mailchimp.com/articles/how_to_code_html_emails/ http://24ways.org/2009/rock-solid-html-emails http://articles.sitepoint.com/article/code-html-email-newsletters Email templates to use as a reference: http://www.mailchimp.com/resources/html_email_templates/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 Yes, you must use tables for ALL email clients. Outlook 2007 is only worse in one respect - it doesn't process background images. Tutorial here:- http://www.reachcustomersonline.com/2010/01/23/09.27.00/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newseed Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 I've posted this a few years ago and it still quite useful. Premailer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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