A button with a difference?

**Nathan Brazil** · 01 August 2013, 02:21 PM

In Xara Web Designer 9 Premium, is there a way to make a button which when clicked will open the users default e-mail client and include a ready made line of text, such as 'Reserve this item, £000.00? This button would need to carry different info in each instance.

Nathan

**PeteS** · 01 August 2013, 02:46 PM

Apply a mailto link to any object. See this page for some mailto syntax to add your own subject, body and other pre-defined content to the email.

**Boy** · 01 August 2013, 03:14 PM

To clarify this a bit more. With your button selected go to Web Properties/Link and enter the following code in the "Link to Web or Email address" box: mailto:your@email.address?subject=In answer to your request.

Of course you need to substitute your email address for "your@email.address" and your subject line for "In answer to your request".

**PeteS** · 01 August 2013, 03:26 PM

Or add it all!

Code:

mailto:email1@example.com,email2@example.com?cc=email3@example.com?bcc=email3@example.com?subject=Predefined email?body=Paragraph 1 - This content has been predefined by the webmaster. %0A%0A Paragraph 2 - More text in the body

You are limited to 255 characters however in the 'Link to Web or Email Address' field, so choose your words carefully.

**angelize** · 01 August 2013, 04:42 PM

Moved to Xara Web Design Chat

**Big Frank** · 02 August 2013, 01:35 AM

remember this wont work for people who use web based mail like gmai hotmail yahoo mail etc

**steve.ledger** · 02 August 2013, 01:43 AM

Works fine with gmail, Frank.

Haven't tested with others though.

**Big Frank** · 02 August 2013, 01:47 AM

i dont see how it can work if you only have webmail
i dont see how gmail is different from any other?

**steve.ledger** · 02 August 2013, 01:56 AM

You can set your default email to gmail in Windows.
There are a number of ways to do this (google it), I use ChromeMailer
I believe there are similar apps for doing the same with YahooMail and Outlook/Hotmail.

**Big Frank** · 02 August 2013, 02:01 AM

you deal with home users all the time
i deal with home users all the time
how many (before you told them) know about that
most people think google is the internet
have no idea theyre using a browser
think i can access their pc when its switche off during a power cut (dont laugh thats a genuine one)

im not talking about whats possible
im talking real world