Web Design Tips: Converting an Older Table-Based Email Template To CSS

Many email templates were developed using older table-based layouts that "break" easily and are very complicated to maintain.

Tables in HTML are fantastic for displaying tabular data. But as a layout tool they interfere with some dynamic and rich media elements, cause accessibility challenges, hog bandwidth, create maintenance issues, and are more fragile than CSS layouts. And for all of these reasons, it is time to update your broadcast email templates.

In this edition of Web Design Tips, I'll quickly show you how to convert a broadcast email template from a table-based layout to a fast and lovely CSS layout.

Handle With Care: Table-Based Layouts Break Easily

I have a confession to make. One of Practical eCommerce's email templates (our supplement) broke. It was not a huge issue, but a few horizontal rules got out of place. The problem had to do with the template' s table-layout.

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