If I add an <a href="mailto:webmaster@example.com"> link into the text in RSD it seems to get screwed up when I upload

%3Ca%20href=%22mailto:webmaster@example.com%22%3Ewebmaster@example.com%3C/a%3E and just doesn't work from a browser, so I have to add directly in dreamweaver.

Is there a better way?

Assuming that I wanted the text to read "Please email me at webmaster@example.com." I do it as follows -
(a) I enter those words in a text or paragraph element.
(b) While in Text Edit Mode in that element I select (by dragging the mouse at the right place) the words "webmaster@example.com".
(c) In the Text Edit Mode panel at the right I click on the plus icon next to the Link box.
(d) In the URL box that appears I enter (without the inverted commas) "mailto:webmaster@example.com" and click Apply.

Please forgive me if the above is already being done and the problem is not just unfamiliarity with inserting links in text.

Frank

Yes that's what I did, but once you export it the code changes to

%3Ca%20href=%22mailto:webmaster@example.com%22%3Ewebmaster@example.com%3C/a%3E

and doesn't work.

So basically the problem occurs when you export....

Oh Frank, are you saying don't include <a href= > ?

That is correct. As the link element provides that for you.

To create a mailto link, add a Text Link Element or you can link text from a Paragraph Element and in the HREF box enter mailto:you@mydomain.com

Remember mailto links only work for systems that have an email client configured which not all do. It also opens that email address up to spam bots. Using a contact form is the better way to go. If you do not already own Web Form Builder, that is the perfect tool for a form.

If you would like to make a telephone link, add a Text Link element or you can link text from a Paragraph Element and in the HREF box enter tel:+15555555555

Thanks Adam. Suppose now it makes sense, as it does say on the RSD box..."no coding necessary" - it was my force of habit getting in the way!

You will soon have what I coined as an "Ah Ha" moment where everything just clicks and you say to yourself, why was I making this so hard, when it is SO easy.