Fortunately we don’t have to work with html code directly very much anymore due to WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) software. However, the code that this software produces doesn’t always display pages or emails the way you want them to. Even precise html coding doesn’t always appear the same on the web as it did when developing it. Although not visible to you, there could be broken tags in your html code and some email programs may break your message.

If you or your assistant ever run into issues with marketing emails or newsletters not displaying properly in your customers’ inbox, then give this tool a try. Simply go to http://www.dirtymarkup.com/, paste your code into the editor and press “clean”.

Once the code has been “tidied”, simply replace the code with the fixed code and this should prevent any issues with how your email displays. The process will not change the look or feel of your message, it will simply “tidy” the code used to create the visual aspect. Give it a try and save some time and frustration!