EMAIL/HTML Question

[Web Gecko]

Hello

I know that HTML can be inserted into email to format it but I don't know how
to do it. Haven't done that much HTML at this stage.

I use yahoo web mail but it probably doesn't matter what email service you
use (web or client).

I thought the browser looked after the and
statements and that you just mixed your HTML statements into your email
at the appropriate places.

Like

Header

I obviously haven't got this down yet as It is not working yet.

How do you insert HTML into your email the right way ?
Ideas appreciated.

cheers

The Web Gecko

[Web Gecko]

Have a look at the above post !

How come HTML insertion works in the thread and not in yahoo mail ?

Confused !

The Web Gecko

[Gabe]

Hello there Web Gecko. In Yahoo! there is a check box I believe towards the bottom of the screen, stating you have several choices. Plain Text and HTML. I think you have to make sure HTML is checked off. Sorry if this explaination is a little off, but I am very tired. Hope to have helped.

[Web Gecko]

Gabe ,

Thanks for the trouble you took to respond. I was actually amazed at how quickly your response came through. I made the post and 5 to 10 minutes later there it was. This is a first in my experience but of course I usually get a fairly prompt response at PCMECH anyways.

I haven't checked out the HTML thing yet but will be in a few minutes or so.
I am a beginner when it comes to HTML but know the basic statements and so the HTML is not the problem. It's just that every damned different piece of software you use these days does the same type of function using a different approach. I have actually heard arguments against standardisation of software systems as this in some way enhances security (another issue I know but maybe someone could show me where the connection is).

All I can say is that it confuses the hell outta me (sometimes).

I know what it's like to have your eyeballs hanging outta your sockets
(overtired) and that's what mine are doing right now. I had a few late nighters last week and I still haven't caught up. My PC is on an old split line
exchange (28.8/31.2 dialup) and boy does it move slow with Internet Explorer 5.5. Opera 5.12 (new version is 6.0) is a quick alternative (more bugs than your backyard though) and I swap between different browsers all the time as one will offer something the other doesn't. Opera is worth checking out despite the bugs as it can be very fast. It has problems with form processing so give web email send and delete a miss but it's great for reading email, downloads and just loading and displaying sites if you are in a hurry.

http://www.opera.com


All the best and thanks again.

The Web Gecko

[mairving]

Make sure if you are doing an html email that you include the full path any image that you want to show up in the email.

So this <img src="logo3.jpg">
will yield this
You will have to use the full path:
<img src="http://www.pcmech.com/logo3.jpg">
which will yield this in an html email

[Web Gecko]

Thanks Mairving

That one goes into my next email. I recommend PCMECH to people so that will
look great over the link.

Yer right, Linux is definitely not for Flashing Twelvsers ! Hey but we all
have to start somewhere. For the Point and Clickers out there it's definitely
good old WinDoz.

Also thanks to Gabe as I have sorted out the HTML insertion thing and am having
some fun with it. I have actually wondered about the small white box with the red X which you get in place of an image on some pages. Now I know what's going on.

As I am a HTML newbie I am open to any pointers here at all. So shoot.
I have so much to learn.

Actually I used Net Objects Fusion some months ago to set up a very simple web page to advertise my old mans' yacht delivery service in Fremantle Western Australia. The page is pretty tacky and needs a lot of work. At the time I didn't really know that much about Net Objects so I may have selected the wrong options for the HTML auto-generation.

The page is using sizing instead of dynamic centering so to make sure it is displayed without too much line wrap, MEDIUM in text size is required (IE setting). Of course this is messy as people have their text setting on different settings so some will see it displayed right and others will see a relative mess.

I have many changes to make but haven't had time to do it yet. It will of course keep evolving over time. Any suggestions as to changes to the page are quite welcome

Check out World Wide Yacht Deliveries at :

http://www.iinet.net.au/~eastaugh

cheers

The Web Gecko

p.s. How do I add a light coloured maritime map or whatever background to the
web page so that the foreground detail stands out well (contrast) ?

Also what format should the background graphic be in and how do I
assess the scanning DPI so that the graphic gets sucked in and fills the
whole page ? Does the graphic have to be displayed tiled or is there a
way around this ?

[mairving]

Originally posted by Web Gecko p.s. How do I add a light coloured maritime map or whatever background to the web page so that the foreground detail stands out well (contrast) ?

I really wouldn't recommend adding a background unless it is a repeating type where you can't see the seams. You can turn the tiling off via a stylesheet but it will cutoff in higher resolutions.

Originally posted by Web Gecko Also what format should the background graphic be in and how do I assess the scanning DPI so that the graphic gets sucked in and fills the whole page ?

Usually scan at 72dpi.

Originally posted by Web Gecko Does the graphic have to be displayed tiled or is there a way around this ?

Using a stylesheet, you can control the tiling this way:

PHP Code:

<style>
        Body {
    marginwidth:0;
    marginheight:0;
    margin-left: 0;
    margin: 0 0 0 0;
    padding: 0 0 0 0;
    scrollbar-base-color: #CCCCFF;
    scrollbar-track-color: #CCCCFF;
    scrollbar-face-color: #CCCCFF;
    scrollbar-highlight-color: #FFFF99;
    scrollbar-3dlight-color: #336633;
    scrollbar-darkshadow-color: #FFFF99;
    scrollbar-shadow-color: #336633;
    scrollbar-arrow-color: #336633;
    background-color : #CCCCFF;
    background-image : url(/images/border.gif);
    background-repeat : repeat-y;

}
[/style] 


Actually that is part of a stylesheet that I have used in the past. You have two values, x-repeat and y-repeat. One control tiling vertically, the other horizontally. You can add this to a section between your <head> tags. The rest of the stuff is for colored scrollbars.

[BFD Deadeye]

Web Gecko,
Try this site. It's where I learned HTML a few years ago. I see it's not updated anymore (since '99!) but the basic HTML info is still there in an easy to use style. I also learned alot about HTML just by clicking the "edit with" button on the browser. You can view the guts of any website all day doing that. HTH

[raftero]

hey web gecko now that you have found out about the box with the red x in the corner tell me.i have wondered why they bother posting a picture i cant get.

[mairving]

Originally posted by raftero hey web gecko now that you have found out about the box with the red x in the corner tell me.i have wondered why they bother posting a picture i cant get.

All it means is that the picture does not exist in that particular location. Oftentimes the picture is named wrong or it is not uploaded or deleted.

[raftero]

thanks mairving i thought i might get a revilation about something.when something doesn't i always figure it ignorance on my part.