by Thomas E. Kenny
I started composing my HTML E-mail signature via LinkedIn. At the bottom of the LinkedIn screen click on “Overview” which is to the right of Tools. Then click the “Try it now” to the right of E-mail signatures. I selected the "Plastic Curve - Cool" layout. However, you can click “view gallery” to see other styles to select the one you like best. Enter the information in the various text boxes. Once you click outside of an updated text box the example will reflect what the signature will look like. Then click on "Click here for instructions" toward the bottom of the page and select the E-mail client you are using for instructions.
Since LinkedIn didn't set up my signature exactly the way I wanted it. Thus I used a free WYSIWYG HTML editor by the name of Kompozer which permitted me to customize the signature further.
The issue of how to get an HTML signature into GMail is a separate topic which requires the use of the Firefox browser and an add-on program.
One last thing worth noting. If you want to assure the signature appears exactly as intended such as the appearance of your paper business card an image file can be used. HOWEVER, none of the text would be searchable and besides not everybody automatically displays images on read E-mail. So I think using an HTML signature is the best of both worlds to add some visual image components to the signature but still have text searchable.
I started composing my HTML E-mail signature via LinkedIn. At the bottom of the LinkedIn screen click on “Overview” which is to the right of Tools. Then click the “Try it now” to the right of E-mail signatures. I selected the "Plastic Curve - Cool" layout. However, you can click “view gallery” to see other styles to select the one you like best. Enter the information in the various text boxes. Once you click outside of an updated text box the example will reflect what the signature will look like. Then click on "Click here for instructions" toward the bottom of the page and select the E-mail client you are using for instructions.
Since LinkedIn didn't set up my signature exactly the way I wanted it. Thus I used a free WYSIWYG HTML editor by the name of Kompozer which permitted me to customize the signature further.
The issue of how to get an HTML signature into GMail is a separate topic which requires the use of the Firefox browser and an add-on program.
One last thing worth noting. If you want to assure the signature appears exactly as intended such as the appearance of your paper business card an image file can be used. HOWEVER, none of the text would be searchable and besides not everybody automatically displays images on read E-mail. So I think using an HTML signature is the best of both worlds to add some visual image components to the signature but still have text searchable.
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One thing that wasn't specified in the blog post was which Firefox add-on do you need for HTML email signatures if you are creating your email via the Firefox web browser as opposed to an external email client program.
It's name is "Blank Canvas Gmail Signatures" and is available at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7757 This Firefox add-on is necessary since Gmail does not officially support a way to create and send HTML email signatures. If you are using Internet Explorer or some other web browser I'm not aware of how you may be able to send HTML email signatures via Gmail.