HTML email and UI question

Ankur

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1. What is the best tool/software to create GUI for a website, I basically use normal text editors to do it.
2. I have to send users of my website automated emails, but these emails are in normal text, I want to send and format them in HTML and a bit GUI, but when I do it the HTML code displays in the email, how can I format the email with HTML??
 
1. use wordpress if you want fast and generic sites. Wordpress is loaded with functionality, but not as customisable as a custom built website.

If you want to do it like men do it, get codeigniter for your website, which is just a framework, but it's faster, and very competent.

2. Html doesn't know to send emails, php, or codeigniter/wordpress (php)does. You must use very very basic html though, emails don't get interpreted as good as normal html. For example, try to avoid using divs, and use more <tables> .
 
1. What is the best tool/software to create GUI for a website, I basically use normal text editors to do it.
2. I have to send users of my website automated emails, but these emails are in normal text, I want to send and format them in HTML and a bit GUI, but when I do it the HTML code displays in the email, how can I format the email with HTML??

If your emails are showing the html the problem is probably a missing header. You need content type or it will be interpreted as plaintext.
 
1. use wordpress if you want fast and generic sites. Wordpress is loaded with functionality, but not as customisable as a custom built website.
If you want to do it like men do it, get codeigniter for your website, which is just a framework, but it's faster, and very competent.
I really want to avoid 3rd party frameworks, but I am looking for softwares in which I can create layout, navbars easily, I am using raw css code to do it.
2. Html doesn't know to send emails, php, or codeigniter/wordpress (php)does. You must use very very basic html though, emails don't get interpreted as good as normal html. For example, try to avoid using divs, and use more <tables> .
I already coded a script in PHP to send emails, its working fine, I just want to format them nicely as I am only able to send text and not able to change the color and other stuff.
If your emails are showing the html the problem is probably a missing header. You need content type or it will be interpreted as plaintext.
Do you know the exact way? As I tried some content types and still it didn't work.
 
I always did something like this (update the newline/carriage return as needed for your system):
PHP:
$headers  = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\n";
$headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\n";
$to='[email protected]';
$subject=$to='[email protected]'
$message='<html> ....... </html>';
mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
 
Thanks will check it out,
btw do you know some good software's I can create and start a business. I do have clients and doing well in that. I am thinking about creating some good sites/software's for end users. What do you think?
 
There are many Online website builders like WIX.com,webs.com if you want it to be done quickly.You may be referring to newsletters take a look at newsletter services like mailchimp
 
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