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Posted by Laurence Cimosz
Laurence Cimosz
8,993 Points

html email

creating an html email in atom text editor and its not displaying in the browser. how would I be able to preview the email while I'm coding it?

1 Answer

Tim Stride
Tim Stride
13,457 Points
Tim Stride
Tim Stride
13,457 Points

Hi, if the email code is in an .html file type then default behaviour should be that it opens in the browser when you double click on the file on your computer (depending on your computer settings). Editing and saving the file in Atom should result in seeing the changes when you refresh the browser view.

Alternatively, there are various free add-on packages for Atom that let you preview it in a side pane within Atom as you save file changes. I use one called 'browser-plus' by skandasoft and I think 'Markdown Preview' is a similar package. (In Atom, go to Packages to search and install.)