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Alyssa_Hoffmann
Alyssa_Hoffmann
Level 2
May 17, 2019
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Include Option to add Subject Line to Mailto: Links

  • May 17, 2019
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When linking a mailto: link, add the option to include a subject line within the dialog box. There is currently a way to do this using a third party website however it would be useful if we didn't need to leave Marketo to do this. 

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    Josh_Hill13
    Josh_Hill13
    Level 10
    May 18, 2019

    You can do this and it's always been available in html

    mailto: josh@nowhere.com?subject=I'd like to purchase your product right now

    Alyssa_Hoffmann
    Alyssa_HoffmannAuthor
    Level 2
    May 20, 2019

    Thanks for your reply Josh. This way is certainly easier than the third-party website we were using to generate the code. As many of our users aren't HTML-savvy at all, I still believe it would be easier to simply include in the pop-up dialog box. 

    SanfordWhiteman
    SanfordWhiteman
    Level 10
    May 20, 2019

    In fact, if you don't URI-encode special characters in the subject you'll break the link (this is equally true of any URL). So you can't just type the URL from scratch.

    Compare unencoded:

    <a href="mailto:sandy@figureone.com?subject=Time for tea & crumpets">1</a>‍‍‍

    And properly encoded:

    <a href="mailto:sandy@figureone.com?subject=Time%20for%20tea%20%26%20crumpets">2</a>‍‍‍


     

    Encoding can be done in a Velocity token.

    And always, always add class="mktNoTrack" to your mailto: links if you want them to actually work!

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      February 4, 2020
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