HTML limitations

Locobato · September 04, 2012, 08:23:16 PM

My client is using Hostgator for webhosting and Roundcube for webmail. They would like to send out HTML emails to their customers. I have turned on the HTML editor feature for their email accounts and am testing it for them. I'm having an issue with the HTML code I am inputting is being truncated by RC.

I compose a new message and select the HTML icon in the menu bar to open the HTML Source Editor. Here I paste my html code click on update and the visual results appear in the email body except items like background images. For Example the following code is what I submit:

<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type"
content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
<title>Email Template</title>
</head>
<body
style="background-image: url(http://www.classybabyinc.com/FinalBack.png);">
<table style="text-align: left; width: 909px; height: 658px;"
border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="width: 115px;"
background="http://www.classybabyinc.com/FinalBack.png"></td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1"
style="background-color: rgb(214, 190, 144); width: 400px; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"><img
style="width: 200px; height: 171px;"
alt="Classy Baby Inc. Redefine the Concept of Adorable."
src="http://www.classybabyinc.com/Logo.png"><br>
This Months Special Offers!</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="width: 94px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
</tr>
<tr>
</tr>
<tr>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</body>
</html>

And RC turns that code into this:
<p>Email Template</p>
<table style="text-align: left; width: 909px; height: 658px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="width: 115px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td>
<td style="background-color: #d6be90; width: 400px; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><img style="width: 200px; height: 171px;" src="http://www.classybabyinc.com/Logo.png" alt="Classy Baby Inc. Redefine the Concept of Adorable." /><br /> This Months Special Offers!</td>
<td style="width: 94px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

Can anybody explain to me why this is being truncated? Is there a workaround that anyone can suggest? Bear in mind I do not have access to RC as an admin as we are simply using the service through Hostgator. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

alec · September 05, 2012, 02:04:24 AM

This is how TinyMCE editor works by default. There's a plugin fullbody for it, but last time I tried it it was buggy. To make it work I suppose also some changes in Roundcube code would be needed.

HTML limitations

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