From The Desk Of The Consigliere™

Well, another week has gone by and as usual, the staff at Consigliere™ Ltd. has been busy as usual updating and adding new and improved stuff for your use. We, like the rest of the country are trying to rebuild our lives and go on.

We have altered our "Vote" button on our "Topsite" contest and would love to thank Gatta Bella who is our "Queen Of Outlook" for submitting the image that we now use on our button. The photograph on the graphic was taken by her on her last business trip to Hawaii, Arizona and California while she instructed all the top pro golfers in very technical aspects of computer software and how to use it. We here all envy you, Gatta Bella for having had to work in Hawaii. Below is the beautiful photograph and how it is used.

While she was in Hawaii, Arizona and California on Business she did send The Consigliere™ many, many beautiful photographs of her business (99% of the time) trip. We really don't know how she had time to take all the pictures. Our design staff did decide after seeing all the photographs to make her a beautiful personal album of all the photographs that were taken. This is the least we could do for all the wisdom and expertise she has contributed to our support services.

The Consigliere™ and his staff are very proud to announce the grand opening of "The Consigliere's™ Casino". We have finally finished and now offer you 6 different casinos and a sports betting parlour.

Each week we add a little tip to assist you in your web building. Some of the things you already know and sometimes you will come across a thing or two that you wanted but did not know where to find it. This week we will feature
"Pre-assign Both The Subject And The Body Text Using The mailto tag"

Just about everyone (we hope) knows how to code an email address into a Web site so that visitors can click a hyperlink to send a message. It's simple and effective and lets the user define his or her mail message without having to fill in any tedious forms.

However, did you know that you can pre-assign both the subject and the body text using the mailto tag? It's really easy and can help you quickly identify messages as they come in.

As you probably know, the HTML for the mailto: anchor tag is used like this:

<a href="mailto:Your Email Address">
Contact Me</a>

This creates a hyperlink that, when clicked, will launch the user's default mail program with the coded address in the "to" line. Now, you can take this a step further by introducing the "Subject" variable. For example, if you want people to submit a job application, you can pre-code the subject. This is important if you get lots of mail as it will quickly let you know the subject of these messages.

So, we would code the mailto like this:

<a href="mailto:Your Email Address?
Subject=Job_Application">Contact Me</A>

Note: no spaces are allowed ... use and underscore (_)
You also will notice the ? after the .com..... Be sure you include this character or it will not work.

Now, what if you wanted to pre-determine the Body Message as well? You may wish to do this if you have an offer that is always the same, such as a request for information. Let's say you're offering a free brochure. You can code the subject as "Free_Brochure" and the Body Message as "Please send me your brochure."

We code the mailto this way:

<a href="mailto:Your Email Address?Subject=Free_Brochure&Body=Please send me your brochure.">Contact Me</A>

There you go, now you can save your visitors some time, and save yourself the anguish of strange email inquires by pre-coding your mailto expressions. The below email link will work if you want to try it and see how it looks.
Contact Me

You can also see this little tip along with many others at the below link and also on our FAQ page listed under; Email Misc. or under the key word of attributes
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Every week we receive 100's of different questions on Web Design, Security, Email, Internet etc. There is always one question that sticks out more than the rest. So What we have decided to do is post the top question of the week and show you how we answer it. If you feel you would like to add to the answer feel free to contact us with your input on the question.

Question
How Can I Do It?

On many sites that I visit, I have noticed in the address bar the little icon other than the boring "E" from explorer. I have also saved pages, including many from your site (hope you don't mind) and now my desktop looks like one big Italian flag. I too am from Italy and really appreciate seeing my country's flag. My question is, "How can I do this on my pages?
Signed;
          Flustered In Florence

Answer
It is always a pleasure to hear from someone from the land of The Consigliere's™ ancestors. By the way, it is our pleasure to have you save our pages to your desktop. Now to answer your question on howto. It is quite simple actually. If you would click on the below icon, it will explain to you exactly how to go about adding little personal icons to all your pages.

Each week, we will pose a different question to all our readers and see how it is answered. The questions will be in a forum that you can link to from here. The following week, you will see the answers and a new question. These questions will pertain to web designing, computers,internet, security, etc.

Please don't forward this letter to your friends. The reason being that the HTML configurations will not appear in a forward and all they will receive is words, no links or images.

If you would like to send a sample of our news letter to your friends, go to the below link and from there you can send a past issue that we update and archive every week.
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We at Consigliere™ Ltd. have come up with another free service we are offering if you are registered for our news letter.. If there is a specific copy of our news letter you particularly like and it is archived and would like to have it personalized to you, we will build one that is customized just for you. You will have an individual URL that is for you. It will look like one of our sample archived letters with your name on the top.
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Just contact our News Letter Staff and include the date of the issue and the name you would like shown on top of the letter.
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Many people have sent in questions on the below
"http://clix.to/TheConsigliere"
and how it works and where to get a shorter URL to their homepage. To answer how it works, is quite simple. The Quick URL is directed to the Bravenet server and then forwarded to your homepage address. This service is compliments of Dave and Brad from Bravenet services. If you get a free account with them, you will also get the "Quick URL" as one of their services. If you would follow the below link to our "Bravenet" page, you will see what they have to offer and how to get your free account with them.
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Every once and a while something will come across Consigliere's™ desk that he feels he wants to share with everyone. So each week we shall post something different that he wants us to share with you.
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