Animated slides editor for generating an animated email signature

A method comprising:

• executing, by a server device, an animated slide editor that presents, at a sender client device, a graphical user interface that enables user interaction to upload a plurality of images to the server device for inclusion in an animated image file as an animated email signature that defines an animated image that is displayed within a signature block region of an email transmitted from a sender client device;
• accessing, by the sender client device that is remote from and communicatively coupled with the server device, the animated slide editor to display the graphical user interface at the sender client device;
• receiving, at the sender client device via the graphical user interface, the user interaction to upload the plurality of images to the server device;
• receiving, via the graphical user interface, user interaction to select a signature uniform resource locator (URL) to insert within the animated email signature;
• uploading the plurality of images from the sender client device to the server device;
• receiving, at the server device, the plurality of images uploaded from the sender client device;
• generating, by the animated slide editor using the plurality of images, the animated image file that defines the animated image;
• storing, by the animated slide editor, the animated image file at a memory location within memory of the server device;
• generating, by the animated slide editor, computer-readable instructions for insertion of the animated image file into the email transmitted from the sender client device;
• generating, by the sender client device, the email transmitted from the sender client device;
• inserting, by the sender client device prior to transmitting the email, the computer-readable instructions into the email, wherein the computer-readable instructions include that the animated image file is inserted as an automatically-executed signature URL directed to the server instead of attaching the animated image file as the animated email signature directly within the email when transmitted from the sender client device;
• transmitting the email from the sender client device;
• receiving, by a recipient client device that is remote from and communicatively coupled to both the sender client device and the server device, the email transmitted from the sender client device;
• executing, by the recipient client device in response to receiving the email, the computer-readable instructions inserted into the email;
• accessing, by the recipient client device in response to executing the computer-readable instructions inserted into the email, the memory location within the memory of the server device at which the animated image file is stored;
• retrieving, by the recipient client device from the server device in response to executing the computer-readable instructions, the animated image file from the memory location within the memory of the server device;
• displaying, at the recipient client device within the signature block region of the email transmitted from the sender client device, the animated image as the animated email signature defined by the animated image file;
• receiving, at the sender client device via the graphical user interface, user interaction to edit the animated image retrieved from the memory location within the memory of the server device;
• and
• automatically updating the animated image file that enables retroactive changes to previously-sent emails transmitted to the recipient client device.