posted on August 2, 2001 08:14:51 AM
Packer
I use outlook not outlook express so I don't know if it works the same but what I do is highlight the url in the address bar of IE copy it and past it in the email and it automaticly becomes a clickable link no html required.
spock here......
mrpotatohead gave you the correct coding. The words "Click Here" is all that the viewer would see. The address is still needed in the code though so that when you click the Click Here it will know what to do! The only problem is if your bidders have not enable html viewing in their browsers. Then, they will see all the code instead of the hypertext link.
posted on August 2, 2001 09:14:43 AM
Packer, what email program are you using? If I send an email using Outlook Express and just type in the url, it will be clickable. For example, if I type http://www.gateway.com, that email will have a clickable link in it to Gateway's site. I don't have to use any coding.
Does your Compose Email window have an Insert menu? Perhaps you have to do it that way.
If you're still using eBud (as I am), you might have HTML disabled in your browser email preferences. I have to do that, or my emails aren't formatted properly from eBud.
Unless it's just Netscape that requires that? Not sure, but it's something to check out...
posted on August 2, 2001 10:19:42 AM
mrpotatohead,
That doesn't make a link in the email.
mrspock,
I went to the web page you provided,
I got it to work...GREAT.
Just one thing, I want to put that in a sig line so it will come up atomatically on every email sent.
I dont have the "Front Page Express" on my outlook express that she talked about. I searched to try and get it but I can't find it
I must be missing something here, I've been messing all morning with this and I still don't get it.
posted on August 2, 2001 10:25:34 AM
You need to be composing your mail in a format that allows you to use HTML. The code given with the mailto tag is correct. However, if you are composing in "html mode", as most people do, then you basically have a wysiwyg editor that lets you do formatting. Behind the scenes, your URLs and text colors are being translated into HTML. By the same token, typing "<mailto> translates to <mailto>, and doesn't stay as HTML.
The only way I know of to do what you are asking is to go copy what you want from a browser. So take notepad, write your html in it, save it and view it through your browser. You'll see just the "Click here". Open a new email, make sure it's in HTML mode. Paste the "click here". It should copy the link as well. This works in Outlook, at least.
Oh, no. Strictly business for buyers... It's mail with friends I like to be a little more expressive with. The switching is just too much trouble for a seriously lazy woman.
posted on August 2, 2001 10:50:47 AM
Just a warning, that in making the email look "more professional" for some, it may look much less professional to many others.
Not everyone has or wants HTML-enabled email processing enabled (in fact, perhaps about 75-90% still don't have HTML enabled), and would still see the whole HTML tag "as is" (as displayed in this thread), but also often with a lot of other odd characters (like '=' or '=20' symbols) spread all over the place, then followed by a fully HTMLized (edited to add: and I mean where the recipient sees not only the <A> tag you added, but whatever else the email program decides to format in) section either inline or spun off as an attachment to some directory, making the note's whole download ~3 times larger.
In leiu of rendering HTML, many email non-HTML email clients will still recognize full URLs (i.e. with the http:// prefix) and email addresses without all the <A...> tag stuff, and automatically allow clicking on them, without the sender having to do anything more than plainly list the address. For example, none of the email clients I currently use display HTML as HTML, yet all of them recognize well-formed URLs (other clients, though, I don't know).
So it's a toss-up. For some people the HTML tag will make the link look like just a "click here" thing, but for others (perhaps most), the link will not only look more complex than just listing the address (i.e. <a href=mailto:[email protected]> instead of just saying only [email protected]), but will make the whole rest somewhat harder to read, increase the download time, and perhaps add clutter to the recipient's attachments directory.
Also, not trying to convert a link to "click here" in email could have another advantage. I sometimes like to cut and paste URLs or email addresses into other places; that would take a bit longer to do if it is "hidden."
It's up to you, of course, but IMO, if you want a more consistent look to your notes, no matter who is reading them with what email client, I'd stick to plain text, and just list email and web links as [email protected] or http://www.where.com, reserving HTMLized email for only those recipients you already know use HTML-enabled email clients (edited to add: and like or at least don't mind receiving fancier but longer email downloads). Otherwise, you may be unintentionally sending something that looks a lot messier, not more professional.
(For those interested, the way of enforcing plain text in your outgoing mail, visit http://www.houghi.org -- I'm not affiliated, but it is an informative site on this topic. )
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What's being done in the name of direct marketing nowadays is crazy.
The above are all just my opinions, except where I cite facts as such.
Oh, I am not dc9a320 anywhere except AW. Any others are not me.
Is eBay is changing from a world bazaar into a bizarre world?
[ edited by dc9a320 on Aug 2, 2001 10:54 AM ]
[ edited by dc9a320 on Aug 2, 2001 12:01 PM ]
posted on August 2, 2001 11:01:34 AM
I agree with dc9a320. We send all our e-mail in plaintext mode to ensure a consistent message with all e-mail clients. Its amazing what a few -----------, ===============, *********** can do to create a well presented e-mail!
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posted on August 2, 2001 12:29:09 PM
Packer - Cut and paste the "A Herf" that Mr. Potatohead said in his comment just as it reads.. Put that in an email and send it to yourself. When you hit the send button a window will appear and says you cannot send a clickable link without a digital ID then click digital ID and it will take you to Microsoft Outlook Express home page and there they will tell you what to do.
To complicated for me...
