http://www.hotemailtemplates.com - EMAIL TEMPLATES USE INSTRUCTIONS 

DOWNLOADING TEMPLATE

1. Create a folder on your C drive called "Templates".

2. Download a zip archive, which contains a template and all the images needed for this template.

3. Extract the files from the zip archive into the "Templates" folder. All the images used within the template will be collected into the Images folder, which is automatically created during the unzipping process C:\Templates\Images.

4. Open the template (freetempl.htm) in any HTML editor (G-Lock EasyMail, Microsoft Frontpage or Macromedia's Dreamweaver).

All the templates contain a pre made message text. This text makes no sense and is useless to your subscribers. Remove this text and insert your own. Don't worry if your message is longer than the default text, the template will resize itself vertically to make room for you message. You can also remove the default images and insert your own pictures. You can insert the images either from the disk, or from the web server.


INSERTING IMAGES FROM DISK

1. Delete the default image in the template.
2. Put the cursor at the place where your image must be placed.
3. Click "Insert Picture" button in your HTML editor.
4. Browse the folders and select the image location on the disk. 
5. Click OK.
 

INSERTING IMAGES FROM WEB SERVER

1. Create a folder on your web server called "Images".

5. Upload the images from the C:\Templates\Images folder plus any custom images you may want to insert into the email template into the Images folder on your web server. For example, if your domain name is http://www.yourdomain.com, then the images from the template should go under http://www.yourdomain.com/Images/

6. Open the template.

10. Delete the original images and re-insert them. Put the cursor at the place where the image must be, click "Insert Picture" and enter the picture location on your web server http://www.yourdomain.com/Images/image1.gif
All the images in the email template must appear as http://www.yourdomain.com/Images/

Your email template is ready to use. It is recommended to test your email template by sending it to yourselves to verify that all the images are displaying correctly.


EDITING TEMPLATE IN ADOBE PHOTOSHOP

If you are familiar with Adobe Photoshop, you can open and edit the template with this tool. Each template package is supplied with a .psd file. Open that file in Adobe Photoshop and edit the template as you like. IMPORTANT! Do not use pictures as background within the template as not all email clients can read such HTML format. Using background color is possible.


LINKS TO USEFUL SOFTWARE & TOOLS

Here is a list of useful and powerful tools for you to use with your HTML email templates:

G-Lock EasyMail
(http://www.glocksoft.com/em)
Newletter management and sending software

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Macromedia's Dreamweaver MX 2004
(http://www.macromedia.com/software/dreamweaver)
Today's best HTML Editor... and includes a FTP program to upload your image files.

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Microsoft Frontpage 2003
(http://www.microsoft.com/office/frontpage/prodinfo/default.mspx)
Microsoft Office Web site creation and management program.

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