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Posted 12 January 2007 - 11:19 AM
This is more a technical question as opposed to something related to the newsletter receiver. I was reading my RSS feeds and ran across a really good article describing how to code a newsletter. It suggests using tables in the layout as opposed to CSS. I wanted to know if anyone has opinions on it.
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Posted 12 January 2007 - 11:27 AM
Oh heck yeah, I learned the hard way, long ago, that no CSS should be in a newsletter. Web-based email programs are known to strip out CSS automatically.
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Posted 12 January 2007 - 11:33 AM
Just pretend it's 1998 and you should be fine.
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Posted 12 January 2007 - 12:01 PM
So how do you style links and all that jazz?
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Posted 12 January 2007 - 12:07 PM
JPMitchell, on Jan 12 2007, 12:01 PM, said:
So how do you style links and all that jazz?
Just using <font color="#ffcc00">link</font>, etc.
I'm going to go wash my hands now...
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Posted 12 January 2007 - 12:53 PM
Herk feels dirty.
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Posted 12 January 2007 - 03:12 PM
That's really odd, because I know a company (my full time job) sends out newsletters with CSS classes attached within them and table based layout. The only difference is a non-external stylesheet as it is just in the <head> of it.
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Posted 13 January 2007 - 05:22 AM
Surely you could use inline css instead of font tags? Is it really that bad?
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Posted 13 January 2007 - 09:58 AM
I can't say that I've run the most extensive tests on this matter, but I did spend time testing my own scenarios and reading up on it from the pros: http://www.campaignmonitor.com/blog/archiv...e_to_css_1.html
I found that in order to cover all possible email clients, web-based or not, I simply don't use CSS in any way. Most are known to parse your code and either strip out your inline css, strip out your style link or import, or even go as far as inserting an "x" in front of every CSS selector.
This is simply because they don't want your styles, somehow, messing up their webpage, and thereby removing the "branding and image" they created all these years.
I found that in order to cover all possible email clients, web-based or not, I simply don't use CSS in any way. Most are known to parse your code and either strip out your inline css, strip out your style link or import, or even go as far as inserting an "x" in front of every CSS selector.
This is simply because they don't want your styles, somehow, messing up their webpage, and thereby removing the "branding and image" they created all these years.
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Posted 13 January 2007 - 07:51 PM
Marc,
That is an excellent link. I will spend some time there. It'll be an interesting read.
That is an excellent link. I will spend some time there. It'll be an interesting read.
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Posted 22 February 2007 - 09:53 AM
I just now posted an introduction to a great study recently done on email marketing newsletter statistics, jump over to it here: http://www.webradiance.com/off-topic-f4/ge...mages-t948.html
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Posted 16 April 2007 - 02:05 PM
ive just done a mailshot. i created in Fireworks and dream weaver 8, it didn't work properly cos of the css so i resorted to (my favourite software before i bought dreamweaver) FrontPage 03. Havent used it in ages - i can see why!
I recoded the tags in that cos it does it the OLD way...
Crap software has its uses....
I recoded the tags in that cos it does it the OLD way...
Crap software has its uses....
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Posted 22 August 2011 - 09:22 AM
I learned the hard way, long ago, that no CSS should be in a newsletter. Web-based email programs are known to strip out CSS automatically. 
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