I am creating the email format from my code-behind. In that I am using the <div> tags and also the <a> tags. and for them i am applying the style background:url property. Using this way I am getting the emails with images and style. It works proper in the Thunderbird but not in MS Outlook 2007. It prevents the inline images form render.
Is there any other way that I can insert the images inline.
thanks in advance.
Most email clients like Outlook does not render divs properly try to do as following
Do not use Divs.
Only use tables and use fixed width in pixels on each table cell
etc.
Only use inline styling.
Make sure your images are accessible. like
www.mywebsite.com/image1.gif so that outlook can download it.
There are more but these are the basic things which needs to be addressed.
Your problem is div. Since Email templates doesn't support div, you have to use table instead.
Instead of background use image, but with border which set to 0.
<img src="yourimage" alt="My Image" />
-->>see HTML Images
You might have a look at this article about Email Templates
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I inherited a WordPress plugin that sends an RSS feed of content to Mailchimp to generate an email. This code (which I cannot find the source) is adding an extra logo image which is throwing off the formatting. I know I should add something like
<!--[if !mso 9]><!-->
to the code if I want to hide it in Outlook, but I cannot find the source to add this. I can only add external CSS. The usual display: none works in the other email platforms. Any advice on how to remove this extra image instance in Outlook via external CSS?
The code you provided is an HTML conditional comment. It can only work embedded in the HTML code. If you want to hide an element from an external stylesheet in the Outlooks on Windows (from 2007 and above), you can use the mso-hide:all property. It’s basically a display:none but for Word’s rendering engine. Although, contrary to display:none, this doesn’t always inherit to <table> children elements. In that case you could use a double selector like the following.
.your-element,
.your-element table {
mso-hide: all;
}
When developing a web-based email system, is there a generally accepted correct way to handle style sheets on incoming emails? I am referring to the <style tag. Not referring to #import or <link notation.
These stylesheets have to be restricted to only the element containing the foreign email, or else they will also adjust the content of your own system, which is a big no-no.
I am aware that I should sanitize scripts and stylesheets, which will allow me to prevent url background images, or fixed position elements that would cover parts of my system.
I would not want to drop the stylesheet completely, so I see these options
Convert style sheets to inline styles
Put the entire foreign email in its own div with an ID, and change the style rules to only affect that div (for example a,b{color:purple} would become #foreign a,#foreign b{color:purple})
Are either of these good ideas? Is there an obvious/better way that I am missing? What is common/accepted/robust?
Email doesn't support external style sheets, so all CSS on a html email is in the page style tag, or inline. As it is standard for clients like gmail and yahoo to strip the style tag, and everything else outside the body tags, you could simply do the same. Limiting incoming emails to inline styles will keep all CSS local to those elements. It is pretty much email design 101 to inline the css, so you don't have to worry about your email system being less than what is standard.
Web clients also strip many CSS elements in addition to this. Don't want someone adding position:fixed; for example as it would break out of the viewing pane. The best reference for what CSS is allowed in each client is Campaign Monitor's CSS guide.
I think the best idea is use inline styles. I have made may web sites that send styled html email and inline styles is the only thing tha work in most email sistemas.
I'm getting double spacing in Outlook 2007/2010/2013 and GMail but it looks fine elsewhere. I'm creating a newsletter and I've tried all-sorts: border-collapses, margins, paddings, spans, and still can't get my head around this. Can anyone see where I'm going wrong? Am I missing something?
Link below - source code too long to paste here. Sorry.
http://pastebin.com/FW3RgYuv
For one, all styles must be inline. Most mail clients do not support stylesheets.
You are not building a web page, you're building an email, therefore everything in your HEAD section will be removed, including your embedded stylesheet.
In you code you have </br>. This is not a valid tag. Use <br />.
NEVER NEVER use !important. Inline styles already override other styles, plus you can dig yourself into a dead end.
Put your text in a DIV or a P and style that, not the TD. Not all styles are supported by every mail client. Here's a good list to compare to.
Email clients are limited in their HTML display capabilities.
What HTML markup and CSS styles is it safe to use in HTML-formatted email?
In general you want to stick to 10+ years old HTML.
Avoid trying to link to external stylesheets and avoid styles in the HEAD.
Use inline styles.
Use HTML tables for layout.
Industry standard is to stick to width of 600px or less for your email content.
This is a good guide: http://kb.mailchimp.com/article/how-to-code-html-emails
Some useful links on this subject detailing which clients support what markup and style:
http://www.campaignmonitor.com/css/
http://www.email-standards.org/
Places you can get help building cross-client HTML e-mail:
https://www.mailrox.com/
https://www.getfractal.com/
Is there is there a way(may be very complicated) to display images in the text area from htmlText property in AIR2?
P.S. I know that AIR ignores img tags in HTML content due prevent possible phishing attacks.
UPD
Resolved: I have used Text Layout Framework
You've answered your own question really. "AIR ignores img tags in HTML content due prevent possible phishing attacks"
From reading the bug at: http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-14238
The Workaround is to use the AIR specific HTML Control when you need to display images. How to use.
Hope this helps!