posted on May 4, 2001 08:01:12 AM
In my EOA notices I want to make life as easy as possible for my customers. I'd like to put hyperlinks into my message so that my winning bidders can just click and go to my secure server for credit card payment and also another "click" for PayPal payments. I know how to add hyperlinks to my emails, however, I know that AOL users cannot access them if I just put in www.mysecuresite.com. Is there a way to write the hyperlinks so that ALL users can click on them? Any info would be appreciated.
posted on May 4, 2001 08:08:21 AM
Well, the first thing to do, is be sure to put the http:// part of the URL in as well.
The difficulty you're going to run into is that each email client (program) reads 'clickable links' differently. As an example, in Eudora, if you put a URL in such as:
http://www.something.com
then the entire thing will be "clickable" without you having to do anything.
Other email clients want you to actually write it as a link < a href="http://etc > click here < /a> . Yet other email clients turn a simple link.. into actual HTML for their readers.
So, in reality, there is no one answer for your question...... that is unless every single person uses at exact same email client.
Your best bet is to just put the entire URL in, starting with the http:// part, and let the email program do what it's suppose to do..depending on it's users preferences.
posted on May 4, 2001 08:27:36 AM
Maybe I can just keep a record of what works and what doesn't work. If anyone is lurking, let me know what works for your ISP. I know that AOL requires a different format for linking...but what is it? If you use AOL, respond here and tell me what the code should look like. When I get links from AOL users, I simply cannot click on them, I have to copy and paste them into my browser. This is a pain for me, so I simply skip the links. I don't want that happening with my customers. I want to make their job of paying me as easy as possible.
Thanks rosiebud for your comments!
