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Webmaster Forum / HTML, CSS, Scripts / CSS / December 2008Copy and paste a page using an external CSS page
Hi, Maybe this is normal but when I copy and paste a web page into an email where the web page uses either old style <table) deprecated code or inline CSS code, it shows fine. However, when I copy and paste a web page into an email where the web page uses external CSS pages, the formatting is not displayed. Is this normal and if so, is there a work-around? Thank, Don > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Is this normal and if so, is there a work-around? It's normal if the LINK tag referencing the external CSS sheet uses a relative URL, because nothing can be relative to an e-mail--unless you add a BASE tag to the e-mail's HTML source that specifies the address relative to which the address should be interpreted. On Dec 1, 4:20 pm, Harlan Messinger <hmessinger.removet...@comcast.net> wrote: > > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > add a BASE tag to the e-mail's HTML source that specifies the address > relative to which the address should be interpreted. Thanks. I tried using the absolute URL for all CSS and JS included files (not images) and still no luck. I'm guessing that code between <head></head> is not copied to the email hence the formatting is lost. Can CSS includes be moved after the <body> tag or does this break the validation rules? In article <23ab6fc7-645b-4a4e-b2c3-2ea8ca49cc1a@d23g2000yqc.googlegroups.com>, > On Dec 1, 4:20 pm, Harlan Messinger > <hmessinger.removet...@comcast.net> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > Can CSS includes be moved after the <body> tag or does this break the > validation rules? Why not just take the easier route, and send an e-mail containing a short explanatory note and a link to the web page instead? That way, you avoid the issue of styles altogether, and you also avoid wasted effort when sending to folks like me who have html rendering disabled in their mail client! (There is another way to style html e-mails, but that involves setting style="..." on the relevant html bits in the body. Still wouldn't work in my mail client, though) > In article > <23ab6fc7-645b-4a4e-b2c3-2ea8ca49c...@d23g2000yqc.googlegroups.com>, [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > setting style="..." on the relevant html bits in the body. Still > wouldn't work in my mail client, though) A link wouldn't work as the information I am copying and pasting is dynamic content hence the result of choices made earlier on previous pages. The information would also be sent only to selected individuals ad so rendering HTML in their HTML client would be a necessity. I guess I began this thread as when copying a web page designed without CSS, all worked more or less OK. Thanks, Don In article <edcdac43-123f-4a3f-8dfe-8a45a609d50e@y18g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>, > > In article > > <23ab6fc7-645b-4a4e-b2c3-2ea8ca49c...@d23g2000yqc.googlegroups.com>, [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > necessity. I guess I began this thread as when copying a web page > designed without CSS, all worked more or less OK. So then you appear to be stuck with using things like <div style="...">blah</div> Either that, or generating a pdf from the dynamically generated page and sending that instead. Details would vary depending on your platform, OS, and what you are using to generate the dynamic content. Also, a little outside my area of expertise (other than selecting "Save as pdf" in the print options under Mac OS X!) but there ought to be html-to-pdf utilities for most common platforms? In article <8951db70-55ea-45a5-91e9-d0793a1b8dc9@v4g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>, > ... when I copy and paste a web page into an > email where the web page uses either old style <table) deprecated code [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Is this normal I don't know if it is normal but I can copy and paste a web page content with pictures from a web browser into my email program Mail.app (on a Mac) and it is pretty fine. And, yes, one whose HTML has a link for a style sheet. Here is one to try (so we are all on the same page): <http://css.maxdesign.com.au/selectutorial/selectors_type.htm> There is now and then a need for a push or shove with a context menu command... but this is is easy and minor.  Signaturedorayme |
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