I have created an invitation that I would like to send by email. This document was created using HTML. It has links, images and text. The HTML document works great from my hard drive, but when I try to email it, I get everything from a blank page to HTML coding. Is there a way that I could flatten the page so that it will send like a jpeg or pdf file, but will still maintain the links and images?<br />
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Or are there any other suggestions to solve my problem?<br />
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All help is greatly appreciated.<!--content-->how do you flatten a html page???? and no you can't make it an image and keep the links intacted.<br />
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if you want to send it email then you have to send it as an attachment or as an html email and paste the code in the email itself.<!--content-->Put all of the various text and image files into one big ZIP file, and send that as an attachment?<br />
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Hmm, that would work a bit better, but the person receiving the file will need WinZip or Alladin Expander to unzip the file.<!--content-->While you can send an email with the body containing HTML content, you are a bit limited with what you can do. <br />
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1. the users mail client would need to be able to read the HTML formatted mail. If the user cannot, they may see: a blank screen, HTML coding, <insert other undesirable output here>.<br />
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2. If the user uses any kind of webmail, it should show ok (since they are viewing the mail in a browser). However, some webmail programs specify settings on the format of email... so this isn't a sure fire thing either. <br />
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3. if you have links/ images in the HTML, they MUST point to absolute web addresses. Good Examples:<br />
<a href=http://www.htmlforums.com/archive/index.php/"http://www.yahoo.com">Yahoo</a><br />
<img src=http://www.htmlforums.com/archive/index.php/"http://www.yahoo.com/images/smilieFace.gif" height=50 width=50><br />
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Bad examples: <br />
<a href=http://www.htmlforums.com/archive/index.php/"/subfolder/somewhere/this.html">Yahoo</a><br />
<img src=http://www.htmlforums.com/archive/index.php/"/some/Image/theyWontSee.jpg" <br />
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There isn't a way to include all the files necessary to view a HTML email (without zipping as previously mentioned). <br />
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Personally, I think designing a nice, clean CSS page that links to the main site is the way to go. Be careful when putting ANY javascript in emails. It has a tendancy to get caught in virus scanners and such (who believe that it may be a malicious script).<!--content-->
<br />
Or are there any other suggestions to solve my problem?<br />
<br />
All help is greatly appreciated.<!--content-->how do you flatten a html page???? and no you can't make it an image and keep the links intacted.<br />
<br />
if you want to send it email then you have to send it as an attachment or as an html email and paste the code in the email itself.<!--content-->Put all of the various text and image files into one big ZIP file, and send that as an attachment?<br />
<br />
Hmm, that would work a bit better, but the person receiving the file will need WinZip or Alladin Expander to unzip the file.<!--content-->While you can send an email with the body containing HTML content, you are a bit limited with what you can do. <br />
<br />
1. the users mail client would need to be able to read the HTML formatted mail. If the user cannot, they may see: a blank screen, HTML coding, <insert other undesirable output here>.<br />
<br />
2. If the user uses any kind of webmail, it should show ok (since they are viewing the mail in a browser). However, some webmail programs specify settings on the format of email... so this isn't a sure fire thing either. <br />
<br />
3. if you have links/ images in the HTML, they MUST point to absolute web addresses. Good Examples:<br />
<a href=http://www.htmlforums.com/archive/index.php/"http://www.yahoo.com">Yahoo</a><br />
<img src=http://www.htmlforums.com/archive/index.php/"http://www.yahoo.com/images/smilieFace.gif" height=50 width=50><br />
<br />
Bad examples: <br />
<a href=http://www.htmlforums.com/archive/index.php/"/subfolder/somewhere/this.html">Yahoo</a><br />
<img src=http://www.htmlforums.com/archive/index.php/"/some/Image/theyWontSee.jpg" <br />
<br />
There isn't a way to include all the files necessary to view a HTML email (without zipping as previously mentioned). <br />
<br />
Personally, I think designing a nice, clean CSS page that links to the main site is the way to go. Be careful when putting ANY javascript in emails. It has a tendancy to get caught in virus scanners and such (who believe that it may be a malicious script).<!--content-->