Implementing CSS and HTML in Email Communication

I'm noticing a difference between how this appears in a browser versus an email. The text on the image looks perfect when viewed on Mozilla/Chrome, but when I use the same code in an email, the text ends up displaced below the image (right beneath it):

<div style="height: 260px; position: relative; text-align: center; color: white">
    <br><br>
    <img src="https://www.jquery-az.com/html/images/banana.jpg" alt="" width="400" 
      style="height:auto;display:block;" />
    <div style="position:absolute; bottom: 8px; font-size: 60px; left: 40px;">Some text</div>  
</div>

Can anyone explain why this is happening?

Appreciate any insights.

htmlcssemail

Answer №1

Many email clients (actually, the majority of them) struggle with interpreting absolute positioning.

That's why utilizing table-based layout is a common practice when crafting an email template.

To address this issue, I recommend a simple workaround – using your image as a background-image CSS property on the block and placing the text node as a child of this block (as previously mentioned, table-based layout is more suitable for targeting email clients).

Below is a brief snippet created with a table layout that should function well and maintain a consistent appearance across most popular email clients:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8" />
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
  <title>Document</title>
</head>

<body>
  <table role="presentation" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="
                border: none;
                border-spacing: 0;

                width: 400px;
                height: 400px;

                padding: 8px;

                background-image: url('https://www.jquery-az.com/html/images/banana.jpg');
                background-repeat: no-repeat;
                background-size: cover;
                background-position: center;

                justify-content: top;
            ">
    <tbody>
      <tr>
        <td align="center" style="
                            vertical-align: top;

                            color: white;
                            font-weight: 600;
                        ">
          Some text here
        </td>
      </tr>
    </tbody>
  </table>
</body>

</html>

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