Before getting Started : Know what the  Button is.   

Just about every site has one or more 'mailto' links, allowing people to send email directly from a web page.

A standard mailto link looks like this:

<a href="mailto:someone@somesite.com">Email Me</a>

 Email me

Click on the Email me link above , you will see that it open up outlook express or your default Email software with my email address in the To: section.

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<a href="mailto:someone@somesite.com">Email Me</a>

First You need to modify the code above with you own details.

• Replace the part in Green with your Email address or the mailing address you want to put in the link.
• Replace the part in Blue with the text that you want the link to be.

 

For E.g. pasting this code

<a href="mailto:hotduderox@hotmail.com">Email Me</a> will give me Email me.

• Copy the modified code.
• Click on the  Button
• Paste the code.
• Click on the  button again to previe your entry before publishing.
• Publish entry !

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Add a Subject Line

You can prefill the subject line in the email by adding the subject preceded by '?subject=' after the email address.

So the link now becomes:

<a href="mailto:someone@somesite.com?subject=Site is good">Email ME</a>

 Click on Email ME  to see the effect.

 

You can add also create a code for sending the email to multiple people or fill the email body itself. but this will be quite complex. Help is at hand ! Click Here to visit a Email link Creator and paste the code that they give you in the same manner as above.

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Custom list

 

The method mentioned above is for adding an EMAIL ME link in your blog entry. To add this link in your custom list, Read below >>

• Add an item in an existing custom list or create a new one.
• In the name part of the item put Email Me
• In the URL part of the item put in mailto:someone@somesite.com
• Replace the part in Green with your email ID.
• Click Here to see pictures on how it is done for a better understanding.
• Click Save
• Done !