tag:support.markedapp.com,2011-09-11:/discussions/questions/8339-transparent-table-borders-in-marked2Marked: Discussion 2015-05-06T01:29:38Ztag:support.markedapp.com,2011-09-11:Comment/367586932015-05-05T20:42:47Z2015-05-05T20:42:47ZTransparent table borders in Marked2<div><p>You can change the borders of a table to be invisible with
simple CSS<br>
such as:</p>
<pre>
<code>th, td { border: none; }</code>
</pre>
<p>This type of rule can be used in a custom CSS file, or applied
to all<br>
styles using the Additional CSS field in Style preferences.</p>
<p>But it sounds like you may want to do something more complex
than just<br>
MultiMarkdown tables will allow. Are you talking about using an
HTML<br>
table for graphic layout? Also, embedding encoded images in the
email is<br>
going to increase their size significantly, and in this case
you'd<br>
usually be better off hosting the images somewhere and using img
tags in<br>
the HTML.</p>
<p>If I'm off base, show me a screenshot of the kind of email
you're<br>
talking about and let me know exactly what it's application would
be<br>
(personal, mailing list, etc.).</p>
<p>-Brett</p></div>Bretttag:support.markedapp.com,2011-09-11:Comment/367586932015-05-05T20:48:57Z2015-05-05T20:48:58ZTransparent table borders in Marked2<div><p>Hi Brett,</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply, I am trying to do something like this
completely in markdown. Very basic table with some text and
images, maybe not as extensive as the website has shown.</p>
<p><a href="http://webdesign.tutsplus.com/articles/build-an-html-email-template-from-scratch--webdesign-12770">
http://webdesign.tutsplus.com/articles/build-an-html-email-template...</a></p>
<p>I’m not sure if it will work yet but plan to add reference
style links for images and insert those in the table. </p>
<p>I’m debating between hosting or base64, as some email
clients won’t load external links without clicking download.
</p>
<p>This would be for a marketing type mailing yes. </p>
<p>Thanks,<br>
Christian</p></div>Christian Lamberttag:support.markedapp.com,2011-09-11:Comment/367586932015-05-05T21:18:50Z2015-05-05T21:18:50ZTransparent table borders in Marked2<div><p>I don't see this being workable in Markdown alone, primarily
you'll need<br>
nested tables (which aren't supported), but also because you're
going to<br>
need to use inline CSS styles in the markup for compatibility
across<br>
email platforms (which isn't possible in MultiMarkdown). You could
do it<br>
with a custom processor in Maruku or Kramdown, but at that point
you're<br>
better off just using HTML.</p>
<p>I really recommend using something like MailChimp's email design
tool<br>
for something like this, as I believe you're asking for more setup
work<br>
than it's worth to do this in Markdown. If you're really driven,
you'll<br>
need a custom processor script that can understand custom markup
and<br>
know where to insert the input into your own template, but it would
be a<br>
complex task and, again, more work than just coding the HTML.</p>
<p>-Brett</p></div>Bretttag:support.markedapp.com,2011-09-11:Comment/367586932015-05-06T00:06:59Z2015-05-06T00:06:59ZTransparent table borders in Marked2<div><p>Hi Brett,<br>
Thanks, do you have a recommendation for a visual HTML editor for
Mac if I don't want to go with MailChimp?<br>
Thanks,<br>
Christian</p></div>Chris Ltag:support.markedapp.com,2011-09-11:Comment/367586932015-05-06T00:15:40Z2015-05-06T00:15:40ZTransparent table borders in Marked2<div><p>I haven't used a visual editor since before Adobe bought
Dreamweaver, so<br>
I can't help much there. I'm pretty sure I saw some "email
designers" on<br>
the App Store, though, which would be a leg up given web design
and<br>
email design have grown into two very separate beasts.</p>
<p>-Brett</p></div>Bretttag:support.markedapp.com,2011-09-11:Comment/367586932015-05-06T01:29:37Z2015-05-06T01:29:38ZTransparent table borders in Marked2<div><p>Thanks, I was trying to avoid going that route and see how much
markdown can do. I might just code it in HTML at this point
for a simple layout. <br>
-Christian</p></div>Christian Lambert