Custom Email Guidelines

Custom Email Guidelines

  • Use HTML tables as the backbone of the email, this will hold and contain all images in one robust HTML email.
  • Recommended image width is 700px, which will provide the email with a consistent behavior on the majority of email clients.
  • Maximum per image height is 1700px, as email clients tend to not display images more than 1700px tall. Images should be segmented for this reason.
  • Images must have an absolute path to the file hosted on a server. Email clients will not display images with relative paths.
  • Display images as ‘block’ and don’t apply a border to avoid unnecessary spaces between images.
  • Location of <map name> should be inside the table tag for mapping to work in most email clients.
  • Use the <TMPL_VAR ReleaseLink> token for the “Get it Now!” button
  • Please see code samples below:

Basic Table structure

 

 

<table>

<tr>

<td>

<img src="http://plaympe.com/image.jpg"  alt="1" usemap="#Map1" style="display:block; border:none;" />

</td>

            </tr>

                        <map name="Map1" id="Map1">

<area shape="rect" coords="8,103,695,722" href="<TMPL_VAR ReleaseLink>" />

                        </map>

</table> 

 

 

 

Segmented Image (Image more than 1700px)

 

<!- -mage Segment 1>

 

<table>

<tr>

<td>

<img src="http://plaympe.com/image-1.jpg"  alt="1" usemap="#Map1" style="display:block; border:none;" />

</td>

            </tr>

                        <map name="Map1" id="Map1">

<area shape="rect" coords="8,103,695,722" href="<TMPL_VAR ReleaseLink>" />

                        </map>

</table> 

 

 

<!- -mage Segment 2>

 

<table>

<tr>

<td>

<img src="http://plaympe.com/image-2.jpg"  alt="1" usemap="#Map2" style="display:block; border:none;" />

</td>

            </tr>

                        <map name="Map2" id="Map2">

<area shape="rect" coords="6,555,854,752" href=" http://plaympe.com/" />

                        </map>

</table> 

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