There are several articles on this which address many methods of how to embed an email with an html page that you just created. this is done all the time in email ads to just about anything that can be thought of.
I was using a web service that allowed me to "mass email" any html page. All I had to do was literally copy the entire contents of an html document and paste this html doc right into a field box. It had the ability to send anything from plain text to a custom html page.
Of course the web service allows you to install all of your email contacts. Then all you had to do is click send. When you get the email and open it --- there is the webpage (embedded).
Well, I had to say all this so that therefore I can ask: Is there any tool in CC HTML Editor that I am missing that can do this for me? Or would this be a special software program that Coffee Cup would develope? If this is something that CC would develop, then I would be first in line.
Reason being is that I want to get away from that "paid" service and create my own "newsletters" using my own software that can do this for me. Package it. And even allow for email recipients to be inserted.
Hey, as a matter of fact, you guys do this with your Ads (via email) that you send out. I get them all the time :-) -- well, I need to do this too.
Thanks
Donnie D
Long time user of the HTML Editor.
embedding email with an html page
Donnie Driskell
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SadDuck
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You're talking about 2 different things I think. You talk about embedding an HTML page in an email and sending it. That's one thing. What you are trying to do is embed an email in an HTML page. See the difference? You can have your HTML page send an email, but you need to create the email, then your email program will be called to send it. I guess if you write enough code you can probably do it, but I'm not really a coder.
Now, having said all that, you can create an email (that contains an HTML page) and send it via a link on your html page, or from Web Form Builder, or in a number of ways. Just depends on exactly what you are trying to do. If you are talking about mass emails to a customer list or something, then that might be easier than you think! You can use Web Form Builder to collect email addresses from your customers, and have those addresses saved to 'MailChimp'. A MailChimp account is free till you reach a particular level. MailChimp will allow you to create emails, including HTML, and mass mail them to your list. Is this what you are looking for?
Now, having said all that, you can create an email (that contains an HTML page) and send it via a link on your html page, or from Web Form Builder, or in a number of ways. Just depends on exactly what you are trying to do. If you are talking about mass emails to a customer list or something, then that might be easier than you think! You can use Web Form Builder to collect email addresses from your customers, and have those addresses saved to 'MailChimp'. A MailChimp account is free till you reach a particular level. MailChimp will allow you to create emails, including HTML, and mass mail them to your list. Is this what you are looking for?
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Jo Rice
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Have you checked out MailChimp? If not, go see if that would work for you as it's a free service for I think up to 3,000 emails per month or something like that, might be more by now. That service has a built in editor for your mails, but there are lots of places you can get templates for emails free. Try a google search if MailChimp isn't what you're looking for.
Once you have some email templates you can edit the colors and images and text using the HTML Editor without any problems as it's basically old style HTML and inline CSS for the most part. Just make sure to keep the structure of the document as it is and just alter the styling and images and text content and you'll be fine.
Once you have some email templates you can edit the colors and images and text using the HTML Editor without any problems as it's basically old style HTML and inline CSS for the most part. Just make sure to keep the structure of the document as it is and just alter the styling and images and text content and you'll be fine.
Donnie Driskell
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Ok, I have used Bravenet.com in the past. Easy interface. I would create an html page just like I would for any other page that I develop. Copy and paste the entire page - Doctype and all from <html> to </html> into the bravenet interface. Then as long as I had my email list up to date it would send out the email to all recipients.
When a person gets the email, when they click on the email, then they see the web page.
I realize that this same thing can be done using (only Internet Explorer) as it allows you to "send the page". this is done in IE by going to file > Open> browsing to the webpage (local disk) that you just created and then select File > send > page by email. But, not all browsers do this. Like FF - they have no way of doing this. It seems that Outlook express email client actually had a "page source" feature that you could actually write html within that email interface and it would go out just like a real html page. Thunder Bird does not have this as far as I am aware of, or I would copy and paste my code into the "body" and let it fly. I guess it must be a security thing now that email clients do not like folks trying to embed any type of HTML page within an email client.
How many of you get Credit Card Statements and all sorts of advertising via email. Like I said, this is done millions of times. I doubt very seriously that a company that size would be going through a third or second party like mail chimp, bravenet and the others.
I will check out the mail chimp - but I don't want to go through another avenue like this. I want to generate it and produce it myself. Bravet at the time was free (granted) that you only wanted to send "text" only. to have a custom HTML generated page sent as an email - well, you had to pay a fee each month.
When a person gets the email, when they click on the email, then they see the web page.
I realize that this same thing can be done using (only Internet Explorer) as it allows you to "send the page". this is done in IE by going to file > Open> browsing to the webpage (local disk) that you just created and then select File > send > page by email. But, not all browsers do this. Like FF - they have no way of doing this. It seems that Outlook express email client actually had a "page source" feature that you could actually write html within that email interface and it would go out just like a real html page. Thunder Bird does not have this as far as I am aware of, or I would copy and paste my code into the "body" and let it fly. I guess it must be a security thing now that email clients do not like folks trying to embed any type of HTML page within an email client.
How many of you get Credit Card Statements and all sorts of advertising via email. Like I said, this is done millions of times. I doubt very seriously that a company that size would be going through a third or second party like mail chimp, bravenet and the others.
I will check out the mail chimp - but I don't want to go through another avenue like this. I want to generate it and produce it myself. Bravet at the time was free (granted) that you only wanted to send "text" only. to have a custom HTML generated page sent as an email - well, you had to pay a fee each month.
Andrew Downie
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23 posts
I too am very interested in having the facility to make individual html emails. I have a client who has asked for images in his email footer, what I have done is upload an image to a server and link to it from the OE signature option. However I am quie confident that he will ask for something to make an html, all bangs and whistles email template. Any suggestions would be welcomed. I do have the option of recommending mailchimp but that's one way of losing me potential business.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
SadDuck
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Try this... http://designshack.net/articles/html/weekly-freebies-180-incredibly-useful-html-email-templates/
Maybe I need clarification...Do you just want to be able to create an HTML email and send it out? Or are you looking for mass-marketing? (sending out your email to hundreds or more...)
Here's another... http://www.benchmarkemail.com/resources/Free-HTML-Email-Templates
Gotta love Google!
Maybe I need clarification...Do you just want to be able to create an HTML email and send it out? Or are you looking for mass-marketing? (sending out your email to hundreds or more...)
Here's another... http://www.benchmarkemail.com/resources/Free-HTML-Email-Templates
Gotta love Google!
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