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Posted by James Chew
James Chew
1,705 Points

What skills do i need to design a html email template?

Hi All. I need to design a html email for my company. We are going into email marketing/ lead generation. What skills do i need? Any recommendations for good tutorials? Any topics i can find in TreeHouse? Thanks.

4 Answers

Shivam Bhalla
PLUS
Shivam Bhalla
Courses Plus Student 5,035 Points
Shivam Bhalla
Shivam Bhalla
Courses Plus Student 5,035 Points

To design an HTML email, you would need PhotoShop. To code an HTML email, you would need to code HTML using table cells, like you would code back in 1998. No external stylesheet should be used, and all styles should be placed inline.

For example:

<td style="border:1px solid red"></td>

HTML emails can be frustrating at times because of cross device compatibility.

Litmus is a great tool for testing, but it isn't free.

James Chew
James Chew
1,705 Points
James Chew
James Chew
1,705 Points

Thanks guys. Appreciated! Going to go try out some html programming.

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

@James Chew - Check out the HTML course here on Treehouse to get you started.