Coding regular emails is hard enough by itself. Making them responsive and accessible shouldn’t add to the headache. A few simple, but solid patterns are all that’s needed to optimize emails for small screens and assistive technologies.
That’s what Cerberus is.
It’s just a few responsive email patterns that go a long way. The code blocks are compartmentalized so that they may be used, combined, and nested to build an email.
Each template is annotated and has good support among popular email clients.
cerberus-fluid.html - Good for simple layouts such as transactional and single column emails.
cerberus-responsive.html - Good for more complicated, shape-shifting email layouts that work on some mobile clients.
cerberus-hybrid.html - This template uses a hybrid approach to reconfigure the layout for different screen sizes for email clients regardless of media query support.
👋 I’m Ted Goas, the core author and maintainer. I’m a product designer & front-end developer with a soft spot for HTML emails. Some day I'd love to combine my professional craft and hobby to work on an email platform. @tedgoas § TedGoas.com
Let’s go with something simple and permissive, shall we?
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If you’d prefer something that’s ready out of the box, I vouch for htmlemail.io’s responsive email templates. They’re fully tested and ready for your ESP or codebase.