Make a Mailto Link
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To create a link that sends an e-mail to somebody, use the HTML mailto: tag.
Your code will look like this:
<a href="mailto:webmonkey@wired.com>Send an e-mail to Webmonkey</a> and tell us how much you love cats.
When the reader clicks on that link, their default e-mail application will launch and a blank e-mail addressed to webmonkey@wired.com (or whatever address you put in the link) will open up.
You can fill out a subject for them, too. Just throw a ?subject= into your code. Your markup will end up looking something like this:
<a href="mailto:webmonkey@wired.com?subject=I-love-cats-too!">Jon</a>, a Webmonkey writer, adores cats. Share your cat stories with him and you'll make his day! He especially loves cat images -- so feel free to mail him attachments.
This is what the code will look like on your Web page:
Jon, a Webmonkey writer, adores cats. Share your cat stories with him and you'll make his day! He especially loves cat images - so feel free to mail him attachments.
When he gets your feline-friendly mail, the subject: line in all the mail will read, "I love cats too!"
Tip: This hack works for the cc: and bcc: fields as well, so you can address e-mails to multiple recipients all in one link.
- This page was last modified 00:10, 10 May 2008.