RE: dealing with designers

Ann:

I agree with the other person who recommended a PDF attachment; it's the only way the designer will
have full control, and it saves you the trouble of presenting a technical explanation.

Also: you might warn the designer about people who remove HTML from their email. Some time ago I
installed a utility (1st Email Anti-Virus) that converts all incoming HTML email into plain text.
Occasionally some marketing department will send me a message so loaded with images and HTML that
the filtered result I actually see is completely blank!

Keith Purtell, Web/Network Administrator
VantageMed Operations (Kansas City)
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> -----Original Message-----
>
> Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 07:32:57 -0700
> From: "Ann Ezzell" <amcbainezzell(at)alum.mit.edu>
> Subject: Resend: dealing with designers
>
> > I'm looking for suggestions on how to convey to our graphic
> > designer - who does an absolutely awesome job of designing
> > print materials - that some of the things she wants to do
> > just don't translate well to HTML. She designs in PageMaker,
> > and comes up with these nifty layouts that involve things
> > overlapping other things, and justified text, and a great
> > deal of control. Then it's my job to implement the design as
> > an HTML e-mail.
> >
> > A couple months back, I gave her a list of things that really
> > don't work well (like rounded corners, because that requires
> > a graphic, and overlapping objects), but I think she really
> > just doesn't get it.
> >
> > I sent her a copy of Jeff Zeldman's "Taking Your Talent to
> > the Web" book. Not sure if she's made it through, but that
> > doesn't seem to be doing the job, either.
> >
> > She's grossly overworked, so I can't expect her to learn
> > enough HTML to do the code herself.
> >
> > Any suggestions? I've been wondering if I could set up some
> > templates in Photoshop that she could use, along with some
> guidelines.
> >
> > How do you guys deal with this sort of thing?
> >

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