What is the 'standard' size for an e-mail invite?

I'd stick with MailChimp for now. Building an HTML email with tables from scratch will require you to run it through Litmus or similar to test it in different clients. I did one recently from a template my developer uses and we still had to spend an hour or two tweaking minor things to get them looking acceptable in Outlook. With MailChimp or Campaign monitor you can let them account for most eventualities.

Don't forget to charge the client extra for the feature creep ;)
 
Ok guy's so client chose to go the PDF route. What I have noticed is the URL works and opens up via Adobe Reader (as standard for PDFs), but Windows 10 *Sigh* opens it in other apps like MS Edge I believe? Which opens the PDF but the URL does not seem to work, as if it is not hyperlinked? Try again in Adobe Reader and everything works fine.

It weren't too long ago that the average computer user had Adobe Reader pre installed as standard, now with Windows 10 the worry is some people may not have the free Adobe Reader and use the preinstalled 'Apps' that can open PDFs to view the invitation and won't be able to click on the URL.

Is this just a case of Links only working in PDF's when opened with Adobe Reader or is there something I can do on my end for the link to work on any software / app that opens PDF files?
 
This is why HTML is the preferred format for emails, you can never guarantee what application the user will be viewing the email in. There's a "workaround" though I think that's stretching it a bit since this requires the user to take an action that they probably won't.

I suggest you to open the PDF files with Internet Explorer in Edge to view the hyperlinks and check if it helps.

Microsoft Edge has built-in Internet Explorer feature and thus changes made to the settings in Internet Explorer will reflect in Edge too. Follow below steps:

1. Open the PDF file with Edge and click on three dot icon (More Actions) on top right of the Edge browser.
2. Select the option 'Open with the Internet Explorer' from the drop down.

From http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...e/a508267a-0c05-4979-9513-5ca197d485aa?auth=1
 
Thanks @Paul Murray and you're right, I can't really expect the end user to take that required action. But no worries, as client has changed their minds again, and has requested it to be embedded in the body of the e-mail, and are happy for it to be linked via a hyperlinked jpg with the url also underneath it.

Next time, I'll just create it in HTML using Mailchimp just in case there are any last minute links required.

It seems to have all turned out ok in the end though.

Thanks again!
 
Ok guy's so client chose to go the PDF route. What I have noticed is the URL works and opens up via Adobe Reader (as standard for PDFs), but Windows 10 *Sigh* opens it in other apps like MS Edge I believe? Which opens the PDF but the URL does not seem to work, as if it is not hyperlinked? Try again in Adobe Reader and everything works fine.

It weren't too long ago that the average computer user had Adobe Reader pre installed as standard, now with Windows 10 the worry is some people may not have the free Adobe Reader and use the preinstalled 'Apps' that can open PDFs to view the invitation and won't be able to click on the URL.

Is this just a case of Links only working in PDF's when opened with Adobe Reader or is there something I can do on my end for the link to work on any software / app that opens PDF files?


That's because it's the Browser Preferences that choose what opens the PDF.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/disable-built-pdf-viewer-and-use-another-viewer
http://www.cnet.com/uk/how-to/how-to-disable-chromes-pdf-viewer/

There's no getting away from it - if someone's browser preference is set to open in their browser, you can't change that behaviour.
 
No it's not about the browser, as it doesn't even get to that stage, in Windows 10 apps, it is as if there is no link to click, just text. While in Adobe Reader the url is 'clickable' and opens in whatever their default browser is.

But no problem, it is all sorted now.
 
Well that's just dandy - I don't really follow what you're saying - never seen it before - answer is.... I dunno.
 
windows 10 has a 'native' reader app for pdfs and at least on the ones I've test it opens links just fine, it will open a pop asking if you want to open in another program.

If you want pm me a link to the file and I'll see if it works on mine, it may be down to user settings.
 
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