Auto CSS head styles to body styles?

March 28, 2008 8:25 AM

What's that program that takes CSS styles defined in the head of an HTML document and applies them to each element's style attribute? It's for HTML email-making, where such a nonsensical thing is desirable.

I believe it was a command line program, and I believe it was written in Python. I've done a good bit of Googlin', and I'm starting to think I imagined the whole thing.

posted by Plug Dub In to computers & internet (6 comments total)

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posted by piro at 8:31 AM on March 28 [6 favorites]

Brilliant. Thank you!
posted by Plug Dub In at 8:36 AM on March 28

Oh my gosh thank you for this.
posted by cowbellemoo at 8:39 AM on March 28

Please note that if you've been out of the HTML email business for a while, Outlook 2007 uses the freakin' MS Word HTML rendering engine, so much of your CSS may be for naught.
posted by mumkin at 11:37 AM on March 28

omg i had no idea such a thing existed although i've looked for it every time i've built a newsletter template.

i am now so unbelievably happy.
posted by fishfucker at 1:48 PM on March 28

Agh! I wish I'd known about this a couple months ago when I first had to wade through this hell. Thanks piro.
posted by stephthegeek at 12:06 AM on March 29