HTML email and UI question

Ankur

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> .
 
Ankur said:
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??
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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.
 
ayan said:
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.
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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.
ayan said:
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> .
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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.
Cromewell said:
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.
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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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