December 6, 2006

Article: Is There Such a Thing as Too Much Style?

When it comes to coding HTML emails, there is such as thing as too much CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). If you can’t write a FONT tag without cracking up, but you need to code nice looking, cross-client HTML emails, check out my first new article on WebReference.com, How to Create Great HTML Emails with CSS.

Filed under: web reference — csm @ 8:47 am
November 28, 2006

The “New” AOL: Now for the Other Masses (the Cheap Ones)

AOL Welcome Screen Long known as the “easy” internet — praised by grandmothers and shunned by the tech elite — AOL, at $20+ per month, has seemed overpriced for years. The free hours of internet they used to offer upfront used to seem like a steal, but they’re now as easy to come by as so many landfill-clogging promo CDs.

Which is why I felt pretty silly installing AOL 9 on my pristine and professional Shuttle XPC last week. Why would I do that? Mainly because AOL is suddenly FREE. So why shouldn’t I add it to my at-home website-testing arsenal so I can ensure that my websites and HTML email newsletters look okay for the at-AOL-dot-com crowd?

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Filed under: web reference — csm @ 9:55 pm