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Style Sheets: Don't Use 'Em, But if You Have To...

Many Web designers utilize Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to simplify the coding process and ensure a consistent style throughout a Web site. Use of CSS in HTML emails can be problematic (see chart below), however, as many email clients will not render style sheets correctly.

We recommend that you avoid using CSS if possible, but if you must, choose the embedded styles also known as inline. Embed the style within the two body tags and not within the header. Some email clients will truncate or strip out the header, so the recommendation is to add the style within the body tags.

For example:


 

 




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