Insert a "View as Webpage" link into an email

ElevateIMS
Rookie
0 Votes

How can you style the "view as webpage" link? No styles applied to it seem to affect the final or previewed link; it always comes out looking blue with an underscore. This makes it unusable against a darker background.

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William_A
Administrator

Hello @ElevateIMS ,

 

This is a known issue the devs are working to address. At this time the two workarounds would be to:

  • Use a more neutral colored background for the VaW link section that would show properly in both light and dark modes.
  • Send your email live to a testing list (even if it's just your own address), copy this live-test email's the permanent URL, copy the live-test email, then replace the coded VaW link with a normal link, and use the live-test's permanent URL.

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William_A
Administrator

Hello @ElevateIMS ,

 

This is a known issue the devs are working to address. At this time the two workarounds would be to:

  • Use a more neutral colored background for the VaW link section that would show properly in both light and dark modes.
  • Send your email live to a testing list (even if it's just your own address), copy this live-test email's the permanent URL, copy the live-test email, then replace the coded VaW link with a normal link, and use the live-test's permanent URL.

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William A
Community & Social Media Support
Liberty1972
Rookie
0 Votes

When will this be fixed?

William_A
Administrator
0 Votes

At this time, we do not have a hard ETA from the devs regarding VaW link coloring.


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William A
Community & Social Media Support
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