Author Topic: html email - how to point to webserver & ? message codes (Read 1592 times)

onlinecoach · « **on:** March 24, 2007, 07:49:07 pm »

Hi - I am wanting to send an html email to my list. I know that these images must point to a webserver. I have seen the code you have offered and I have tried to use it to redirect to my page but I don't know much about html and it's not working. This is the code I have tried to use...(just a copy and paste of the code you have given before with my website in it)

<html>
<body>
<img src="http://www.thelawofattractiontips.com"><br>
<br>
This is an example message!<br>
</body>
</html>

Can you see what I am doing wrong?

Also, if I am using the html image - I imagine I wouldn't be able to use the message codes like !fname etc - right? :?

Thanks for you help!

Karen

www.thelawofattractiontips.com

DW · « **Reply #1 on:** March 24, 2007, 08:00:31 pm »

Hi Karen,

Your message looks good but please note that you -must- also include a text message. I recommend simply using a message code of the type "Link to HTML" to avoid having to create two copies of your message.

If your entire HTML message is a single image then you will not be able to use message codes in it. If you want to include something below the image in text, however, they should work fine.

Regards

onlinecoach · « **Reply #2 on:** March 24, 2007, 08:14:36 pm »

Oops, I should have stated that I did include something in the text box too - I did.

What shows up is the 'This is an example message!' and the icon that the picture won't display. I do get other html ezines at the email addresses I'm testing to - and their pictures display. Why wouldn't this html image display? Ideas?

Sorry if this is a newbie question...

K.

DW · « **Reply #3 on:** March 24, 2007, 11:25:24 pm »

The URL to our image should be absolute, including the full path to the file as hosted on your web site.

e.g:

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<img src="http://example.com/mail/images/news07-03-24-image1.jpg">

Looking at your example it looks like you are simply including a link to your site, not a link to the image hosted on your site.

If you want the image to be clickable, so users reach your site, you would do something like this:

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<a href="http://example.com"><img src="http://example.com/mail/images/news07-03-24-image1.jpg" border="0"></a>
Please let me know if I can be of further assistance!

Regards