html e-mail with links from FP

[Scott]

I'd like to create a html e-mail newsletter for a community organization.
Can I use Front Page to create a single page and e-mail it, or is there a
better way? Currently, I use FP to create a single page, and then use that
page as "stationary" in outlook express, but I lose the links. Thanks

 

[Trevor L.]

Why not email the link to the HTML Page ?

E.g. in the body of the email add
[email protected]/newsletter.html

Or you can set up a function like this:
function mailThisUrl()
{
var subj = "Newsletter"
var text = "Please click on [email protected]/newsletter.html to
view newsletter"
var sendto = "[email protected];[email protected]"

var content = new Array()
content[0] = "mailto:"
content[1] = sendto
content[2] = "?subject="
content[3] = subj
content[4] = "&body="
content[5] = text
content = content.join("")
window.location = content
}

You can then put a link to it in your home page (or elsewhere)
<input type="button" value="Send Newsletter" onClick="mailThisUrl();">

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Trevor,

Shouldn't link read:

http://www.yourdomain.com/newsletter.html

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Why not email the link to the HTML Page ?

E.g. in the body of the email add
[email protected]/newsletter.html

Or you can set up a function like this:
function mailThisUrl()
{
var subj = "Newsletter"
var text = "Please click on [email protected]/newsletter.html to view newsletter"
var sendto = "[email protected];[email protected]"

var content = new Array()
content[0] = "mailto:"
content[1] = sendto
content[2] = "?subject="
content[3] = subj
content[4] = "&body="
content[5] = text
content = content.join("")
window.location = content
}

You can then put a link to it in your home page (or elsewhere)
<input type="button" value="Send Newsletter" onClick="mailThisUrl();">
--
Cheers,
Trevor L.
Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au

I'd like to create a html e-mail newsletter for a community
organization. Can I use Front Page to create a single page and e-mail
it, or is there a better way? Currently, I use FP to create a single
page, and then use that page as "stationary" in outlook express, but
I lose the links. Thanks

 

[Trevor L.]

Yes, thank you.
You MVPs do a geat job of watching the newsgroup.

I always hesitate to give advice because, not being an expert, I can easily
get it wrong.

Attention to detail, that is what is needed! ( I am telling myself this, not
anyone else <bg> )

--
Cheers,
Trevor L.
Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au

Trevor,

Shouldn't link read:

http://www.yourdomain.com/newsletter.html

--
==============================================
Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
==============================================
If you feel your current issue is a results of installing
a Service Pack or security update, please contact
Microsoft Product Support Services:
http://support.microsoft.com
If the problem can be shown to have been caused by a
security update, then there is usually no charge for the call.
==============================================

Why not email the link to the HTML Page ?

E.g. in the body of the email add
[email protected]/newsletter.html

Or you can set up a function like this:
function mailThisUrl()
{
var subj = "Newsletter"
var text = "Please click on
[email protected]/newsletter.html to view newsletter" var
sendto = "[email protected];[email protected]" var content = new Array()
content[0] = "mailto:"
content[1] = sendto
content[2] = "?subject="
content[3] = subj
content[4] = "&body="
content[5] = text
content = content.join("")
window.location = content
}

You can then put a link to it in your home page (or elsewhere)
<input type="button" value="Send Newsletter"
onClick="mailThisUrl();"> --
Cheers,
Trevor L.
Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au

I'd like to create a html e-mail newsletter for a community
organization. Can I use Front Page to create a single page and
e-mail it, or is there a better way? Currently, I use FP to create
a single page, and then use that page as "stationary" in outlook
express, but I lose the links. Thanks

 

[p c]

Those are two separate questions.

1. Yes you can yes FP to create an HML newsletter. email programs do not
support all HTML features supported in web pages. You need to keep the
page with simple HTML code, no external style sheets, no javascript,
DHTML, and must use absolute links (relative will not work on the reader
end.

Absolute link: http://www.domain.com/somefile

See this for a discussion of th options
http://www.techsoup.org/howto/articles/webbuilding/page1601.cfm

2. Yes you can use outlook express or outlook to email it. If you use
absolute links, your link problem will go away.

As simpler way is to post the newsletter on the site and email them a link.


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