August 2008

Not-So-Monthly Tips and Updates

33 brand new HTML email templates

We've just uploaded a ton of gorgeous free email templates in a variety of styles for you to pick and choose from.

For this batch of designs, we've gone all out to get the most consistent rendering we could, working around as many email program quirks and limitations as possible.

Browse the designs and then download your favorites to save some design time and hassle. They even come complete with the Photoshop file for you to amend.

22 new emails featured in the gallery

In the biggest update yet to our design gallery, we've added no less than 22 (yes, 22!) new email designs.

This brings us close to the 200 mark, making it the best place online for your email design inspiration. We've got plenty more cracker designs in the pipeline, so keep watching.

2008 CSS support in email update

We've totally updated our popular CSS support chart, showing you which CSS you can safely use for different email clients.

This year we've tested 22 webmail and desktop email clients, and there have been some changes since we tested last.

You can get all the details including downloadable versions from the website right now.

Recently on the blog

How to make signup form fields compulsory

If you would like to make sure your subscribers have to fill in certain details when signing up, check out this simple javascript to get started.

Poll: Who do you design for?

Not every web designer works for a hot online agency; most don't! We're running a quick poll on the blog to find out where you are all doing design, and we'd love you to let us know! Why not jump over and answer the poll now, it will only take a minute.

Target Outlook 2007 using conditional comments

From our friends at SitePoint we heard about a way to use CSS conditional comments to apply styles only to Outlook 2007.

Read the post to find out how it works and when you might use it.

Let us know what you think!

We love to hear any feedback, stories of how you use Campaign Monitor, feature requests, complaints or just 'hellos'. Drop by the Campaign Monitor forums and get in touch or send us an email.

P.S We've got some big updates coming to Campaign Monitor over the next couple of months, so don't forget to keep an eye on the blog for the latest updates.