MailChimp Newsletter Sidebox

Nothing has changed since I said, "in a month or so" on Sept. 26.
http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpo...8&postcount=16

I believe my forecast is still accurate.

Cool look forward to it :)

FYI-
Midway through testing this sidebox, some change I made in my MailChimp configuration made it so suddenly when I entered my email address in the sidebox and posted it, it went to Mailchimp's 'please check for your email and confirm' message page, rather than the page to let me input additional information (name, interests, etc).

Eventually I determined that the solution to allow email to be entered in the sidebox but other fields to be entered on the full form hosted by mailchimp was to change the tpl_mailchimp_sidebox.php file line, from

$content .= '<form action="http://list-manage.com/subscribe/post" method="post">';

to

$content .= '<form action="http://MAILCHIMPUSERNAME.list-manage.com/subscribe" method="post">';

It seems to work -- though I don't know if it is subject to breaking in the future.

Thanks for a great contrib!

@bjornarl - removing the "/post" from the end of the standard URL in the plugin is all that is required to accomplish what you want.

There is no difference between using our plain "list-manage.com" host versus the customized "MAILCHIMPUSERNAME.list-manage.com" URL. The "MAILCHIMPUSERNAME" part may change from lists to list, but even that part *should not* actually matter. I haven't done thorough testing on that, so to be safe, I'd just drop it.

I have a feeling that anything you believed reverted to default forms was likely due to either using a different list id or changing something on your account. If you can produce steps to reproduce the error, feel free to contact us via api -at- mailchimp _dot_ com so we can look into it further with you.

Hi Guys,

Anybody experienced an error with this, where zen cart will say that the system already has a record of that email address, and won't let them create an account?

Seems to effect only some customers, whilst others can proceed without any problems.

Cheers,

Pete

So does the latest version of the mailchimp side box have the ability to add new customers automatically (full implementation), or would I still need to export from the default Zen Cart list and import into MailChimp?

Also we would need to have emails sent on birthdays... Is this hard to implement?

We have not started with MailChimp... just looking for a good way to keep in contact with our customers.. and send automated birthday emails/ reminders.

A bulk import of your customer database would be a violation of the TOS. You need to get permission before you send bulk commercial email. Take a look at their site to learn more about how MailChimp helps you do this.

I have just finished put all the code for the mailchimp side box contribution on my test server. The box looks great but when I try to enter an email address I go to a page that says " monkeys must have stolen the page". I have looked at all the code on where to place my "id" and "u' information but am a bit confused. The file code looks at follows:

"// Defines for newsletter sidebox

// Newsletter ID - IMPORTANT! You must use your own id.
define('BOX_MAILCHIMP_NEWSLETTER_ID','xxxxxxxxxxx');

The code from mailchamp looks as follows:

"<input type="hidden" name="u" value="addd926b97360d534bdbc56c6">
<input type="hidden" name="id" value="ae22b950b9">"

I look at the file "includes/languages/english/extra_definitions/mailchimp_sidebox_defines.php" but where do you place all the code for "u" and 'id"?

See step 2 in the README file.

Zen Cart 1.3.8

Hi. I need to change the width of the sign up box (where
customers type in their e-mail addresses), because it is
overlapping the whole layout.

Anyone know how to do this?

My website: www.thesimplestdesign.com