File manager folder for HTML-email files ie... jpg, gif...ect

[allwillwin]

Hello Generals:
Could one of you help me to understand the process of how to create html emails using my voda domain as the web location of the files to be used in the html emails?

I also need to understand the embedding procedures clearly for the html email and how the files such as .jpg are linked to automatially appear in the emails?

I have created a folder in public_ftp for the files to reside. what I don't understand is what would the url for those files and how does the email tell the files to be part of the email?

This is a good starting point for this thread....hopefully there won't need to be too many more for me to get this!

Thanks for all your help..!!!!
BobbyZ

https://www.getgreatbiz.com

[Karen Mac]

Re: File manager folder for HTML-email files ie... jpg, gif...ect

Tutorials

http://www.sitepoint.com/article/code-html-email-newsletters/

http://webdesign.about.com/od/intermediatetutorials/a/aa050800a.htm

http://www.campaignmonitor.com/templates/

The best way to do it is with an email client that supports it and sending from your account or domain. You can simply INSERT images etc similar to how you insert them in bv ..

You wouldnt want the files in FTP youd want the folder in your public html somewhere so that you could reference the images.

Karen

[allwillwin]

Re: File manager folder for HTML-email files ie... jpg, gif...ect

Can you give me an example of what the linking url on my domain would be? For instance... http://geatgreatbiz.com/?/?/???.jpg

[Karen Mac]

Re: File manager folder for HTML-email files ie... jpg, gif...ect

<sigh>You have to do basic html coding. So.. did u look at those tutorials? Do you know any html? Do a view source on your site to see how an image is coded. I could sit here and do the whole thing for you..but if you would listen and avail yourself of tools that are free..like OUTLOOK which will do html coding, which will send mail from your domain for you with ease all fancied up...you wouldnt need source codes..however

<img src="http://www.yoursite.com/folder/imagename.jpg">

Let me also tell you one more time that 75 to 95% of your mail wil be returned as spam by most isp's because of the html headers and content. (They will also blackball you so you cant even send a text email) Virus are commonly sent in emails of this type, especially gif and mp3 files. I can also embed src code UNDER an image and make your computer play every sound on it and flash the screen til you unplug it. Thats why IMHO you are wasting time.

Karen

[allwillwin]

Re: File manager folder for HTML-email files ie... jpg, gif...ect

Hello again:
I have tried everything I can think of to get the graphic images to show up in the test email.

Based on the path/structure you laid out in your previous post, I should at least be able to go to a browser and call up any one of the images, that I have loaded in a folder called htmlmail which is in the public_html folder at my domain..getgreatbiz.com.

The only way I have actually been able to view the image files is when I get the path from file manager and then use my username and password to gain access to the image. I know the html is correct but the location path is where I believe the problem lies...
Please could someone check this out for me and any further help would be greatly appreciated...I'm so close!
Thanks
BobbyZ
getgreatbiz.com
client id 22199

[Karen Mac]

Re: File manager folder for HTML-email files ie... jpg, gif...ect

Thats because you dont have any IMAGES in there.. just this

http://getgreatbiz.com/htmlmail/pbx%20email-1.html

Karen

[allwillwin]

Re: File manager folder for HTML-email files ie... jpg, gif...ect

(sigh).... I don't understand... I clearly see all the image files in the same folder as the file for the url you posted above, and also the color background is from the same folder...they are .png files.. I'm sure you may have just overlooked them..but they have been there!

No matter... I have read all the links you've posted and a couple of others I found on my own...to get an understanding of how this works. Below is the code I am using for one of the .png files to load with the html email.

<img src="http://getgreatbiz.com/htmlmail/bzlitegrnturkredback.png">

You will notice that now the url you posted last, is loading all the png files correctly, however I am still not getting the email to summon the png files....Please can you offer some suggestions as it seems like I am so close..?

Thanks
BobbyZ
getgreatbiz.com