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[swguy]

If you use my files on a 1.3.9 Zen Cart, it works. Back up your files, use my files and retest. Then slowly, step by step, re-integrate your changes. Every time I have looked at a report of this problem, the root cause has been a bad merge.

[Hank3rd]

I have the sign up form installed and it works fine, but the only thing is that in Firefox on the Mac the input form it too long and it goes outside the sidebox. Any ideas as to why this might be happening?

[chriscops]

Thanks for this module. It is a much better option than the built in subscribe.

I am having errors generated due to this module. When I go to w3c Markup Validation Service, I have 5 errors generated. All due to this module. Is it just me, or is everybody experiencing this?

The errors I get are...

Validation Output: 5 Errors

Line 133, Column 401: end tag for "input" omitted, but OMITTAG NO was specified
…put type="text" name="EMAIL" value=""><br /><input type="radio" name="EMAILTYP…
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You may have neglected to close an element, or perhaps you meant to "self-close" an element, that is, ending it with "/>" instead of ">".

Line 133, Column 360: start tag was here
…mbedded-subscribe-form">Email Address:<input type="text" name="EMAIL" value=""…
Line 133, Column 464: the name and VI delimiter can be omitted from an attribute specification only if SHORTTAG YES is specified
… name="EMAILTYPE" value="html" checked>HTML&nbsp; &nbsp;<input type="radio" na…
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"VI delimiter" is a technical term for the equal sign. This error message means that the name of an attribute and the equal sign cannot be omitted when specifying an attribute. A common cause for this error message is the use of "Attribute Minimization" in document types where it is not allowed, in XHTML for instance.

How to fix: For attributes such as compact, checked or selected, do not write e.g <option selected ... but rather <option selected="selected" ...

Line 133, Column 465: end tag for "input" omitted, but OMITTAG NO was specified
…name="EMAILTYPE" value="html" checked>HTML&nbsp; &nbsp;<input type="radio" nam…
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You may have neglected to close an element, or perhaps you meant to "self-close" an element, that is, ending it with "/>" instead of ">".

Line 133, Column 407: start tag was here
…pe="text" name="EMAIL" value=""><br /><input type="radio" name="EMAILTYPE" val…
Line 133, Column 532: end tag for "input" omitted, but OMITTAG NO was specified
…"radio" name="EMAILTYPE" value="text">TEXT-Only<br /><div style="margin-top: 5…
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You may have neglected to close an element, or perhaps you meant to "self-close" an element, that is, ending it with "/>" instead of ">".

Line 133, Column 482: start tag was here
…value="html" checked>HTML&nbsp; &nbsp;<input type="radio" name="EMAILTYPE" val…
Line 133, Column 635: end tag for "input" omitted, but OMITTAG NO was specified
…><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Subscribe"></div></form></div></div>
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You may have neglected to close an element, or perhaps you meant to "self-close" an element, that is, ending it with "/>" instead of ">".

Line 133, Column 577: start tag was here
…ly<br /><div style="margin-top: 5px;"><input type="submit" name="submit" value…

Any help would be appreciated. These are my only validation errors.

[swguy]

This is on my list of things to do. I'm going to try to get to it this month.

[chriscops]

Cool. Glad its not something I did. Thanks for the response.

[swguy]

OK, the latest version in Free Software Add Ons fixes this issue. Thanks for reporting it.

[kal130]

Is there any way that when a customer creates an account and signs up for the newsletter, it does not send an email to confirm being part of the list, and instead does it automatically?

[swguy]

You really do want the double opt in. Especially if someone tries to sue you for spamming them. :)

[kal130]

You really do want the double opt in. Especially if someone tries to sue you for spamming them. :)

Yeah, I understand what you are saying, but they physically checked the box, so they have already agreed to the terms..Is it even possible to do that?

[chriscops]

OK, the latest version in Free Software Add Ons fixes this issue. Thanks for reporting it.

Wow. Thanks!

This works perfectly. I now have no errors on my site.

Thanks for doing this.

Chris