html-email-template

A common use responsive HTML email template

Note

email-boilerplate.html is an adapted version based on email-origin.html from Cerberus

Inline your CSS before sending

Email is notorious for inconsistent CSS support. Therefore you should always inline your CSS before sending.

Sending emails directly from your codebase or using a developer service?

For an API service (like Mailgun, SendGrid, Postmark) you need to inline the CSS before sending. See email-inlined.html for an example. You can use this Email CSS Inliner or a module like Juice to do this automatically.

Copy all of email-boilerplate.html
Paste the codes as the source into the Input: Source HTML/CSS
Copy the output of Output: Inlined CSS and use this as the email template you send

Sending emails using a marketing service like Mailchimp?

Use the template email-boilerplate.html as is. They'll put the CSS inline for you when you put together your campaign.

Images in email

When inserting images remember to include the following attributes or risk them breaking in different clients:

src
alt
width
height
border

Example: <img src="https://absolute-path-to-image.jpg" alt="Useful alt text" width="500" height="300" border="0" style="border:0; outline:none; text-decoration:none; display:block;"> More information here

Css support in email clients

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