SimplyEmail

"View in browser" links

The "view in browser" link points to the web-hosted version of your email, which is kept on our servers. This helps recipients who either can't view HTML emails, or have image downloading switched off, to view the full version of your email.

Below are instructions for adding the "view in browser" link to each of our different email formats.

Email builder

The link is shown at the top right of the email, and the default text is "No images? Click here". The text cannot be changed.

When creating a template or building your email, to add or hide the "view in browser" link:

  1. Click the cog icon in the "Build" menu on the left.
  2. Select or deselect Add "view in browser" link.

You can also hide the link by hovering your cursor over it in the email, clicking the trash can icon, then clicking Delete.

If you are using a template with a locked header, you will not be able to change the visibility of the "view in browser" link.

Custom coded emails

For custom coded HTML, the <webversion> element automatically generates a link to the web version of your email for each recipient. You must include text between the opening and closing elements for it to work. For example:

Can't see images? Try the <webversion>web version</webversion> of this email.

Plain text emails

If you have an HTML version of your email and someone is reading the plain text version, you can include a link to the HTML version so they can view it in their browser. There is no advantage to including a "view in browser" link if you're only sending plain text email, as the browser view will be identical to the plain text view.

To insert a "view in browser" link in a plain text campaign, use the [webversion] tag.