seem to have found a solution that works ok at the moment, however issue I am finding now, is the heights of the cells are not being enforced.
seems the cells height auto fits to content rather than to a height=100px spec.. any suggestions? On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Brendan Brink <[email protected]>wrote: > thanks for that Aaron, > > would you be able to help me translate the current CSS in head into the > inline styling? > > > On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 1:24 PM, Aaron Cooper <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Trust me, the issue is a bit of an unsuccessful holy grail among email >> marketers. I've spent a couple of days digging around for this a while back. >> Even the background="" attribute is no good. >> >> Use this as a breakdown for CSS support. Note that Gmail is very similar >> to to Outlook 2007. Also be aware that Gmail (and some other web clients) >> strip out the <head> tag completely. CSS needs to be inline as best >> practice. The code you sent will have limited styling in Gmail. >> >> http://www.campaignmonitor.com/css/ >> >> A >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* Brendan Brink <[email protected]> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Sent:* Friday, October 29, 2010 12:17 PM >> *Subject:* Re: [phpug][OY] background image not displaying in Outlook >> newsletter >> >> have modified now, the table cell to have a css style class, with a >> background image, and a fall back colour, colour works in Outlook 2007, but >> still no background image displaying... >> >> any other suggestions anyone? >> >> On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Aaron Cooper <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> What year? 2003 or 2007+? >>> >>> If the latter, it does not support background images since it uses Word's >>> HTML engine to render (03 uses IE with and option to use Word) >>> >>> There are a few work arounds out there. Here's one but I haven't tried it >>> yet: >>> http://www.campaignmonitor.com/blog/post/1777/body-background-images-outlook/ >>> . >>> >>> Simpler (And more robust) solution has always been to give the container >>> a background color to fall back on. Gmail has issues with background images >>> too. >>> >>> A >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> *From:* Brendan Brink <[email protected]> >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Sent:* Friday, October 29, 2010 12:00 PM >>> *Subject:* [phpug] background image not displaying in Outlook newsletter >>> >>> Hi there, >>> >>> Having frustrations with displaying a repeating image in a table cell >>> (displays fine in Entourage), have added some code from my google research >>> (from this address: >>> http://www.campaignmonitor.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=3862) >>> >>> here is the code of the email (the top half and the issue is the >>> repeating background in the table cells (have made them bold) >>> >>> any help would be much much appreciated...i think its something small >>> that i am missing out ;( >>> >>> <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml"> >>> <head> >>> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; >>> charset=3DISO-8859-= >>> 1"><style type=3D"text/css"> >>> v\:* { >>> behavior: url(#default#VML); >>> display:inline-block; >>> } >>> >>> body { >>> font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; >>> font-size:11px; margin: 10px; >>> } >>> .introtext {font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; >>> font-size:12px; margin: 5px;} >>> .imagetitles {color: #000000; font-size: 11px; font-weight: 600; margin: >>> 5p= >>> x; text-align: center;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;} >>> .imagedescriptions {color: #000000; font-size: 10px; margin-left: 15px; >>> mar= >>> gin-right: 10px;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;margin-top: >>> 10px;= >>> } >>> .newslettertitle {color: #ffffff; font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, >>> Helv= >>> etica, sans-serif; font-weight: 600;} >>> .linktext { text-decoration:none; color:#000000; } >>> image a { border:none; } >>> </style></head> >>> <body ><table width=3D"700" border=3D"0" align=3D"center" >>> cellpadding=3D"0"= >>> cellspacing=3D"0" > >>> <tr> >>> <td><table border=3D"0" align=3D"center" cellpadding=3D"0" >>> cellspacing= >>> =3D"0"> >>> <tr> >>> <td colspan=3D"2"><a href=3D"http://www.indus.co.nz"><img >>> src=3D"ht= >>> tp:// >>> www.indus.co.nz/indusinformer/images/indusnewsletternew_top_banner.jpg= >>> " width=3D"700" height=3D"116" border=3D"0" /></a></td> >>> </tr> >>> <tr> >>> <td bgcolor=3D"#333333"><table width=3D"100%" border=3D"0" >>> cellspac= >>> ing=3D"5" cellpadding=3D"5"> >>> <tr> >>> <td><span