Technical Details

Direct mailing

 
 
 

WHAT TO DELIVER?


 
HTML-file

The mailing should be delivered as a plain .html file.

 
Subject of the mail

The subject of the mail should be mentioned in the <­title­> tag of the HTML.

 
Deadline for delivery

We'd like to receive your HTML 3 days before the release.

 
 

SPECIFICATIONS


 
Format

W 600 pixels (max. 650 pixels)

Centered mailing

You can center your mail by placing it in a table with width="100%" and align="center" on the <­td­>.

A background-color can also be applied by adding a style="background-color:#...".

 
Resolve Hotmail issues

Include the following code to prevent issues for Hotmailclients.

<­style type="text/css"­>
  .ReadMsgBody{width:100%;}
  .ExternalClass{width:100%;}
<­/style ­>

 
Readable text

Make sure all text is readable in the final result. White text on a white background is not done and will be marked as SPAM, which will lead to a negative result.

Working hyperlinks

All hyperlinks should use an absolute path a have to work properly and should have a target="_blank"

 
 

HTML-CODE: What is allowed and what isn't?


 
No style-sheets

A mailing using CSS-classes is not recommended, because of known issues with non webbased e-mailclients such as Outlook.

Use inline-styles

The use of inline-styles is recommended

Example:
<­p style="font-size:14px;"­>test<­/p­>

 
No attributes in the <­BODY­>

Most e-mail clients will ignore the attributes used in the <­BODY­>.

Use tables instead of div's

Div's tend to be wrongfully processed by e-mail clients. Therefore we recommend the use of nested tables (instead of col- and rowspans).

 
No javascript
Absolute paths

Only absolute paths are allowed in mailings.

Example:
<­img src="http://www.test.be/mailings/test.jpg" width="200" height="100" alt="test" style="display:block;" /­>

 
No resizing and image-maps

Resizing of images is not recommended. Neither is the use of image-maps.

Obligated attributes of the <­img­>
  • alt="..."
  • width="..."
  • height="..."
  • style="display:block;"
Do not use background-images

The use of background-images is not allowed.

 
Fonts

Use the most common fonts that are likely to be web-safe like:

  • Arial
  • Trebuchet MS
  • Tahoma
  • Times New Roman
  • ...

 
More fonts

You can find a list on:
http://www.ampsoft.net/webdesign-l/WindowsMacFonts.html

 
 

DELIVERY


 
Via e-mail

pub@guidooh.be
(maximum filesize 7 Mb)

Via WeTransfer

www.wetransfer.com
(maximum filesize 2 Gb)

Send a confirmation email at pub@guidooh.be

 
 
Download the Indesign-template in a .ZIP
 
Download the Indesign-template in a .ZIP