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Creating a newsletter in HTML - preferably converting Pages to HTML

I want to be able to send a newsletter I create via email and not have the user required to open an attachment. I'm assuming the best way to do that is to use HTML but I'm open to suggestions. If HTML is the best way, then how can I convert an Apple Pages file to HTML? I'm creating them currently in Pages.

Thanks.


MacBook Air, macOS 12.5

Posted on Nov 13, 2022 1:23 PM

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User profile for user: VikingOSX
VikingOSX
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Posted on Nov 13, 2022 2:07 PM

There are two problems with your concept.

  1. Pages has no provision for creating, saving or exporting content as HTML.
  2. Apple Mail does not automatically convert HTML code opened, or dropped on a compose page as styled HTML content. That has to be done programmatically using AppleScript, a knowledge of HTML/CSS3 syntax, and for a newsletter, it would be considerable coding and a most impractical use of your time.


What you really need is a hosted website where you can place your updated HTML documents representing your Newsletters, and provide a link to the current HTML format newsletter location in the body of the email. Users click on the link and the HTML opens in their default browser.


MS Word can save its content as HTML. So can LibreOffice Writer.

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VikingOSX
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Nov 13, 2022 2:07 PM in response to Silly_serious

There are two problems with your concept.

  1. Pages has no provision for creating, saving or exporting content as HTML.
  2. Apple Mail does not automatically convert HTML code opened, or dropped on a compose page as styled HTML content. That has to be done programmatically using AppleScript, a knowledge of HTML/CSS3 syntax, and for a newsletter, it would be considerable coding and a most impractical use of your time.


What you really need is a hosted website where you can place your updated HTML documents representing your Newsletters, and provide a link to the current HTML format newsletter location in the body of the email. Users click on the link and the HTML opens in their default browser.


MS Word can save its content as HTML. So can LibreOffice Writer.

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Creating a newsletter in HTML - preferably converting Pages to HTML

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