CFMAIL - Formatting HTML

TamedTech · Feb 17, 2006

Hi guys,

I've put together a nice little Newsletter App that lets me enter text into a form and then click send and it posts that along with some automated stuff from my database in a Newsletter e-mail.

The e-mail is HTML format, however i'm struggling to format the design of the e-mail.

Do I have to use tables and set styles as attributes or can i use CSS? i've tried attaching an external CSS sheet but it doesnt format the content.

Thanks,

Rob

Wullie · Feb 17, 2006

Have you tried including the CSS inline rather than as an enternal file?

Hope this helps

Wullie

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TamedTech · Feb 17, 2006

Not to worry, figured it out.

ColdFusion obviously didnt like the #'s in my styles.

Try somthing along the lines of this inside you CFMAIL tags.

Code:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
       <title>My HTML Message</title>
       <style>
       TD {
       border : thin  dashed;
       border-color: 506968;
       background-color : 506968;
       font-family : sans-serif;
       color : White;
       padding : 8 8 8 8;
       }
       </style>
</head>
<body>
<table width="50%">
<tr>
       <td>Cui premo ullamcorper demoveo at pertineo abigo demoveo praesent, illum nisl ut gemino saluto. Dolus quidem pala ex sudo, quis dolore iusto in lucidus iusto. In macto neo ne at iusto eu, lenis.</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>

ecobb · Feb 17, 2006

Actually, it would probably be better to do this in your css:

Code:

border-color: ##506968;

If you put double ## signs, CF will convert it to a single # sign for html.

Hope This Helps!

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CFMAIL - Formatting HTML

TamedTech

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