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CSS in Head Tags
October 12, 2009, 05:21:37 pm
CiviMail seems to strip out the head tag of my html and all of the css in it.  Is this normal?

I'm new to using html in email and understand that it is more restrictive than for browsers.  I found templates at http://www.campaignmonitor.com/templates/ which say they are compatible with most clients however these templates use CSS in the head tag. 

Any suggestions on other email templates that are more compatible with CiviMail?  My users will need WYSIWYG from within CiviMail.

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Re: CSS in Head Tags
October 12, 2009, 07:27:08 pm

that is not normal

civimail should not be touching any of the contents of the message. it does token replacements on the message and then attaches it as is

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Re: CSS in Head Tags
October 12, 2009, 08:04:18 pm
my experience is that if styling is put in the head tag then it gets dropped - hence doing all styling 'inline'
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Re: CSS in Head Tags
October 12, 2009, 08:25:50 pm

pete:

r u confirming that civimail drop the "head" tag / styling of the css? or email clients ignore it?

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Re: CSS in Head Tags
October 12, 2009, 08:36:22 pm
civimail drops head tag
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Re: CSS in Head Tags
October 13, 2009, 08:11:28 am

spoke with pete on IRC about this

to be more exact its the WYSIWYG editors that are potentially dropping the head tag. They basically hand civimail a chunk of html without the head tag

if you upload an html file to civimail wiht the head tag, that goes thru fine. You might want to check the docs on the WYSIWYG editors on how to do this

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