Message-Web Page loading Error with "%pathto(css/ie6.css)%"

hshc · **Joined:** Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:11 pm **Posts:** 5

I create a newsletter with RapidWeaver on mac and upload the files to my FTP. The newsletter load to the browser perfectly good. Everything shows up correctly.
Here is the working link: http://www.jjprintingusa.com/Newsletter ... ecial.html

But when I paste the link to the MaxBulk Mailer. The header image is gone and there is an error stopping me from send the mail out.

"Error #404: Not Found http://www.jjprintingusa.com/Newsletters/test_1/%pathto(css/ie6.css)%"

I was able to get rip of the error and send the message after I took out these lines from the "2012_May_Special.html" file:



But the header is still missing. Why is MaxBulk Mailer not loading the header right?

Please help, any feedback will be greatly appreciated.

Henry

stanbusk · **Joined:** Wed Dec 28, 2005 9:13 pm **Posts:** 6732

What do you mean with 'header'?

hshc · **Joined:** Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:11 pm **Posts:** 5

Sorry about that...
By header, I mean the header of my newsletter. It is just not loading into MaxBulk Mailer.

Here is a screen shot of it: http://www.jjprintingusa.com/Newsletter ... -05-08.png

Same web link and files: http://www.jjprintingusa.com/Newsletter ... ecial.html

If I copy and paste it to the browser, it loads normally. If I copy and paste it to MaxBulk Mailer, the header doesn't load.

stanbusk · **Joined:** Wed Dec 28, 2005 9:13 pm **Posts:** 6732

I guess there is either an error on your code or on the image format or link. MaxBulk Mailer is just a mailer, it doesn't do anything to your code.

hshc · **Joined:** Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:11 pm **Posts:** 5

That's what I thought in the beginning, too. But how come the links woks out find in all the browsers and not in MaxBulk Mailer?

Since I use Rapidweaver on Mac to design the newsletter. It uses theme with css heavily to create great looking layout. I suspect maybe MaxBulk Mailer don't support the css script totally.

Just my guess..... Do you have anyone there that can take look at the codes, I can send you my html and css files. Maybe you can duplicate the same problem.

I will like to continue using MaxBulk for my mailing...

hshc · **Joined:** Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:11 pm **Posts:** 5

After trying back and forth with a few different themes. I can almost be certain that MaxBulk Mailer don't read the web link correct.

One of the simplest theme I tried, didn't even load correctly.
Please help me out here, our next month newsletter is almost done and I have to mail them out in another 2 weeks.

Here is a zip file of the original files including html, pictures & css files: http://www.jjprintingusa.com/Newsletter ... test_2.zip

thanks

Henry

stanbusk · **Joined:** Wed Dec 28, 2005 9:13 pm **Posts:** 6732

The MaxBulk Mailer preview is made by the Safari HTML renderer (Webkit). All what MaxBulk Mailer does is to take your code and ask the Safari HTML renderer to render it. That's all. As I told you MaxBulk Mailer is a bulk emailer, not an HTML editor, what you write in the message panel is what that will be sent as is. When something doesn't show properly it is always because of the code and remember, email clients are not web browsers so if the preview fails there are chances it will fail in email clients as well. How do you reference the missing picture? Are you using an absolute URL?

hshc · **Joined:** Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:11 pm **Posts:** 5

The header image is call out by a header.css file. Here is the code:

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7" />
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<meta name="generator" content="RapidWeaver" />

<title>2012_May_Special</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="rw_common/themes/m_press_2/styles.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="rw_common/themes/m_press_2/colour_tags-page0.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="print" href="rw_common/themes/m_press_2/print.css" />

<script type="text/javascript" src="rw_common/themes/m_press_2/javascript.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="rw_common/themes/m_press_2/js/jquery-1.3.1.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="rw_common/themes/m_press_2/js/jquery.color.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="rw_common/themes/m_press_2/js/function.js"></script>



<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="rw_common/themes/m_press_2/css/width/900.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="rw_common/themes/m_press_2/css/background/stripes.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="rw_common/themes/m_press_2/css/title/xlarge.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="rw_common/themes/m_press_2/css/fonts/arial.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="rw_common/themes/m_press_2/css/feature_image1/header1.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="rw_common/themes/m_press_2/css/feature_image2/header1.css" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="rw_common/themes/m_press_2/js/fade-fast.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="rw_common/themes/m_press_2/css/nav/smooth.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="rw_common/themes/m_press_2/css/sidebars/none.css" />

<link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' media='all' href='rw_common/plugins/stacks/stacks.css' />

<link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' media='all' href='files/stacks_page_page0.css' />
<script type='text/javascript' charset='utf-8' src='files/stacks_page_page0.js'></script>

</head>
<body>
<div id="background"></div>
<div id="wrapperOuter">
<div id="wrapperInner">
<div id="headerMask"></div>

[color=#FF0000]<div id="headerMain">
<div id="extraContainer1"></div>
<div id="featureImage1">
<div id="headerContent">[/color]
<div id="logo"></div>
<h1 class="title"></h1>
<h2 class="slogan"></h2>
</div>
</div>

<div id="featureImage2"></div>
</div>

<div id="wrapper">
<div id="nav"></div>
<div id="extraContainer2"></div>
<div id="container">

<div id="sidebar">
<div id="subNav"></div>
<h2 id="sideTitle"></h2>

</div>

<div id="content">

MaxBulk was able to call out all other images from css files, but not the css file for the header image?
If it doesn't work this way, then I have to avoid using header.css when design the newsletter and make it simple.

stanbusk · **Joined:** Wed Dec 28, 2005 9:13 pm **Posts:** 6732

I am the MaxBulk Mailer developer but I am not a web developer but if I were you I would use absolute URLs everywhere, it is not the case right now, all your CSS files refer to stuff with relative paths, the problem is, relative to what? Indeed, the HTML code will be rendered by an email reader, not a web browser.

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