On ASP contact pages:Embedding a hyperlink inside an email reply back

LauraMc

Hello,
I'll be upfront - I'm not a programmer. I know bits and pieces of programming and can put together html pages fairly well. I have an .asp contact page that I inherited that needs to have a link embedded into the email reply instead of the actual url showing.

Here's a sample of that portion of the current code:

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 ' Send email to customer

sTo = Request("sEmail")

sFrom = "info@assignmentforsuccess.com"

sSubject = "Assignment for Success Newsletter Email List Confirmation"

sBody = "Thank you for signing up on our email list!" & vbCrLf &_

                vbCrLf &_

                "We would like to give you a valuable free report which has proven to offer invaluable advice for making decisions on your future investments and benefits." & vbCrLf &_

                vbCrLf &_

                "Click here to get started!" & vbCrLf &_

                vbCrLf &_

                "Assignment for Success" & vbCrLf &_

                "www.assignmentforsuccess.com"

set oMail = Server.CreateObject("CDONTS.NewMail")

oMail.To = sTo

oMail.From = sFrom

oMail.Subject = sSubject

oMail.Body = sBody

oMail.Send

How do I embed a hyperlink for "Click here to get started" ?
Thanks for any help!
Laura

DrBunchman

Hi Laura,

You can set the body of the e-mail to be HTML rather than text which will enable you to embed a link.

The first thing to do is to make a slight change to your code to replace your CDONTS mail object with a CDOSYS one. CDONTS is not used any more but it is very easy to make the change. Here's an example showing you how to use an html email body with CDOSYS:

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 sBody = ""

sBody = sBody & "<p>Thank you for signing up on our email list!</p>"

sBody = sBody & "<p>We would like to give you a valuable free report which has proven to offer invaluable advice for making decisions on your future investments and benefits.</p>"

sBody = sBody & "<p>Click here to get started!</p>"

sBody = sBody & "<p>Assignment for Success</p>"
 
'Here's the embedded link

sBody = sBody & "<a href='www.assignmentforsuccess.com'>Click here to get started</a>"
 
set oMail = Server.CreateObject("CDO.Message")

oMail.To = sTo

oMail.From = sFrom

oMail.Subject = sSubject

oMail.HTMLBody = sBody

oMail.Send

Let me know how you get on,

Dr B

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