A friend recently asked me if there was a way to target an email for the iPhone, but still display normally for other clients. My response was initially “no”, but after further thought I realized that there is a way to display a sort of customized email specifically for iPhone/Ipod touch users.
To do so requires a little ingenuity, in the form of a php app (downloadable below) and the following steps:
- Add an image to your html, preferable the one your going to use as your targeted iPhone message.
- Remove any width, height, and alt tags from the above tag. You want this image to be as non-descript as possible when it displays to non-iPhone users.
- Next, apply an image map to your image. Continue reading
