source code is a mess

Udo

Hi, at last I updated my Acymailing5 to Acymailing9 (Joomla 5.2) and try to get accustomed to the Drag and Drop editor. It's quite a struggle.
When editing a text block I often use the source code. But that code very cluttered, it's difficult to locate the content I like to change. The content gets lost in a sea of style codes.

For example: each simple <p> </p> is automatically changed into
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; font-style: normal; color: #000000; word-break: break-word;"> </p>

Another example: each <a href="xxx">txt </a > changes into
<a style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; font-style: normal; color: #38c2f3;" href="xxx" >text </a>

The continuous repetition is confusing and unnecessary, I think. The CSS rules can be described once at the beginning of the newsletter, not repeated all the time.
Is there a way to get rid ot these repeating style codes? That would make editing a lot easier.

Thanks,
Udo

jvstratum

Hi,

The replication on every html element is required for maximum compatiblity with email clients. There are still email clients that do not support the use of the <style> tag in the head or body of the email. And there's also additional styling for particular email clients such as Outlook.

Most required changes can be made from with the drag & drop editor, eliminating the need of editing the html. Can you tell me which changes you want to make in the html, maybe there are other ways to accomplish what you want.

Udo

Thanks for the explanation.
You're asking for changes I make in html.
Well, it use a the text block that containes images. In the <img> tag I add the title attribute and a class name (related to my template css), and align="right" hspace="5".
Sometimes I like to move the image to another part of the text.
And in the <a> tag I add a class name related to my tempate css.

As far as I know that only is possible in the source code

mihha

Hi,

there is no need for that because you can add custom block HTML ID and then target links in that block using custom CSS

Udo

Hi,
Thank for this tip. I did some experiments and indeed it works that way!

In Acymailing 5 I was used to write the newsletter in html. In Acymailing 9 I tried to keep doing that via one big text block.
Now I realise that the drag and drop editor requires a completely different way of working.
The html editor made improvisation quite simple, the drag and drop editor requires a more systematic approach. Especially adding or relocating an image or changing the style of one specific link becomes more complicated.
That's a disadvantage. The final result is better than before.

Let's see if I can get used to it.
Regards, Udo