How to Create HTML Email
When you design a website, contact information is very important. The viewer may need to ask questions, send comments or wish to give you advice. There are several ways to create HTML email fast and efficiently. You will need to know basic HTML code to be able to run your website and add special features to your web page. You may decide to use a program for website development like Dreamweaver or just simply use a notepad for your website.
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Instructions
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Create a simple email link. In your contact information, you can add a link to directly email you from the web page. This is the simplest form of adding a HTML email to your website. <a href= "mailto:YourEmail@XXX.XXX" >Email Me</a>. The "mailto" portion will direct the email that is being sent to your personal address. The "Email Me" is the message in which the person will click on. Instead of it displaying you email address on your webpage, it looks more professional to have a header.
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Design a more detailed HTML email. You can have more than one topic that you can use. Each email will go directly to one address; however, you will also be able to separate them accordingly by subject matter. <a href= "mailto: YourEmail@XXX.XXX?subject=Questions" > Send a Question</a>. This code allows your viewers to see that they can send a question to your inbox. The subject part will show up in your subject header in the email. This can be used for questions, comments, invoices or anything you wish.
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Create HTML email with a body. This will allow the email to be directly sent to your address with a preset body message. You may also combine the subject and body if you want more detail when you receive an email. <a href= "mailto: YourEmail@XXX.XXX?body=Question about your services." >Send a Question</a>. This code will send an email to your address with the first line in the body being, "Question about your services.". If you would like to combine both subject and body to your HTML email, add the subject before the body portion of the code.
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Design an HTML email form. This may be the safest method in ensuring you will not receive spam. When your address is present, unwanted email may arrive. With an email form, they can send comments to your email without ever having to see your address. To create a simple HTML email form, the following code should be used.<body bgcolor=" #33FFFF"></body><form method="post" action="mailto:YourEmail@XXX.XXX">Subject: <input type="text" size="10" maxlength="40" name="subject"> <br />Message: <textarea rows="5" cols="20" wrap="physical" name="Message"></textarea><input type="submit" value="Send"> </form>You can customize it with different background colors, length of the spaces and wording.
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Tips & Warnings
You will need to have a web host before the form code will send email. The code works together with the web host to send proper email.
