The cheapest way is probably with Mozilla Thunderbird and a mail-merge plug-in.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Alan C. Whiteman Visualis Web Design http://visualis.us (562) 305-2862 On Thursday 07 January 2010 18:10:44 you wrote: > ********************************************************************* > WEB STANDARDS GROUP MAIL LIST DIGEST > ********************************************************************* > > > From: Paul Collins <pauldcoll...@gmail.com> > Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 15:34:01 +0000 > Subject: Ways of sending a HTML email > > Hi all, > > A client of mine wants a HTML email with very little budget! So, I don't > want to spend time setting it up in Campaign monitor for him. > > I'm wondering, can you send HTML emails straight from Word or Acrobat, or > something like that these days? I'm not up to speed and can't find any > info. It would be good if I could hand him some kind of design he can edit > and send himself. > > Thanks for any advice, > Paul > > > ********************************************************************* > From: Nathalie Lapierre <nlapie...@westpac.com.au> > Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 04:14:00 +1100 > Subject: Nathalie Lapierre is out of the office > > > I will be out of the office starting 07/01/2010 and will not return until > 15/01/2010. > > If your request is urgent you can contact the Web Content Group No: on 8253 > (2)0499 or email Website Requests/CORPAU/WBCAU/WBG > > > Please consider our environment before printing this email. > > WARNING - This email and any attachments may be confidential. If received > in error, please delete and inform us by return email. Because emails and > attachments may be interfered with, may contain computer viruses or other > defects and may not be successfully replicated on other systems, you must > be cautious. 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If you know of any modules, articles or specific > implementations on how to do this, that would be great. > > Thanks all, > > Jim > > > ********************************************************************* > From: Thierry Koblentz <thierry.koble...@gmail.com> > Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 17:35:02 -0800 > Subject: RE: [WSG] Looking for Accessible and Standards based Drupal Main > Navigation Module > > > We are working with an external developer who does speak Accessibility > > > > and Usability a bit, but not enough for me. > > > > > > > > I am looking for accessible and standards based Drupal main navigation > > > > module thingy with the specific requirement of being navigable via > > > > tabbing, including submenus. If you know of any modules, articles or > > > > specific implementations on how to do this, that would be great. > > (shameless plug) > > > > http://tjkdesign.com/articles/Pure_CSS_Dropdown_Menus.asp > > > > > > -- > > Regards, > > Thierry | www.tjkdesign.com > > > > > > ********************************************************************* > From: David Laakso <da...@chelseacreekstudio.com> > Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:14:14 -0500 > Subject: Re: [WSG] Looking for Accessible and Standards based Drupal Main > Navigation Module > > > (shameless plug) > > > > > > > > http://tjkdesign.com/articles/Pure_CSS_Dropdown_Menus.asp > > Fwiw, I've used it without issue (other than my own, of course). Nice > stuff, me /thimk/... > > ~d > > ********************************************************************* > From: "Peter Hislop" <pghis...@bigpond.net.au> > Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 20:18:54 +1100 > Subject: RE: [WSG] a tiny usability question on web form > > I'd look to the postal standards for countries that you're expecting to > ship to. > > This Australia Post publication: > http://www.auspost.com.au/correctaddress/adStand.pdf specifies formats, > field lengths and type formats. > > It also refers to two Australian Standards for data formats: > > Australian Standard AS4212-1994 - "Geographic Information Systems - Data > dictionary for transfer > of street addressing information"; and, > Australian Standard AS4590-1999 "Interchange of Client Information". > > Hope that this provides a useful research direction. > > Regards, > > Peter Hislop > > -----Original Message----- > From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On > Behalf Of tee > Sent: Wednesday, 6 January 2010 1:20 AM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: [WSG] a tiny usability question on web form > > Was making a web form for a commercial software which clientele are > mainly from EU countries, in the original form the order of the > Country field. The order looks like this: > > address/street > country > state > city > zipcode > > Maybe I'd been making too many web forms for US and some Asian > countries' clients, I find it creates a tiny usability issue for user > to have the country field places above state, city and zipcode. From > my own experience, I always use tabbing to navigate web form, in a few > US sites that I did shopping and that has country, city, state and > zipcode setup in a non-US format, I find them to be a usability > problem because I didn't read carefully but out of habit (and this is > something I expect many web users would do), entered my address > expecting them to be in standard US format. > > My client thinks otherwise: > > quote: > Regarding the order of the fields. I understand your background, but > from a usability standpoint it seems weird to me to for example show > the "Country" field AFTER the "State" field. Why? Because the "State" > field is depending on the Country field. If a user goes from field to > field and are not from the US, they will be surprised to see that only > US states are available in the "State" field. It seems more natural to > choose a country first, and then have a field update (change from > selectbox with states to a input text field) BELOW that instead of > ABOVE that. > > Is is a non-issue how the order is? For sites that cater international > users, is there a more standard format for address in web form? > > Thanks! > tee > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org > ******************************************************************* > > > ********************************************************************* > From: Jayachandran Kandasamy <jayachandran.kandas...@gmail.com> > Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 04:33:23 -0800 > Subject: Re: [WSG] Ways of sending a HTML email > > Hi Paul, > > Check this links you may get some ideas behind it.. :) > http://www.addme.com/newsletters/issue293.htm > > http://www.mailchimp.com/resources/html_email_templates/ > > cheers, > JC > > On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 7:34 AM, Paul Collins <pauldcoll...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > A client of mine wants a HTML email with very little budget! So, I don't > > want to spend time setting it up in Campaign monitor for him. > > > > I'm wondering, can you send HTML emails straight from Word or Acrobat, or > > something like that these days? I'm not up to speed and can't find any > > info. It would be good if I could hand him some kind of design he can > > edit and send himself. > > > > Thanks for any advice, > > Paul > > > > > > > > ******************************************************************* > > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > > Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org > > ******************************************************************* > > ********************************************************************* > From: tee <weblis...@gmail.com> > Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 06:25:56 -0800 > Subject: Re: [WSG] a tiny usability question on web form > > On Jan 7, 2010, at 1:18 AM, Peter Hislop wrote: > > I'd look to the postal standards for countries that you're expecting > > to ship > > to. > > Paul, > > Thanks! Great tips! > > tee > > ************************************************************** > Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org > ************************************************************** ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *******************************************************************