February 08, 2006 : The All-Important All-Enclosing Table
From: BurberrySubject Line: Introducing the Burberry Spring 2006 Catalogue
Date: Wednesday, February 8, 2006
Yikes! As you can see from my screenshot here, we've got a coding error in this EDM. The footer's been split from the main message and appears outside of the main email viewing pane. I've seen this happen with campaigns from Burberry, Saks, Land of Nod, Williams-Sonoma... the list goes on!
This error can be easily avoided by encasing ALL of your HTML body code in one big enclosing table. Additionally, stay away from the nowrap tag - it can produce a similar "splitting" effect, especially within the Hotmail email browser.
