This put up was up to date on June 11, 2018. It was initially revealed in September 2014.
Are you new to Electronic mail on Acid? In that case, we’d prefer to stroll you thru the method of getting your electronic mail take a look at outcomes, in addition to learn how to analyze and troubleshoot your take a look at outcomes.
We’ve already given you the lowdown on learn how to run a take a look at, however now we’re going to get into the nitty-gritty of learn how to navigate by way of your take a look at outcomes and all of the options you should use should you run into coding issues.
Accessing Your Electronic mail on Acid Check Outcomes
When you’ve run your electronic mail take a look at, there are two methods to view your take a look at outcomes. You’ll be able to entry the outcomes by way of the Inbox, which is situated on the high of the left navigation bar.
Your inbox will present outcomes from all assessments run throughout the final 30 days. The latest outcomes shall be on the high.
If you wish to begin viewing a number of the outcomes, click on on the take a look at topic line and the preview pane will pop up on the correct aspect of the display. You’ll be able to click on on any thumbnail to go straight into that particular preview. Or, you possibly can click on on the diagonal arrows on the high of the pane to increase all of your outcomes right into a full web page.
Click on on any preview thumbnail to leap straight into viewing your outcomes. You too can share your take a look at outcomes, inline your CSS, obtain your screenshots and preview the e-mail you examined straight from this preview pane.
The opposite method to entry your electronic mail previews is in your private electronic mail inbox by way of the autoprocess testing technique. If you’re operating an autoprocess take a look at, you’ll get an electronic mail each time you create a brand new take a look at. We ship the e-mail 10 minutes after the take a look at is began. Simply click on on a thumbnail, or the button on the backside of the display, and we’ll take you to the “Shared” outcomes for that take a look at. As a result of these are the shared outcomes, you received’t must log in to view them.
Beneath is an instance of take a look at outcomes going to a private inbox. Please word that shared outcomes don’t have all of the options you’ll see when logged in to the Electronic mail on Acid platform.
When you aren’t getting your take a look at outcomes delivered to your private inbox, be sure to have this characteristic enabled.
Now that you recognize the place your assessments are, we’ll get into how one can transfer round from preview to preview inside your take a look at outcomes.
Navigating By Your Previews
The best method to look by way of every preview is by utilizing your arrow keys. Merely press the left arrow key to go to the earlier preview and the correct arrow key to leap ahead to the subsequent one.
If in case you have a selected shopper you wish to dive into, hover your mouse over the correct navigation bar and also you’ll see a full record of the shoppers and gadgets you examined. From the navigation bar, click on on the shopper you’d prefer to view. Use the pin icon to make the correct navigation bar keep expanded.
Not seeing a shopper you needed to check? This could occur if the shopper isn’t checked in your electronic mail shopper default settings. Click on right here to get directions on modifying your default shoppers.
Electronic mail on Acid additionally supplies vertical AND horizontal cell views. Drag, slide, and rotate your electronic mail similar to you’d when viewing it within the precise machine. That’s 4 display captures for every rotating machine:
- Vertical with photographs enabled (default)
- Vertical with picture blocking
- Horizontal with photographs enabled
- Horizontal with picture blocking
As soon as all of your take a look at outcomes are wanting good, you possibly can share your outcomes simply along with your colleagues. Merely click on “Share” and replica the hyperlink. Ship it out to collaborate along with your group.
Validating Your Photos and Hyperlinks
Whereas thumbing by way of your take a look at previews, you could discover that none of your hyperlinks or photographs are clickable. It is because we return solely a screenshot of precisely what your electronic mail appears like inside every inbox. Don’t fear – you possibly can nonetheless verify to verify these hyperlinks and pictures work correctly.
To verify all of the hyperlinks and pictures inside your electronic mail, click on the “URL Validation” tab.
