Using HTML for Newsletters

Hi everyone..

I am in charge of sending our forums newsletter out each month. I belong to others forums that sendings them as well and they use borders and so forth in the newsletters. I have HTML enable in both my admin panel and my personal profile. Can anyone tell me how to go about starting this?

I know the codes for borders in the forum..but when I used it for a newsletter it didn't work.

Any help is appreciated as I did look in the FAQ first.

Many Thanks!

For the Choose a method : what are you picking? Rich text with HTML or simple text? Rich Text with HTML should be working.

Hi...Thanks for replying...yes I'm using Rich Text with HTML. I wanted to add a border to my newsletter and its not working that way.

Thanks for your help!

Could you provide me the code of the border you are using?

Just enter it into

Code:

[code][/code]

<div style="background-image: url(https://2img.net/h/i892.photobucket.com/albums/ac130/Paradise_giz/fall1.gif); padding: 5px; border: 1px solid #000000;"><div style="background-color: #6F4C22; padding: 5px; border: 1px solid #000000;"><div style="background-image: url(https://2img.net/h/i892.photobucket.com/albums/ac130/Paradise_giz/fall1.gif); padding: 5px; border: 1px solid #000000;"><div style="background-color: #D67300; padding: 5px; border: 1px solid #000000;"><div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 5px; border: 1px solid #000000; text-align: center;">
[insert header image here]
--- Challenge Name ---
How to play:

This week's challenge is:
[insert image here]
[insert link to download here]

--- Sign off ---


Borders by Lori. Please keep intact.</div></div></div></div></div>

I got it to work.

Make sure that you hit the by the Rich Text HTML. Then type your message and click Preview.

That should work

Thanks so much. I do see the border part now in my preview but all my text is running together now...lol

I'm sorry to be a pain..just love learning all this stuff. Thanks so much for all your help!

Running together may I see a screen shot of what you are doing?

Sure here are my screen shots

Everything looks fine.

It wont show in paragraph form then? I wanted them to be listed like as different paragraphs. Where the bold shows; i wanted it on the next line?

You need the code

Code:

<p>Text Here</p>

use this code:

Code:

<br>

in between the paragraphs

I'm slowly getting it guys...thanks so much. Ok...now all i need is a line separating the paragraphs.

I used the <br> in between but coming out like this.

Add one more <br> in between then

Thanks so much for the help everyone. I almost have it but...it previews ok before I hit the send email button...this is a screen shot of it before I send.



And this is how the email came to me in my hotmail account.



As you can see, the borders are not the same.

Here is the HTML coding that I used to get those screen shots.

<div style="background-image: url(https://2img.net/h/i892.photobucket.com/albums/ac130/Paradise_giz/fall1.gif); padding: 5px; border: 1px solid #000000;"><div style="background-color: #6F4C22; padding: 5px; border: 1px solid #000000;"><div style="background-image: url(https://2img.net/h/i892.photobucket.com/albums/ac130/Paradise_giz/fall1.gif); padding: 5px; border: 1px solid #000000;"><div style="background-color: #D67300; padding: 5px; border: 1px solid #000000;"><div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 5px; border: 1px solid #000000; text-align: center;">

<div style="margin:auto;text-align:center;width:100%"><img src="https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v413/tazzylady/Paradise%20Rocks%20Tags/Turtle_LM.gif" border="0" alt="" /></div>
<span style="font-size: 18px; line-height: normal"><font color="blue"><br>Paradise Newsletter<br></font></span>
<br><font color="black">WELCOME to the newest members of the forum! Once your account has been activated, please be sure to stop by the Welcome New Members thread and let us know you've arrived and that you have read and understood our rules.<br>

<br>We have loads of activities here to enjoy both by taggers and non-taggers!<br>
<br>PARADISE MEMBER OF THE MONTH! - CONGRATULATIONS to Jo, our Member of the Month for August. Jo always lends a hand to others when needed and participates in our challenges. We think she deserved a good spoiling!<br>
<br>SHARES THREAD - Links to FTU items to help you create your tags. In addition..we also have a separate thread for FTU scrap shares. We also have a holiday haven section for seasonal shares.<br>
<br>ARTIST PERMISSIONS - We have hundreds of permissions both general and online permissions from artists to use their work. Along with that, we have tubes for many of these artists uploaded and ready to download for your tags, using the appropriate copyright and TOU.<br>
<br>PTU COMPANY INFO and TUTORIAL LINKS - We have the links to several PTU artists that require purchasing the tubes along with acquiring a license number to use their art. You apply direcly to them. Also, we have a board with links to tutorial sites for making tags.<br>
<br>TAG OFFERS - We have a Who Wants One thread that you can post offers for at long or as little as you wish. But please be sure to stop by and pick up ALL tags from the pickup thread.
<br>
<br>ALWAYS LISTS - We have Managers and Members always lists. Sign-ups are monthly.
<br>
<br>SUPER SIGGY SUNDAY - We have a Super Siggy Sunday event which any member or manager may offer tags or just be a snagger if you wish. It is once a month and is announced on the general thread. Our next one is September 20th..come grab yourself some tags!<br>
<br>Our talented taggers spend a great deal of time tagging for YOU. Please be respectful of their efforts and pick up your tags in a timely manner! Thank you!<br>
<br>PSP CHALLENGE CORNER - The Managers are hard at working putting together fabulous new challenges for the week!! Stop in and play! We have created a separate thread just for the challenges to make them easier to locate! We'd love to see you and your creations!<br>
<br>FRIENDLY REMINDERS - Active Membership: Active participation IS required, but not on a daily basis. Please post at least once a month in order to keep your membership active. We do understand that family life and time outside of the group does take precedence over group participation, so be sure to post on the Away from PSP forum to let us know when you'll be away. Members who have not posted in three months will be deleted without notice.<br></font>
<font color="blue"><br>Wishing You a Paradise week!<br>
<br>The PSP Management Team<br>
Blaze, Carol, giZZy, Julee, Londen, Lori, Maria Tereza and ~T~<br>
</font>
<br><span style="font-size: 9px; line-height: normal">Borders by giZZy. Please keep intact.</span></div></div></div></div></div>


