MailStyle tries to make sending HTML emails a little less painful.
For a more in depth introduction check out the Blog Post
It was developed for use on Purify: Awesome Bug & Issue Tracking
First install the dependencies:
sudo gem install nokogiri css_parserThen install MailStyle to your rails app, either as a plugin:
script/plugin install http://github.com/purify/mail_styleOr you can install the gem:
# Install gemcutter if you haven't already
sudo gem install gemcutter
sudo gem tumble
# Install MailStyle
sudo gem install mail_styleThen in your environment.rb file add:
config.gem "mail_style"Simply add the css method to your deliver actions:
class Notifier < ActionMailer::Base
def welcome_email
css :email
subject 'Welcome Aboard'
recipients 'someone@example.com'
from 'jimneath@googlemail.com'
sent_on Time.now
end
def newsletter_email
css [:email,:newsletter]
subject 'Newsletter'
recipients 'someone@example.com'
from 'jimneath@googlemail.com'
sent_on Time.now
end
endThis will look for a css file called email.css in your public/stylesheets folder. The css method can take either a string or a symbol. You can also pass the css file name with or without the .css extension.
By default, <style> elements in the email document’s <head> are processed and removed from the <head>.
Style elements with media="print" are ignored.
You can set a special data-immutable="true" attribute on <style> tags you do not want to be processed and removed from the document’s <head>.
If you have default_url_options[:host] set in your mailer, then MailStyle will do it’s best to make the urls of images absolute.
ActionMailer::Base.default_url_options[:host] = "example.com"- Write CSS styles inline
- Corrects image urls
- SASS Support
- Improve overall performance
- Add support for less
- Allow users to swap between css_parser and csspool
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