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Tip o' the Week for October 23, 1998
Getting Mail
So, you'd like people to be able to send you email from your webpage, wouldn't you? Just follow the simple steps below and you'll be pawing through a chockful mailbox in no time!
What you need is a special kind of link, a "mailto" link. The form looks very similar to a normal link to another page but with a few crucial differences.
<A HREF="mailto:yourname@ivillage.com">Send me Email</A> is the code you have to use. Note the "mailto:" before your email address! And make sure to put quotation marks on both sides of the full "mailto:yourname@ivillage.com" string.
As with any link, it is important to get the code exactly right. And always make sure to end your command with the closing </A>!
Bonus: You can make the link a picture. Just insert the code for an image in the link. For example: <A HREF="mailto:yourname@ivillage.com"><IMG SRC="images/mail.gif" ALT="Email"></A> will give you this result (just make sure to substitute your OWN email address and either your OWN graphic or one from our Image Library:
Check out my Tip Archive for other handy hints.
Created by Ancarett. Updated 23 October, 1998.