May it is just impossible to get it to work. I have seen them tho in another group I am in.

Many thanks for your help!

Lori

I don't know, .gif images probably don't work in emails. I tested your coding out on an html page, and this is what came out:
Or maybe, your computer isn't moving at a quality level to support the .gif animation of your border images.

---

But anyway, I don't know. HOWEVER, I did manage to improve the HTML you are using with better placement and tagging:
If you want to use that, then here's the code:

Code:

<span style="font-family: Century Gothic, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; size: 2px;"><font color="gray">
<div style="background-image: url(http://i892.photobucket.com/albums/ac130/Paradise_giz/fall1.gif); padding: 5px; border: 1px solid #000000;"><div style="background-color: #6F4C22; padding: 5px; border: 1px solid #000000;"><div style="background-image: url(http://i892.photobucket.com/albums/ac130/Paradise_giz/fall1.gif); padding: 5px; border: 1px solid #000000;"><div style="background-color: #D67300; padding: 5px; border: 1px solid #000000;"><div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 5px; border: 1px solid #000000; text-align: center;">

<div style="margin:auto;text-align:center;width:100%"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v413/tazzylady/Paradise%20Rocks%20Tags/Turtle_LM.gif" border="0" alt="" /></div>
<span style="font-size: 18px; line-height: normal"><font color="blue"><br />Paradise Newsletter<br /></font></span>
<br /><font color="black">WELCOME to the newest members of the forum! Once your account has been activated, please be sure to stop by the Welcome New Members thread and let us know you've arrived and that you have read and understood our rules.<br />

<hr color="teal">

<br /><div align="center"><font size="5" color="orange">We have loads of activities here to enjoy both by taggers and non-taggers!</font></div><br />
<br /><ul><b>PARADISE MEMBER OF THE MONTH!</b></ul> - CONGRATULATIONS to Jo, our Member of the Month for August. Jo always lends a hand to others when needed and participates in our challenges. We think she deserved a good spoiling!<br />
<br /><ul><b>SHARES THREAD</b></ul> - Links to FTU items to help you create your tags. In addition..we also have a separate thread for FTU scrap shares. We also have a holiday haven section for seasonal shares.<br />
<br /><ul><b>ARTIST PERMISSIONS</b></ul> - We have hundreds of permissions both general and online permissions from artists to use their work. Along with that, we have tubes for many of these artists uploaded and ready to download for your tags, using the appropriate copyright and TOU.<br />
<br /><ul><b>PTU COMPANY INFO and TUTORIAL LINKS</b></ul> - We have the links to several PTU artists that require purchasing the tubes along with acquiring a license number to use their art. You apply direcly to them. Also, we have a board with links to tutorial sites for making tags.<br />
<br /><ul><b>TAG OFFERS</b></ul> - We have a Who Wants One thread that you can post offers for at long or as little as you wish. But please be sure to stop by and pick up ALL tags from the pickup thread.
<br />
<br /><ul><b>ALWAYS LISTS</b></ul> - We have Managers and Members always lists. Sign-ups are monthly.
<br />
<br /><ul><b>SUPER SIGGY SUNDAY</b></ul> - We have a Super Siggy Sunday event which any member or manager may offer tags or just be a snagger if you wish. It is once a month and is announced on the general thread. Our next one is September 20th..come grab yourself some tags!<br>
<br />Our talented taggers spend a great deal of time tagging for YOU. Please be respectful of their efforts and pick up your tags in a timely manner! Thank you!<br />
<br /><ul><b>PSP CHALLENGE CORNER</b></ul> - The Managers are hard at working putting together fabulous new challenges for the week!! Stop in and play! We have created a separate thread just for the challenges to make them easier to locate! We'd love to see you and your creations!<br />
<br /><ul><b>FRIENDLY REMINDERS</b></ul> - Active Membership: Active participation IS required, but not on a daily basis. Please post at least once a month in order to keep your membership active. We do understand that family life and time outside of the group does take precedence over group participation, so be sure to post on the Away from PSP forum to let us know when you'll be away. Members who have not posted in three months will be deleted without notice.<br></font>
<font color="blue"><br>Wishing You a Paradise week!<br />

<hr color="teal">

<br />The PSP Management Team<br>
Blaze, Carol, giZZy, Julee, Londen, Lori, Maria Tereza and ~T~<br>
</font>
<br /><span style="font-size: 9px; line-height: normal">Borders by giZZy. Please keep intact.</span></div></div></div></div></div></font></span>