Anchor Links in Newsletters

[SChickens1088]

Hello there! I had a request for anchor links to be added to email newsletters. The reason being that they want a chain of topics found in the email at the top and then be able to click on the topic they want to read about and it scroll directly to it. Is this possible in a newsletter, or only in the landing pages? If it's available in newsletters, how do I make that change? Thank you so much!

[William_A · Accepted solution]

Hello @SChickens1088 ,

We have not had anchor link functionality since our last email builder as anchor links are generally not operational in mobile apps, tend to result in higher levels of spam delivery and quarantining when included in emails from external sources, and the largest / most popular email clients either do not allow them or break them.

[user6272]

Have your techs been looking into ways of providing tools that will mimic the function of a table of contents that allows the viewer to jump from a listing of articles in a newsletter and back to the top? Table of contents are extremely useful efficiency tools that can mean the difference between someone looking at your material or not. I know that some people won't even bother reading a newsletter or online document without one. 

[William_A]

Hello @user6272 ,

No, since the majority of email programs and networks will either break anchor links or even spam out emails with them, we have no plans to reinstate this functionality. Table of Contents for emails would only function as anchor links. 

If your newsletter is particularly long, I'd recommend offloading some of the content either

• into custom landing pages or onto your website, which you can then link to via Read More blocks, or
• having your newletter be a linked PDF document, and your base email just an announcement that the newsletter is available for viewing/downloading.

See also:

The best length for an email

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[SChickens1088]

Understood, thank you!