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Communications Management. Creating HTML Emails. Rich Text vs. HTML. Presentation Is Everything!. Graphics Custom colors Hyperlinks Bullets and lists Tables Style Sheets. Getting Started. Decide which existing/new communications to send as HTML Emails Naming Convention
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Communications Management Creating HTML Emails
Presentation Is Everything! • Graphics • Custom colors • Hyperlinks • Bullets and lists • Tables • Style Sheets
Getting Started • Decide which existing/new communications to send as HTML Emails • Naming Convention • Identify Web Links • Design Mockup • Code
Comm Mngmnt Screens • Communications Management Screens • SEMS • DOC • DOCP • DPAR • UTEC • DFS • EMLD
Designing for the Inbox • Start in Test • Know Your Audience • Use White Space • Control Widths • Consider Disabilities • Consider Technology
HTML Opening Tags <html> <body> </body> </ html >
UNIX Clients For UNIX clients using sendmail only 1. MIME-Version: 1.0 2. Content-Type: text/html 3. 4. <html> 5. <body> … #. </body> #. </html> Blank Line!!!
Inserting Fields “@” Sign Space Field Name
Resources • Email Validation • http://litmusapp.com/ • http://www.mailchimp.com/features/power-features/inbox-inspector/ • HTML Email Templates • http://www.campaignmonitor.com/templates/ • http://themeforest.net/category/email-templates • Color Wheel • http://colorschemedesigner.com/ • HTML Help and Tutorials • http://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp • http://www.htmlcodetutorial.com/
Questions? Tammy Young tryoung@nic.edu 208-769-3379