HTML in Gmail

[Hitman]

Once again I need your help.

Anybody know the HTML code for linking words in Gmail? I assumed it would have been:

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<a href='http://constantin.photopholio.com' target='_blank'>Ilikephoto</a>
..but it's not. I've done some Google Searches but didn't find anything.

Can anybody help me out?

[FliesLikeABrick]

1) write the text that you want to make into a link
2) click the HyperLink editor button (if you don't see a formatting toolbar, click the thing that says "Rich Formatting"
3) enter your URL in the box that pops up

I don't think gmail will allow raw html to be sent, but I may be wrong.  Just about everything you can want to do with html can be done with the formatting bar.

[Hitman]

M'yes.

Should have mentioned that I already know you can do it, but I need the actual code so I can put it in the signature box in settings.

Edit:

I don't think gmail will allow raw html to be sent, but I may be wrong.  Just about everything you can want to do with html can be done with the formatting bar.

Ah right. Well, I hope you are, cause I can't be arsed to make Ilikephoto a link every time I send an e-mail.

[FliesLikeABrick]

yeah, you should have said that

search for "signature block" in this wikipedia article.   You will see under the Absent Features section it says:

The ability to format a signature block with font types, colors, sizes, links, or pictures. The Signature block is also defaulted at the bottom which makes it hard for users who prefer to respond on the top of the previous message.

Found it with my first google search

[EnEsCe]

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<a href\u003d\"http://constantin.photopholio.com\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\">Ilikephoto</a>Thats how it ends up after using Compose Mail and making a link.

[Hitman]

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<a href\u003d\"http://constantin.photopholio.com\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\">Ilikephoto</a>Thats how it ends up after using Compose Mail and making a link.

Hmm, just tried to send that in an e-mail, and it just came up as the code. Guess you can't send raw HTML. Oh well.

[FliesLikeABrick]

this is simply a limitation of the gmail web interface.  If you use gmail as a normal mail server (aka use an external mail client like thunderbird), then you can send html e-mails from there, and set up an html signature in Thunderbird

[Hitman]

Yeeeeeah, suppose, but that's a bit of a mission just to link a word. I'll just stick to the way it is now.

Thanks for your help guys. I appreciate it.