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Help with a button in a gmail message that actually links?

5 years ago
March 6, 2021
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Jessica Seepersad

Hi all,

I’m new to HTML (as of 1 hour ago) but amazed thanks to w3schools how much I figured out already. I wanted to add some functionality to my gmail message with zappier so choose HTML. I’m trying to create a button that is a hyperlink. I have the botton up and running, but it won’t link. It works in the w3schools test page, but not when I actually run the test zap. Thoughts? or is it gmail?

Here’s what I have:

<p>How it works: Open the profile at <button onclick="window.location.href='https://www.klouf.com/steph';"> View Here </button>

Thanks for any insight!

cheers,

Jessica

Best answer by robschmidt

Hi @Jessica Seepersad,

If you’d like to create an HTML email through Gmail/Zapier, I’d suggest you use a WYSIWYG or visual editor. The reason is that writing raw code can have errors in them, so it’s better to use a tool that’ll help you visualize your code.

Here’s an online editor you can use: https://html-online.com/editor/

Just build the email as you’d like, then get the HTML code and paste it into the Zapier email body field.

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Troy Tessalone
Zapier Orchestrator & Solution Partner
5 years ago
March 6, 2021

Hi @Jessica Seepersad

Article: https://www.w3schools.com/html/html_links.asp

Try wrapping the button in a <a href> tag.

<p>How it works: Open the profile at <a href=”https://www.klouf.com/steph”><button>View Here</button></a>

⚡ Troy Tessalone - AutomationAce.com | Top Zapier Solution Partner | #1 Zapier Community Contributor

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robschmidt
Zapier Solution Partner
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5 years ago
March 7, 2021

Hi @Jessica Seepersad,

If you’d like to create an HTML email through Gmail/Zapier, I’d suggest you use a WYSIWYG or visual editor. The reason is that writing raw code can have errors in them, so it’s better to use a tool that’ll help you visualize your code.

Here’s an online editor you can use: https://html-online.com/editor/

Just build the email as you’d like, then get the HTML code and paste it into the Zapier email body field.

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