Creating a Message, Step 2: Adding HTML

You create the HTML message on the HTML page. You can create and edit the HTML code in any of the following ways:

• Type the code directly on the HTML page
• Upload the code

You can upload any .html, .htm, or .txt file that contains the code.

• Retrieve the code from a web page
• Use the HTML Editor
  The HTML Editor gives you the ability to format messages using toolbar buttons similar to those in standard word processors.  

About images in HTML code

When adding images, you must use absolute paths (complete URLs) in your image reference tags. For example:

CORRECT: <img src="http://www.mysite.com/images/image.gif"/>

INCORRECT: <img src="images/image.gif"/>
            

To add HTML on the HTML page

• Type the code in the Edit HTML field.  

To upload HTML code

You can upload an HTML file (.html or .htm) or a text file (.txt) that contains HTML.

1. On the right navigation bar, click Upload HTML.

2. On the page that opens, click Browse, navigate to the file you want, then click Upload.

3. Click Close Window.

The content of the file is added to your message.  

To copy HTML from a web page

1. On the right navigation bar, click Get HTML from URL.

2. On the page that opens, in the Retrieve a message from this location field, type URL of the web page, then click Get It!

3. Click Close Window.

The code from the page is added to your message.  

To use the HTML Editor

• 1. On the right navigation bar, click HTML Editor.

The HTML Editor opens in a new window.

2. Create the message content.

Learn more about the HTML Editor.

3. Click Save Content.

The content is added to the message and the HTML Editor closes.

Tip: You can make additional changes on the HTML page.

To preview your message

• On the HTML page, select the Preview HTML tab.  

Next steps

After you finish adding HTML, click SAVE, then do one of the following:

• Click Back to return to the Settings page
• Add content such as graphics and other enhancements
• Check your HTML content for errors and potential spam filtering
• Click SAVE & NEXT to create the text version of the message