diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 5d611c8..0e0ccb7 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,22 +1,21 @@ -# Responsive HTML mail signatures +# Responsive HTML email signature(s) ### Let's punch email clients in the stomach! -Responsive templates for mail signatures.
- -When you need some basic signatures that work on mobile.
+When you need some basic responsive email signatures that work on mobile.
...and your colleagues need them too.
...but you don't want to deal with tables and inline styles. + ## Preview Here's how the samples look: ![responsive emails-01](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/1515742/10591900/13889d32-76b9-11e5-8dc0-b89d80189e93.png) ![responsive emails-02](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/1515742/10591901/139c4954-76b9-11e5-80f7-5b0ccaf5af81.png) -## Other languages +## Read the docs in other languages [Read the docs in Korean!](/README_kor.md) ## Motivation -Let's make writing HTML emails & email signatures easier. We won't fix all email clients, but we can surely make the process of satisfying them a tad nicer.
+Let's make writing HTML emails & email signatures easier. We won't fix all email clients, but we can surely make our lives easier with some neat automation.
See a fairly comprehensive rant on the subject (and not only) [in this article](http://fadeit.dk/blog/post/html-emails-and-email-signatures-how-hard-can-it-be). @@ -30,8 +29,7 @@ See a fairly comprehensive rant on the subject (and not only) [in this article]( - [x] can build templates from multiple sources - [x] watches HTML/CSS files for changes and re-builds - -**Some mail clients don't support them, so an external URL might be a good idea.* +**Some mail clients don't support them, so an external URL might be a good idea. Also, some clients might complain about the size, so keep an eye out.* ## Getting started @@ -49,20 +47,10 @@ This diagram shows what happens to your templates. ## CSS Support Remember, it's HTML mails, so you need to check a big-ass table to find out nothing's gonna work. -See [this](https://www.campaignmonitor.com/css/). Still [gulp-inline-css](https://www.npmjs.com/package/gulp-inline-css) is being used to convert whatever CSS you throw at it to inline styles. - - -## TODO: -- [ ] closing `inline-css` issue [#8](https://github.com/jonkemp/inline-css/issues/8#issuecomment-149025428) would greatly improve this repo -- [ ] preprocessor support (simplifies BEM) -- [ ] use github pages to show some live demos -- [ ] check [gulp-inline-css](https://github.com/jonkemp/inline-css) for new features -- [ ] organize examples better -- [ ] upgrade deps (could use [gulp-david](https://www.npmjs.com/package/gulp-david) or similar) +See [this](https://www.campaignmonitor.com/css/) for more info. [Gulp-inline-css](https://www.npmjs.com/package/gulp-inline-css) is being used to convert whatever CSS you throw at it to inline styles, but it probably won't handle everything. ## Usage with different e-mail clients - ### Thunderbird There are several Thunderbird plugins which can automatically insert signatures when composing e-mails. We recommend [SmartTemplate4](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/thunderbird/addon/smarttemplate4) as one of the options. It can use different templates for new e-mails, replies and forwarded e-mails.