Saturday, January 9, 2010

Gmail Signature…for friends who want one

Created this tutorial just for friends... hope its not too complicated.
There are a few assumptions I have made...

Assumptions
a) You already have Firefox installed in your system
b) You know how to install a Firefox add-on
c) You are familiar with HTML


If it's "YES" for all of the above....Hallelujah!!! .. This will be a cakewalk...

A few steps to getting your own Gmail signature

Here goes........

1. This works only on Firefox...... So get it installed if you don't already have.

2. You have to have this Firefox add-on installed (some call it extension....doesn't really matter).. Yup...it's called "Blank Canvas Gmail Signatures"

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/197/firefoxextension.png

Blank Canvas Gmail Signature add-on/extension


Note:
You can get the "Blank Canvas Gmail Signatures" extension here:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addons/policy/0/7757/41783

Nearly there.......patience man!!!

3. Once the add-on is installed (Restart your browser)...Open your Gmail account and go to the "Compose" page

4. Now for the fun part... Click on the "Create Signature" button. This will take you to the interface where you can create your own customized signatures.

Please note: You can create individual signatures for each email account you access through your Gmail login.

Signature Tools

The create signature button


5. If you are interested in a cool signature... then just copy and paste the following: (Don't worry this signature has already been customized for you... all you need to do is add your name, phone number, URL/location of your company logo/your logo, the URL/name of your website or anything else you like...)

Start code
<div style="padding:1em; margin:1em; width:300px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px; color:#333333;">
<img src="your image location (you can host the image in imageshack)" style="float:left; margin-right:10px;" />
<br/>
<strong>Your name</strong><br />
+91.<YOUR PHONE NUMBER>
Your website: <a href="replace this text with the URL of your website">Replace this text with the name of your website<br/></div>
End code

and don't forget to "save" your work...

6. Voila!.... you now have your very own personalized Gmail signature

Please feel free to experiment!!
Hope this helps......

For further assistance please do not hesitate to contact me......or at least leave a comment.

Cheers!!!

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