adding html to asp script

Junior WebHelper Joined: 25 Apr 2003 Posts: 11

hi

title is self explanatory - i'm adding 'send to a friend' link to an enews i send. i'm using asp to send the email (or a link to a webpage containing the enews) to the friend from the server.

how do i put html links into the asp driven email?

thanks.............

Team Member Joined: 06 Jan 2002 Posts: 2564

Well unless this is an HTML email, you have to just put the plain address in (some email clients will make it into a link anyway). To use links, you'll have to send an HTML email.

Junior WebHelper Joined: 25 Apr 2003 Posts: 11

Thanks !

so how do i send this as an html email? script so far is:

<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"><% @ Language="VBscript" %>

<head>
<title>Message Sent</title></head>

<%

Dim name,friendsemail,friendsname,message,NewMailObj

name=request.form("name")
friendsemail=request.form("friendsemail")
friendsname=request.form("friendsname")
message=request.form("message")

Set NewMailObj=Server.CreateObject("CDONTS.NewMail")
NewMailObj.From = name
NewMailObj.To = friendsemail
NewMailObj.Subject = "Friend says....."
NewMailObj.Body = "Hi " & friendsname & _
" Your friend " & name & " wants you to see this email from Company. If you'd also like to receive this mail (every 4-6 weeks), send a blank mail to enews-subscribe@company.co.uk." & _
" Message from your friend : " & message
NewMailObj.BodyFormat = 0
NewMailObj.MailFormat = 0
NewMailObj.Send
Set NewMailObj = nothing
%>

<div align="center">
 
 
Thanks!
Your message was sent!
To visit our
website, click <a href="http://www.company.co.uk">www.company.co.uk</a>
</div>
</body>
</html>

PS. i'm a novice, as you can see! Rolling Eyes

Team Member Joined: 06 Jan 2002 Posts: 2564

Sorry, but I'm actually a novice too with ASP Smile

My advice is don't switch to HTML: many people with old email clients won't be able to read your email or will have problems with it. Stick with no link - most clients will make it into a link automatically anyway. Also sending HTML emails is always much more complicated Very Happy

Junior WebHelper Joined: 25 Apr 2003 Posts: 11

hmmmmm

I use MS Outlook & OE6 and they don't make the links live automatically. Good advice though to keep things as simple as poss. I'll heed that.
Thanks.
Teallach.

Team Member Joined: 06 Jan 2002 Posts: 2564

Is the link the email address? In any case make sure it's a valid link (ie: it includes http://).

Junior WebHelper Joined: 25 Apr 2003 Posts: 11

yeah, tried eamail address with mailto: & web address with http:// Sad

Team Member Joined: 06 Jan 2002 Posts: 2564

Wait a second, why are there tags in your email?

Junior WebHelper Joined: 25 Apr 2003 Posts: 11

well (embarrassed), cos i copied them.... should there not be?

Team Member Joined: 06 Jan 2002 Posts: 2564

Well, in the email which is sent, do you see the tags? If you don't, then this script supports HTML. In that case, use this code for a link:

Code:

<a href="http://www.url.com/">Link Title</a>

Junior WebHelper Joined: 25 Apr 2003 Posts: 11

will try

Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2003 7:10 pm (20 years, 11 months ago)

well, I don't know about the asp, but the html isn't valid Wink

Team Member Joined: 06 Jan 2002 Posts: 2564

I really think that's the least of Teallach's worries right now Wink

But anyway, validating it is a good thing to do Smile

Junior WebHelper Joined: 25 Apr 2003 Posts: 11

wayhey! it works! thanks daniel........ Very Happy