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eric.rovtar - 5/23/2011 9:11:27 PM
   
Newsletter Module
Hi!

We're in the process of starting an electronic newsletter, and one of the possible tools we're looking to use is Kentico's newsletter module. I'm a little worried about getting my hopes up with it, though.

The biggest problem with email is that it doesn't follow modern HTML/CSS practices. You have to use tables, not divs, etc. In the online documentation, Kentico is shown to grab a webpage and send it as-is via email. This is a great idea! But what if my page relies heavily on div's and styling for browsers, not email clients? Will the page still appear correctly for the majority of users?

I'm going to begin to play around with the module, but I wanted to get some feedback as well.

Thanks!

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kentico_ondrejv - 5/26/2011 1:54:44 AM
   
RE:Newsletter Module
Hello,

This is rather a general query, since the e-mail rendering in various e-mail clients is very tricky in terms of correct and consistent look and feel. The thing is that each e-mail client is different and you need to use multiple workarounds and hacks. Kentico CMS gives you, however, a possibility to create a newsletter using numerous ways. I mean, you can create an HTML newsletter where you can choose whether the images will be included as attachments or you can refer them directly using live site URL; of course you can use CSS styling in there. On the other hand, you can create a completely image based newsletter (you need to create those images on your own) where the colors and all elements will have obviously the same position all across the e-mail clients. Moreover, as you mentioned, you can create a dynamic newsletter.

There are plenty articles dealing with the e-mail (newsletter) sending using some hacks on the Internet. I would recommend you to search for it using Google or Bing. Or maybe someone can share here his personal experience. We'll see :-)

Best regards
Ondrej Vasil