Putting a linked email address into a Post or Page:
Edit the Post or Page in the usual way:
Most probably, Blogger will recognise that you've put in an email address, and automatically make the link as soon as your click the button. eg fred@frog.org.cc
If the link isn't automatically made, then the link dialog box opens. In it,select the "Email address" radio button.
Later on, if you want to change the email address (eg if it was automatically made, and you want to change the words that are shown), just hover your mouse over the address, and choose "change" from the blue hover menu.
Putting a linked email address into a Text or HTML Gadget :
Putting an email address into a text or HTML-Javascript gadget is similar to putting it into a post, with one important change:
The HTML in the gadget now says
Using an email address with a picture Gadget:
It's easy to have a picture on your blog, set up so that when a reader clicks on the picture they can send you an email. :
Once you save the gadget, the picture will be click-able, and when a reader clicks on it they will be invited to send an email message.
What your readers will see:
If you have put an email address into your blog in this way, your readers will see it as a link (or a picture, if you used this option). It may be look like an email address, or it may look like something else if you have used display text. For example, this phrase is linked to emailing fred@frog.org.cc
When your reader clicks on the link, they are taken to whatever system is set up on their computer / internet-browser for sending a new email message, and the the email address that you used is in the To box.
For example, my own computer is set up to use Microsoft Outlook, so if I click on a mail-to link, a new Outlook message opens, with the address filled in and my default signature included.
Edit the Post or Page in the usual way:
- In the place where you want the address to go, type it - eg fred@frog.org.cc
- Select the address, and click the Link button on the toolbar
Most probably, Blogger will recognise that you've put in an email address, and automatically make the link as soon as your click the button. eg fred@frog.org.cc
- Type the words you want your reader to see into the Displayfield.
- Put the email address that you want messages sent to into theLink to field.
- Press Ok.
Later on, if you want to change the email address (eg if it was automatically made, and you want to change the words that are shown), just hover your mouse over the address, and choose "change" from the blue hover menu.
Putting a linked email address into a Text or HTML Gadget :
Putting an email address into a text or HTML-Javascript gadget is similar to putting it into a post, with one important change:
- Add the gadget the usual way - it can be either a Text or HTML-Javascript gadget
- Type the words that you want your reader to see,
- Select them and click the Link button.
- In the dialog box that comes up, delete "http://" that is there initially.
- Type in mailto://THE-EMAIL-YOU-WANT-TO-USE and press OK
The HTML in the gadget now says
<a href="mailto:YOUR-EMAIL-ADDRESS"> THE TEXT YOU WANT TO DISPLAY</a>(though you may not see this if you're looking at a text gadget).
Using an email address with a picture Gadget:
It's easy to have a picture on your blog, set up so that when a reader clicks on the picture they can send you an email. :
- Add the gadget the usual way - choose the Picture gadget option
- Link to the picture-file in the usual way (either upload or select it from your Picasa-web-albums).
- In the Link field, type mailto://THE-EMAIL-YOU-WANT-TO-USE
Once you save the gadget, the picture will be click-able, and when a reader clicks on it they will be invited to send an email message.
What your readers will see:
If you have put an email address into your blog in this way, your readers will see it as a link (or a picture, if you used this option). It may be look like an email address, or it may look like something else if you have used display text. For example, this phrase is linked to emailing fred@frog.org.cc
When your reader clicks on the link, they are taken to whatever system is set up on their computer / internet-browser for sending a new email message, and the the email address that you used is in the To box.
For example, my own computer is set up to use Microsoft Outlook, so if I click on a mail-to link, a new Outlook message opens, with the address filled in and my default signature included.
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