Custom Email Format

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Custom Email Format

If you use a custom email format, you can directly change the source code of the HTML or text email.

 

Select a Custom Email Format

 

Field contents, ie the data entered by the user in the form, can be inserted easily.
Select the field and click on "Insert Field":

 

Custom HTML Email

 

Field contents are accessed via the field name in curly brackets.
Syntax:

{Fieldname}

 

Sample: {FirstName}
Inserts the text entered by the user in the input field "FirstName".

 

Hint: The HTML comments <!--START:Fieldname--> and <!--END:Fieldname--> mark the beginning and the end of the output belonging to the respective field. If the option "Email Options" > "Remove Empty Fields" is enabled (and the field is empty), this area will be hidden.

 

If you are not sure, we recommend starting with an automatically generated email format.
You can also use this as the basis for custom email.
Just change the email format, the HTML code of the automatically generated email will be kept.

Things to Consider ...

You can use HTML code to create the custom email, but designing an email is different from normal web pages.
If you are looking for a free HTML editor, then you should take a look at MS Expression Web link.

Always keep in mind, that mail clients like e.g. MS Outlook or Thunderbird or are no web browsers and will not support the latest web technologies. For example, MS Outlook uses the MS Word rendering engine instead of the MS Internet Explorer (or Edge) engine to render HTML. Also web mail clients and mobile devices will not support all HTML elements.

 

warning Creating HTML code for email messages is a bit like coding back in 2000 ...

 

  • Use <table> instead of <div> - most mail clients will not support floating div's
  • Avoid CSS3 specific code
  • Use HEX values (e.g. #FF9000) for colors instead of rgb(...)
  • Use padding instead of margin
  • Avoid <div> and deeply nested tables
  • Don't over-optimize your HTML code
  • Make sure the message is still readable if images are blocked by the recipient's mail client
  • Don't use Javascript, Flash, embedded video, iframes, forms or external CSS code

 

If you are not sure, we recommend starting with an automatically generated email format.
You can also use this as the basis for custom email.
Just change the email format, the HTML code of the automatically generated email will be kept.