> The reason is primarily that link URLs > would be lost I currently use html2text by Jon Abernathy, which retains links as footnotes.
> it's possible to > send an HTML-only email. That's really bad form 100% agree - which is why Cake should default to best practice by automatically creating a text version (if text template is undefined). If you're creating a plain text email, you probably don't want/need an html version. On May 19, 8:13 pm, brian <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 12:21 PM, GreyCells <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > 4. Having to provide text and html bodies for email. (Should be able > > to create html mail and have Cake write the text version > > automatically). > > I disagree with this. I prefer to create 2 versions of the content and > echo each variable in its view. The reason is primarily that link URLs > would be lost if the content is simply run through strip_tags() for > the plaintext version. What I do is run it through a RegExp to append > the URL in brackets after the word(s) that would have had the link. I > also like to add in newlines where certain headers are so everything > isn't jumbled together. And then there's the question of layouts, > which will generally be very different. > > One big annoyance I see in Email, though, is that it's possible to > send an HTML-only email. That's really bad form, IMHO. Obviously, this > isn't a frustration I'm *subjected to* but I don't think the Cake devs > should be encouraging HTML-only email. My SwiftMailer component (much > modified from a very old one found at Bakery) defaults to text and > creates an HTML version in addition to the plaintext if requested. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
