MailChimp Newsletter Sidebox

[tnjon]

Certainly you could do this. Mailchimp gives you a hosted signup page which you can find by logging into your account and poking around. Then add this link to your includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/common/tpl_footer.php file, or make an ez page link out of it, etc.

Thanks worked like a charm.

[swguy]

Great! Some folks who don't use sideboxes do what you have done.

[dmagic]

when i export emails from the database SELECT customers_email_address FROM customers WHERE customers_newsletter = 1
and trying import from the email file csv .

i get error
4585 emails had syntax errors. About syntax errors: http://eepurl.com/hcnb
See attached files for the subscribers that were not imported.

Thank you.

[dmagic]

need help . when we try rxport the emails newsletter from zen cart shop . and after import to mailchimp i receive error

Error: There were no emails added to your Kingmagic Newsletter list
4585 emails had syntax errors. About syntax errors: http://eepurl.com/hcnb
See attached files for the subscribers that were not imported.

[retched]

I modified my installation to allow for signing up through admin (similar to show here) and through the My Account Control panel.

My question is, is there a way to check if the customer is subscribed to the given list so that the box is pre-selected already? I know it gets messy if the customer changes email addresses (I'll start writing a way to unsubscribe the old email address and subscribe the new email address) but getting the log messages about the email is already subscribed is kind of annoying. I know that MailChimp's API has a function to return the list of emails currently subscribed but not sure how to decode it so PHP can add it to an array of sorts.

Also as MailChimp upgraded API versions, will there be a need to change this script to match, or should it be fine as is?

[swguy]

MailChimp updates their API ever so often, and most of the changes have been backwards compatible.

[retched]

when i export emails from the database SELECT customers_email_address FROM customers WHERE customers_newsletter = 1
and trying import from the email file csv .

i get error
4585 emails had syntax errors. About syntax errors: http://eepurl.com/hcnb
See attached files for the subscribers that were not imported.

Thank you.

This doesn't have anything to do with the plug in. The only thing that I can think that would be a problem is that file you are using isn't properly formatted or has the correct fields.

[SavaTom]

I just read all 23 pages of this forum. Found a question I had that someone else asked that was never answered....

How can the HTML / TEXT-only radio buttons be removed from the newsletter sidebar (and make sure that HTML is kept as default)

Also, I saw the question as to how to start a new window upon clicking subscribe was answered but my file looks nothing like what was posted. So.... how can I fire up a new window upon someone clicking subscribe? Better yet, I have zen lightbox installed is there any way to fire it up in a lightbox?

Thank you.

[swguy]

Removing the HTML (format) radio buttons:
When you are creating your signup form on the MailChimp site, use the Super Slim form (under Embedded Forms).

[SavaTom]

Removing the HTML (format) radio buttons:
When you are creating your signup form on the MailChimp site, use the Super Slim form (under Embedded Forms).

hmm, thought thats what i did....let me double check

thanks for answering...

any word on firing it up in a lightbox or at least a new window?

thx