I have created a very simple html email. http://staging.xhtml-lab.com/mailtest/
It's working fine in all email clients, except in hotmail.com/outlook.com
in hotmail email is left aligned, it should remain center aligned.
I have added following code as suggested by emailology.org, but it have no effect.
<style type=“text/css”>
/**This is to overwrite Hotmail’s Embedded CSS************/
table {border-collapse:separate;}
a, a:link, a:visited {text-decoration: none; color: #00788a}
a:hover {text-decoration: underline;}
h2,h2 a,h2 a:visited,h3,h3 a,h3 a:visited,h4,h5,h6,.t_cht {color:#000 !important}
p {margin-bottom: 0}
.ExternalClass p, .ExternalClass span, .ExternalClass font, .ExternalClass td {line-height: 100%}
/**This is to center your email in Hotmail************/
.ExternalClass {width: 100%;}
</style>
Any suggestions for what else i can do to make the email center aligned?
This should give you a centered e-mail:
<table style="width: 100%; background: red;">
<tr>
<td>
<center>
<table style="width: 640px; background: blue; margin: 0 auto; text-align: left;">
<tr>
<td>
Your content here
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</center>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
The center
-tag is what is required by Outlook and outlook.com. Other clients use the margin
attribute. In some clients, text is centered after the center
-tag, and therefore the text-align
attribute is required.
If you want the width to be variable depending on the screen size, use the following code:
<table style="width: 100%; background: red;">
<tr>
<td>
<center>
<!--[if mso]>
<table style="width: 640px;"><tr><td>
<![endif]-->
<div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 0 auto;">
<table style="background: blue; text-align: left;">
<tr>
<td>
Your content here
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</center>
<!--[if mso]>
</td></tr></table>
<![endif]-->
</td>
</tr>
</table>
Outlook does not support max-width
, and therefore the size is fixed to 640px for Outlook. For all other clients, the width of the e-mail will be the same as that of the viewing window, but maximum 800px.
Please let me know if you find a client where these solutions does not work, so that we can find a solution that works with as many clients as possible.