You will note validation and fame data for every hyperlink and picture. This implies you possibly can see if any hyperlinks resolved with error messages or if any hyperlink domains are blocklisted. Take a look at a pattern beneath:
Electronic mail on Acid lists all of your URLs individually, so you possibly can establish any URL which may be inflicting an issue. Together with blocklisted URLs in your electronic mail could cause spam filters to flag your message.
Now that we’ve lined how and the place to view your assessments, listed here are some steps you possibly can take while you discover issues in your take a look at outcomes.
Troubleshooting Code Points
All electronic mail shoppers use totally different rendering engines to show an electronic mail. That’s why your electronic mail may look lovely in a single shopper, however not in one other. Or, you would have made a easy coding mistake – it occurs to the most effective of us. Fortunately, we’re right here to assist. If you see issues along with your previews, there are a pair steps you possibly can take:
Step 1: Find and word the e-mail shoppers that look funky
When you’re scrolling by way of your previews, word which shoppers are having rendering points. It will allow you to simply isolate the shoppers when it’s time to troubleshoot.
Step 2: Determine rendering points with our Code Evaluation
Our Code Evaluation identifies code components that aren’t supported in every electronic mail shopper. Warnings are categorized as crucial, reasonable, or minor. Essential warnings may adversely have an effect on your format, whereas minor warnings may embody unsupported fonts, alt tags, or title tags.
We provide a code evaluation for each shopper and machine. To entry this software, click on in your electronic mail preview and toggle the “View” drop-down menu above the preview. Choose “Code Evaluation Abstract” and the outcomes shall be displayed on the correct aspect of the display.
When you repair the errors specified by the code evaluation tab and you’re nonetheless seeing the identical issues, it’s time so that you can dive into our library of coding tips.
Step 3: Leverage our Ideas and Methods
Since 2008, we’ve documented tons of quirks that pop up when creating HTML electronic mail. Particulars and workarounds are offered for every particular person shopper, all from inside your take a look at end result window!
To entry Ideas and Methods for every particular person shopper, be sure to are within the right preview and click on on the “</>” button situated to the left of each screenshot. Within the instance beneath, we’re in AOL Chrome (Mac) so once we click on on the Ideas and Methods tab, we see workarounds particularly associated to AOL.
Step 4: Bounce on our weblog
Over time we have now constructed up a killer library of sources on our weblog, all due to some nice electronic mail builders, entrepreneurs and designers. Weblog feedback provide an interactive place to go and figuratively stand across the water cooler speaking about electronic mail code and quirky shoppers.
We additionally put up to our weblog weekly with electronic mail suggestions and tips protecting matters like how electronic mail file measurement impacts deliverability and why Outlook is including these additional strains to your electronic mail. It’s our job to remain on high of coding points and the latest shopper oddities so that you don’t need to.
Different Instruments: Resubmit your screenshot
Once in a while, a “stitching” difficulty can happen once we are creating your previews. A sewing difficulty may lower off your electronic mail, slice by way of the center of your picture or have the e-mail be spliced and stitched again collectively in an unnatural method. When you see a part of a picture lacking, it’s both as a result of the containing aspect is just too small, or as a result of a sewing difficulty occurred. Generally, you possibly can repair a sewing difficulty just by reprocessing your screenshot.
Take a look at an instance of an electronic mail that fell sufferer to minor stitching points beneath:
To resubmit your screenshot, click on on the preview that’s having stitching points and discover the “Reprocess Screenshot” button on the high of the dashboard. It appears like a counterclockwise arrow.
It’s necessary to notice that you could solely reprocess a shopper screenshot one time. Utilizing this characteristic resubmits the very same code, so this isn’t a method to take a look at modifications. If you’re nonetheless seeing rendering points, attempt the steps laid out above.
Check and Check Once more
After you’ve discovered a repair in your coding points, ship one other take a look at by way of our system to confirm your repair and ensure it didn’t trigger a problem in another electronic mail shopper. Electronic mail testing is an iterative course of, and each difficulty you repair will carry you one step nearer to the right electronic mail.
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Good luck, and comfortable testing!
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