class=3D"newslettertitle">the indus >>> informer</span></= >>> td> >>> <td><div align=3D"right"><span >>> class=3D"newslettertitle">Novemb= >>> er</span></div></td> >>> </tr> >>> </table></td> >>> </tr> >>> <tr bgcolor=3D"#000000"> >>> <td valign=3D"top" bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF"><table class=3D"introtext" >>> w= >>> idth=3D"100%" border=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"10" cellpadding=3D"10"> >>> <tr> >>> <td><p >Good afternoon Brendan, </p></td> >>> </tr> >>> <tr> >>> <td>Welcome to our October edition of the Indus informer. >>> We=92= >>> ve made some changes to our newsletter to make it easier and quicker for >>> yo= >>> u to read the information that may be of interest to you. We hope you >>> will = >>> find this information useful.</td> >>> </tr> >>> <tr> >>> <td><div align=3D"right" >Regards from the team at Indus >>> Recrui= >>> tment.</div></td> >>> </tr> >>> </table></td> >>> </tr> >>> <tr bgcolor=3D"#000000"> >>> <td width=3D"" valign=3D"top" bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF"><table >>> width=3D"7= >>> 00" border=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" >>> bgcolour=3D"#504949"><= >>> tr><td valign=3D'top'><table width=3D"233" border=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" >>> c= >>> ellpadding=3D"0"> >>> <tr> >>> <td><img src=3D" >>> http://www.indus.co.nz/indusinformer/images= >>> /indusnewsletternew_content_top2.jpg" width=3D"233" height=3D"18"></td> >>> </tr> >>> <tr> >>> *<td background=3D" >>> http://www.indus.co.nz/indusinformer/ima= >>> ges/indusnewsletternew_content_repeat2.jpg"><!--[if gte mso 9]> >>> >>> <v:image style=3D'width: 233px; height: 1px; position: absolute; top: 0; >>> le= >>> ft: 0; border: 0; z-index: -1;' src=3D" >>> http://www.indus.co.nz/indusinformer= >>> /images/indusnewsletternew_content_repeat2.jpg" /> >>> >>> <![endif]-->*<table width=3D"190" border=3D"0" align=3D"center" >>> cellpadding= >>> =3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0"> >>> <tr> >>> <td height=3D"50"><a class=3D"linktext" >>> href=3D"http:/= >>> / >>> www.sell2cell.co.nz/smartpanel/scripts/smartmailer_track.php?h=3D89f2bd307= >>> 8c7728b86d43761e8d4157b&r=3D" ><p class=3D"imagetitles">Unions plan >>> nationw= >>> ide employment law protest</p></a></td> >>> </tr> >>> </table></td> >>> </tr> >>> <tr> >>> <td background=3D" >>> http://www.indus.co.nz/indusinformer/ima= >>> ges/indusnewsletternew_content_repeat2.jpg"><!--[if gte mso 9]> >>> >>> <v:image style=3D'width: 233px; height: 1px; position: absolute; top: 0; >>> le= >>> ft: 0; border: 0; z-index: -1;' src=3D" >>> http://www.indus.co.nz/indusinformer= >>> /images/indusnewsletternew_content_repeat2.jpg" /> >>> >>> <![endif]--><table width=3D"190" border=3D"0" align=3D"center" >>> cellpadding= >>> =3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0"> >>> <tr> >>> <td><table width=3D"100" border=3D"0" align=3D"center" >>> = >>> cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0"> >>> <tr> >>> <td><a class=3D"linktext" href=3D" >>> http://www.sell2= >>> >>> cell.co.nz/smartpanel/scripts/smartmailer_track.php?h=3D89f2bd3078c7728b86d= >>> 43761e8d4157b&r=3D" ><img src=3D" >>> http://www.indus.co.nz/smartpanel/images/u= >>> ploads/1288298069_1.png" width=3D"150" height=3D"150"></a></td> >>> </tr> >>> </table></td> >>> </tr> >>> </table></td> >>> </tr> >>> <tr> >>> <td background=3D" >>> http://www.indus.co.nz/indusinformer/ima= >>> ges/indusnewsletternew_content_repeat2.jpg"><!--[if gte mso 9]> >>> >>> <v:image style=3D'width: 233px; height: 1px; position: absolute; top: 0; >>> le= >>> ft: 0; border: 0; z-index: -1;' src=3D" >>> http://www.indus.co.nz/indusinformer= >>> /images/indusnewsletternew_content_repeat2.jpg" /> >>> >>> <![endif]--><table width=3D"190" border=3D"0" align=3D"center" >>> cellpadding= >>> =3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0"> >>> <tr> >>> <td valign=3D"top" height=3D'85'><p >>> class=3D"imagedescr= >>> iptions"><a class=3D"linktext" href=3D" >>> http://www.sell2cell.co.nz/smartpan= >>> >>> el/scripts/smartmailer_track.php?h=3D89f2bd3078c7728b86d43761e8d4157b&r=3D"= >>> >Thousands of workers will be protesting against the Government's >>> employme= >>> nt laws, says the Council of Trade Unions (CTU). >>> </a></p></td> >>> </tr> >>> </table></td> >>> </tr> >>> >>> -- >>> Kind Regards, >>> >>> Brendan Brink >>> >>> SMS Marketing Consultant | Manager >>> Sell2Cell Ltd. >>> >>> 021 0246 1646 | [email protected] | www.sell2cell.co.nz >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> We provide customized, cost-effective SMS & Web Solutions >>> Need a website? 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