E-Mail Templates

[retched]

I'm trying to write a module that uses email templates in the /email/ directory. While the HTML version the email sends OK, the plain text version seems to send along the CSS coding. Other than making a CSS file and remote referencing to my site, which will likely be blocked by most email programs anyway, does anyone have and idea of how to stop having the CSS code appear?

[lankeeyankee]

I don't think you are supposed to include any CSS in a text email, that's why it's a text email. So you will need two email templates.

[retched]

But CSS is included in the default (installed) HTML files in the same directory. So it's included as well but works fine with those templates unless I'm doing something wrong.

[lat9]

The templates in your /email directory are used for sending HTML emails only. Text-based email is built by whatever PHP file you're using to create the communication.

[retched]

The templates in your /email directory are used for sending HTML emails only. Text-based email is built by whatever PHP file you're using to create the communication.

Aha... I was going to assume that next. So I guess at the send time, I would have to check for the customers email option choice?

[lat9]

Take a look at /includes/modules/create_account.php, which contains code to send the customer a welcome e-mail when they create an account. This uses the template file /email/email_template_welcome.html if the customer has indicated that s/he wants HTML-formatted e-mail.

Towards the end of the PHP file is where the message is built, starting with the comment "// build the message content". You'll see that a text message string is built as well as the content required for the HTML template, followed by a call to zen_mail (in /includes/functions/functions_email.php) which determines whether to send TEXT or HTML based on the customer's preference in your database.