<hr>
<h2 class="light">The Boilerplate</h2>
<p>
- Starting a new Ink project is fairly straightforward. If you aren
't using one of our <a href="templates.php">templates</a>, grab the boilerplate code from below to use as a starting point. While you can reference <code>ink.css</code> using a <kbd><link></kbd> tag for testing purposes, be sure to remove the <kbd><link rel="stylesheet" href="ink.css" /></kbd> statement and paste your CSS into the <kbd><style></kbd> tag in the head before running your email through an inliner.
+ Starting a new Ink project is fairly straightforward. If you aren
’t using one of our <a href="templates.php">templates</a>, grab the boilerplate code from below to use as a starting point. While you can reference <code>ink.css</code> using a <kbd><link></kbd> tag for testing purposes, be sure to remove the <kbd><link rel="stylesheet" href="ink.css" /></kbd> statement and paste your CSS into the <kbd><style></kbd> tag in the head before running your email through an inliner.
</p>
<h6>Boilerplate.html</h6>
<?php code_example(
, 'html'); ?>
<br>
<p>
- If you're applying a background color to your entire email, be sure to attach it to the table with a class of <code>body</code> as well as to the actual <kbd><body></kbd> tag, since some clients remove this by default.
+ If you’re applying a background color to your entire email, be sure to attach it to the table with a class of <code>body</code> as well as to the actual <kbd><body></kbd> tag, since some clients remove this by default.
</p>
<h6>Inline Styles</h6>
<?php code_example(
...
<body style="background:#ddd">
-
<table class="body" style="background:#ddd"> <!-- Background goes here too -->
+ <table class="body" style="background:#ddd"> <!-- Background goes here too -->
...
background: #ddd;
}'
, 'css'); ?>
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+<br>
+<hr>
+<h2 class="light">Sending Your Email</h2>
+<p>Sending HTML email is a lot different than sending plain text email. While it may be tempting to just open the email in a browser and click “share” or to use the “Insert HTML” function of your favorite email client, this often strips off a lot of the styling and makes your email completely unusable on mobile devices.</p>
+<p>To get the best results, we recommend that you send your HTML email using an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_service_provider_(marketing)">Email Service Provider (ESP)</a> such as <a href="http://mailchimp.com">Mailchimp</a> or <a href="http://campaignmonitor.com">Campaign Monitor</a>. If you’re just running a quick test and don't want to sign up for an ESP, sending from the command line using a scripting language like <a href="http://php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php">PHP</a> or <a href="http://ruby-doc.org/stdlib-2.0/libdoc/net/smtp/rdoc/Net/SMTP.html">Ruby</a> usually works fine.</p>
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