Sending a web page in an email help

[glm]

Safari now has a nifty feature that allows the user to "Mail Contents of this Page" or "Mail Link to this Page" under File in the pull down menu. When I've tried the first option above from a web page I've created that includes graphics, it looks just like the web page in Mac mail but in WebMail it only shows the text, and it looks horrible. I am able to view other such content, such as the New York Times with graphics, just fine in WebMail so my question is...what might it be about my web page that's not allowing for it to be viewed properly in WebMail (and possibly any other mail program besides Mac Mail)....thanks, VR Gary

[rlbailey]

Absolute vs relative links in the page could make a big difference.

[jharriso]

Regrettably, things are going to render radically differently in pretty much any mail app you try - if you want it to hold true to it's original colors, format, etc you're limited to one of two options, as far as I know.
Option 1: Send the link
Option 2: Print your page as one big PDF, and send that.

[waltersp]

http://www.cutepdf.com/ --> print as PDF

[glm]

Thanks for all three of your replies. I've also done a little web research and if I come up with something that works for me I'll post it. BTW, the cutepdf software is for Windows users only...

[waltersp]

looks like Mac has a built-in feature called Quartz2D (http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/pdf/) that allows you to save as .pdf

[begay]

You can print to PDF if an application allows printing, just FYI... On a MAC!

[glm]

A pdf can work but I'm wanting an active html page to appear. The comment on absolute VS relative links was the key for me. I use GoLive and found the only way to make that happen on the page I want to email was to go into the source code and strip out some of the crap GoLive puts in there and also to change the image links to absolute. Now when I send a page it will show up as I created it in WebMail. Ta Da!