estesbubba Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 The new email format looks better on phones but the text is still pretty small. If you want a newsletter that looks great on desktop, tablets, and phones, you could look into a responsive email template. If you're using a pre-built template from your email provider they might have a responsive template option. If you're building the template yourself Zurb is a great framework for responsive design and even has a newsletter template. http://zurb.com/playground/responsive-email-templates My website uses a responsive design. Do demonstrate how responsive works, open it with your browser maximized and slowly shrink the width. You'll see how menu and content changes to adapt to the screen size and still look good on all devices. http://suiteronline.com/category/woodworking/ If you're interested in building a responsive template and have any questions let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estesbubba Posted March 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 Looks like Zurb has a newer responsive framework called Ink: http://zurb.com/ink/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 (edited) That is an awesome heads up. Thanks for this post. That is not to say that I do not appreciate the redesign:-) Edited March 22, 2014 by C Shaffer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jHop Posted April 2, 2014 Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 You can embed videos as responsive into non-responsive posts and emails, right? (Still working out some of the stuff on the school paper website, and my tenure ends in 4 weeks.) as for the new format... not a big fan, as I still get the emails via laptop. While I appreciate the phone for so much, I still segment and compartmentalize. If I know it's going to have ads, pop-ups, or pull-out video, I save it for non-mobile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewoodwhisperer Posted April 10, 2014 Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 Estesebubba- our provider doesn't currently offer responsive templates. When they do, we'll certainly look into it. jHop - What don't you like, specifically, about the new format? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jHop Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 mostly it's a time issue... As the semester wraps, I find I have less time than before. So, unless all the headlines are at the top of the visible page or screen, I flag it for later follow up and move on. (You don't want to know how many flags I've got pending right now.) It might also be because of the year spent with the paper learning a whole lotta things I didn't know and won't get a grade for. The whitespace around the information indicates the message was clearly crafted for the longer screen of the phone. Since I still use a laptop, where the screen is wider than longer, the message requires more scrolling through to read. Not trying to complain, but there are times when I don't have the luxury of taking that much time to read an article or message. (Oh, how I can't wait for May.) So I get the mindset to come back and follow up. This means I usually miss something right away, but I will read the message like most woodworkers read their preferred wood working magazine: chunks of it here and there in a leisurely fashion - and maybe months after publication. (I can only imagine what your schedule looks like. I know you put a lot of hard work into these emails, and I do appreciate them. Really.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estesbubba Posted April 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 Estesebubba- our provider doesn't currently offer responsive templates. When they do, we'll certainly look into it. jHop - What don't you like, specifically, about the new format? Marc - do they allow you to use your own templates? If they do and you want some help, let me know and I could whip you up a starting point for a responsive email template. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewoodwhisperer Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 We have two choices, supply our own HTML or use their templates in a WYSIWYG editor. Since my mom actually does the assembly of the newsletter each week, we absolutely need the visual editor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estesbubba Posted April 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 Gotta keep Mom happy so don't go changing things on her! Heck, I get grumpy if I have to hand-write too much HTML. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estesbubba Posted May 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 The newer "new" format looks great on all devices - great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewoodwhisperer Posted May 13, 2014 Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 I left a known width issue in the email because I wanted to get this first mailing out. So in some situations, a few folks will see a colored bar on the right side. Other than that it should be pretty decent. Friday's email will be the more polished test. Glad you like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcK Posted May 13, 2014 Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 Yes I saw the width issue on the iPad air IOS7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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