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All about HTML Emails

Mary — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:00:27 +0000

Guide to CSS support in email clients – Articles & Tips – Campaign Monitor

From Campaign Monitor. Hugely helpful. It's interesting to see how bad Gmail is at handling emailers. Make sure to download the full reports to check out more.

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Stupid HTML Email Design Mistakes | MailChimp.com

From MailChimp.com. These are things you might not think of to consider when you design an emailer.

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EmailElements – Blogging all about HTML Email Standards, CSS and XHTML: Email

Excellent, excellent resource. Mike Kleiman posts about various HTML email subjects, and has a 3-part series on how to code one. This links to the "Email" label, so you'll have to scroll to find the series.

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Vdot Media – 9 best practices for email design

From Vdot Media. Some really good tips to consider.

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Online Photo Editor: Pixlr

Mary — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:59:36 +0000

While away from my own computer the other day (and, therefore, away from Photoshop), I was looking for an online photo editor. Most of what I came across wasn’t worth it. I couldn’t copy or paste bits and pieces of my photo.

Enter Pixlr.

It’s a Flash-based photo editor that works almost like Photoshop. Of course you don’t get the power and all the features of Photoshop, but for someone who can’t afford it or doesn’t need it on a daily basis, Pixlr is a really cool little editor. I was able to do the quick edits I needed without waiting for hours until I got home.

Check it out here, and donate to them if you enjoy it.

New WordPress 2.8

Mary — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:47:32 +0000

So far, it’s nice. I am having problems installing widgets in a sidebar, but I’m wondering if it’s a problem with the widgets I’m installing, and not WordPress itself.

The new feature that I think most people will adore is the ability to install themes directly from your admin panel. 2.7 had the ability to do this for widgets and plugins, but you still had to use FTP or go through your host to upload a new theme. Not anymore! I would have loved this back when I first started using WordPress, and thus didn’t make my own themes. Of course, now it’s a rather moot point, but it’s still nice they’ve added it.

Check it out HERE.

WordPress: Working With Color

Mary — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:09:56 +0000

WordPress is BY FAR my favorite thing that has come out of the blogging phenomenon. With it being part blog, part content management system, you can do pretty much anything with it.

There are a lot of beautiful themes out there. So what do you do when you like a theme, but want to change the colors? Even worse, what if you don’t know CSS or know how to create a color scheme with hex codes?

Theme Tweaker

If you’re not familiar with CSS, this little plugin might be your best friend. The only complaint I would have is that it doesn’t tell you where the color is coming from, but I suppose that’s something that you might just have to deal with. If, say, you’re looking at your current layout, and want all the areas that are pink to become a certain orange color, that’d be an easy fix.

ColorSchemer

This one is great for every website, not just WordPress. I love this color generator. You can input a hex color code, and it will draw up complimentary colors with their codes for your website. You can darken or lighten the color scheme as well. You can also choose a color from one of the pre-chosen boxes, and find a good color scheme from there.

What are some of your favorite color tricks?