html & email template
- inline style
- build tools
https://templates.mailchimp.com/getting-started/html-email-basics/
HTML Email Basics
This reference assumes you’re a front-end web designer with an intermediate working knowledge of HTML and CSS. You’re comfortable coding in and using HTML tables for structure, and working in coding standards that were state-of-the-art in 1999. Feel free to crank up a little TLC or Goo Goo Dolls to get into the spirit of things.
Best Practices: Design
There are a few things to keep in mind when designing HTML email campaigns.
- Emails should be 600-800 pixels maximum width. This will make them behave better within the preview-pane size provided by many clients.
- Design for simplicity. Use grid-based layers and avoid complicated elements that require HTML floats or positioning.
- Assume images will be initially blocked by email clients, or that certain images—background images, for example—will completely fail to load.
- Don’t design an email that’s essentially one large, sliced-up image. While these kinds of emails look pretty, they perform poorly.
- Use basic, cross-platform fonts such as Arial, Verdana, Georgia, and Times New Roman.
- Avoid elements that require Flash or JavaScript. If you need motion in an email, a .gif is your best bet.
- Don’t forget about the mobile experience! Is your email readable at arm’s length on a small screen? Will the images slow its load time on a mobile device? Are your links easy to press with a thumb?
Best Practices: Development
Much like with design, there are best practices to follow when coding HTML email.
- Code all structure using the table element. For more complicated layouts, you should nest tables to build complex structures.
- Use element attributes (such as cellpadding, valign, and width) to set table dimensions. This forces a box-model structure.
- Keep your CSS simple. Avoid compound style declarations (IE: “font:#000 12px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;”), shorthand code (IE: #000 instead of #000000), CSS layout properties (IE: slot, position, clear, visibility, etc.), complex selectors (IE: descendant, child or sibling selectors, and pseudo-elements)
- Inline all CSS before sending. (Mailchimp will do this for you automatically.)
- Use only absolute links for images, and host those images on a reliable server. (Mailchimp provides free image hosting.)
- Don’t bother with JavaScript or Flash—those technologies are largely unsupported by email clients.
- Account for mobile-friendliness, if possible. Use media queries to increase text sizes on small screens, provide thumb-sized (~46x46px) hit areas for links. Make an email responsive if the design allows for it.
- Test, test, test. Create email accounts across various services, and send emails to yourself. Do this in conjunction with services such as Litmus.
html email templates responsive
https://colorlib.com/wp/responsive-html-email-templates/
https://designseer.com/best-responsive-html-email-templates/
https://speckyboy.com/free-responsive-email-templates/
https://litmus.com/resources/free-responsive-email-templates
https://elements.envato.com/web-templates/email-templates
https://foundation.zurb.com/emails/getting-started.html
https://stripo.email/templates/
online GUI tools
http://digith.com/transaction/transaction/digith_template_builder/index.html
html email template github
https://github.com/topics/email-template
https://github.com/leemunroe/responsive-html-email-template
https://github.com/leemunroe/responsive-html-email-template/blob/master/email.html
https://github.com/mailchimp/Email-Blueprints
https://github.com/charlesmudy/Responsive-HTML-Email-Template
https://github.com/charlesmudy/responsive-html-email-template/blob/master/index.html
https://gist.github.com/Dragoneel/7cde92b5bdf16972fcfb
https://github.com/mailgun/transactional-email-templates
https://github.com/konsav/email-templates
Tutorials
html email basics
https://templates.mailchimp.com/
https://templates.mailchimp.com/getting-started/html-email-basics/
how to email client render email page?
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1018078/testing-html-email-rendering
https://www.templatemonster.com/blog/render-emails-perfectly-different-email-clients/
https://litmus.com/blog/why-do-email-clients-render-emails-differently
https://mailchimp.com/resources/why-clients-render-email-differently/
https://mailtrap.io/blog/2018-08-30-building-email-template
table & css & email template
https://css-tricks.com/complete-guide-table-element/