Resources

Resources for Email Developers

• AmpScript Documentation (ExactTarget)
• Code.ExactTarget.com Getting Started with ExactTarget Marketing Cloud Devlopment
• CSS Support Guide – Campaign Monitor’s CSS guide, updated May 2014
• CSS3 Animation
• Doctype ? – A look by the folks at Campaign Monitor, Aug 2014
• Email Framework
• Email Hacks – repo on github by Fun with Email
• Email Standards Project works with email client developers and the design community to improve web standards support and accessibility in email
• Emails with Haml and Jekyll Front Matter – 06/12/14
• Embedded images, Base 64? – Old test by campaign monitor in 2008.  Revisited.
• iPhone 6 Screens Demystified
• Outlook Conditionals – for defining widths for fluid emails
• Responsive Email Resources – collection of resource links curated by Brian Graves
• VML bulletproof buttons – Litmus write up. (Campaign Monitor button tool)

Developer Tools / Utilities

• 25 Free Email Tools – compiled by Pamella Neely
• Bulletproof Backgrounds Campaign Monitor
• Image to Table Converter by John D. Jameson
• Ungrid Useful for layout prototyping in browser  (not prod code)

Testing Services

• EmailonAcid – rendering tests, code analysis
• EmailReach – rendering and deliverability testing
• Email Spam Test – spam check
• Litmus – comprehensive design testing
• Lyrus – content checker
• Postmark – spam check
• PutsMail – rendering tests

Resources for Email Designers

• Animated Gifs – nice guide by Jason Rodriguez
• Animated Gifs – 25 examples.  Mail Bakery
• htmlemaildesigns.com – collection of email designs for inspiration curated by Jordan
• Milled – nice collection of retail emails for reference and inspiration
• ReallyGoodEmails – collection of emails sorted by type: welcome, abandoned cart, transactional..

Dev/Design Articles

• Gmail supports the Style tag!..Well sort of – FreshInbox, 08/11/14
• Interactive emails in gmail using css attribute selectors – FreshInbox, 08/14/14
• Mystery Solved: DPI Scaling in Outlook 2007-2013 – Litmus – 08/2014
• Improve your email workflow with modular design – Brian Graves 08/04/2014
• Office 365 and its many, many design quirks for email designers – James White, James’ Blog, 07/22/14
• Video in Email – Ana, StyleCampaign, 08/2014

Design Tools / Utilities

• Golden Ratio Typography Calculator – Discover the perfect typography for your website by entering your current font size and content width
• Type Scale

Article Archive

• 25 Compelling Statistics About the Importance of Email Marketing – 7/30/2013
• 8 Reasons Why Email Marketing is Important for Internet Marketing – 4/25/2013
• Creative tips and examples of how to utilize animation in your email marketing messages -Experian, 10/15/2012
• Email Preferred Communication Channel; Commands More Clicks & ROI – 2/20/2013