MailChimp Newsletter Sidebox

Solved the "Page not found". Thanks to SWGuy, Page #4, #35 reply.

It is possible that you have the values BOX_MAILCHIMP_NEWSLETTER_U and  BOX_MAILCHIMP_NEWSLETTER_ID in mailchimp_sidebox_defines.php backwards.  The value BOX_MAILCHIMP_NEWSLETTER_U should be the longer of the two.         

Ps. SWguy, maybe in your directions put a little note about this. I just copied the first and pasted to the first, ect.... Also, Thanks SWGuy for all your work on Zencart Mods.

hello -

quick question. i just installed this mod a few days ago and everything with the sidebox works great, but on the create an account page, the email format defaults to "text only" instead of "html" like in the sidebox. any idea on how to fix this?

thanks!

my url: http://www.pangeahandmade.com/shop

nevermind. i actually figured out that it's not going to work for me at all anyway. i ended up uninstalling the mod, because i couldn't get the thing to work at all.

looks like a great mod and would do exactly what i need it to, but i think i'm too stupid for it. :frusty:

kept getting the mailchimp "page not found" error and went through everything i possibly could to fix it and nothing worked. i read through this whole thread and none of the suggestions worked for me, and i can't have this directing customers to nowhere.

bummed out about this, if anyone has a fix that they can explain to me in detail about how to get it to work and not show an error after you enter an email address in the sidebox and click 'submit', i would be very much appreciative!

Wow, thanks swguy, this looks like a great contribution!

I'd really like to replace zen cart's default newsletter functions with all the benefits from mail chimp.

However, what I really need to use, is the "group" function of mailchimp. I really need to give my customers the option to chose which subjects they'd like to receive newsletters about. When I read the pre-installation instructions of swguy's module, I read this

"In your Sign-up form, I suggest only having email address; if you want more fields, you'll have to modify this contribution."

I suppose this means that if I'm gonna use the group function, I'd need to modify this contribution?

Please clarify this. I'm not a coder, but I'm definately up for hiring someone if I need to. Thanks

I am very new to all of this and trying the best I can.
With that being said I have gotten threw all of the instructions for this except one.

Press the Forms link for your new list. This will take you to a screen which will show you your signup form.
Press the "create embed code for small form" link.

It generates code in a box on the left hand side of the screen under the label copy/paste onto your site.

this is step 4 in the instructions but I do now know where I need to copy/paste this to on my site.

help please!!

Lisa

Please note that the mechanism for pulling in an archive of past campaigns has changed. If you are using javascript that looks like this:

http://www.mailchimp.com/campaign_archive/index.js?aid=0123456789abc&fid=1234&show=10

change it to this:

http://us1.campaign-archive.com/generate-js/?u=0123456789abc&fid=1234&show=10

There's a complete list of instructions here:
http://kb.mailchimp.com/article/how-can-i-set-up-an-archive-of-my-campaigns

Hi Software Guy!
I've installed the Mailchimp newsletter sidebox on my site.
However, I want to change the text of the actual box.
It's currently set to:
Subscribe to our newsletter for periodic updates and valuable coupons.
I'd want to change it to something that doesn't include teh mention to coupons.

Could you please give me the file that I need to edit to change the text?
I've looked in most of the files that I thought the text would be in.

I need this quickly, I'll donate once i can get this working.

Thanks

./includes/languages/english/extra_definitions/mailchimp_sidebox_defines.php

How do I change the color of "Subscribe to our newsletter for periodic updates and valuable coupons"

That particular piece of text is not specifically styled. You could edit

"./includes/templates/template_default/sideboxes/tpl_mailchimp_sidebox.php"

and change

$content .= BOX_MAILCHIMP_PITCH;

to

$content .= '<span id="foo">' . BOX_MAILCHIMP_PITCH . "</span>";

and add

.foo {
styling
}

to your css file.

I love this one!! Thank you!

Quick q:

What files I need to mod to ad an extra field (like First Name)?

Thanks!
Gabstero.

The Chimps have been at it again - please update to the latest version of this contrib if you are having signup issues; the way the parms are passed in was changed.

http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?main_page=product_contrib_info&cPath=40_52&products_id=632

Is there a possibility to change the subscribe button in the Mailchimp sidebox?
I want to have the same look as my other buttons :D

RIght now it's not really a button (as in an image) - it's just rendered by the browser. You could change this but you'd have to change some code in the template.

./includes/templates/template_default/sideboxes/tpl_mailchimp_sidebox.php

$(document).ready(function(){ try { $('#archive-list li:even').addClass("odd"); $('.field-group, .field-group input, .field-group select').live('click',function(event){ if (event.type == 'click') { if ($(this).hasClass('field-group')){ var fg = $(this); $(this).find('input, select').slice(0,1).focus(); } else { var fg = $(this).parents('.field-group'); $(this).focus(); } fg.not('.focused-field').addClass('focused-field').children('.field-help').slideDown('fast'); $('.focused-field').not(fg).removeClass('focused-field').children('.field-help').slideUp('fast'); } }); // Allow select inputs to be width:auto up to 500px (because max-width doesn't work in IE7) $("select").each(function(){ $(this).css("width", "auto"); if($(this).width() > 500){ $(this).css("width", "500px"); } }); } catch(e){ console.log(e); } });

After you hit subscribe and the email is sent back to confirm this code is generated.

How do you get rid of this?

C

gabstero:

I love this one!! Thank you!

Quick q:

What files I need to mod to ad an extra field (like First Name)?

Thanks!
Gabstero.

There appear to be two files needed to add names

You need to change includes\templates\template_default\sideboxes\tpl_mailchimp_sidebox.php

Where it says

$content .= ENTRY_EMAIL_ADDRESS;
$content .= '<input type="text" name="EMAIL" value=""><br />';

change it to

$content .= ENTRY_EMAIL_ADDRESS;
$content .= '<input type="text" name="EMAIL" value=""><br />';
$content .= ENTRY_FIRST_NAME;
$content .= '<input type="text" name="FNAME" value=""><br />';
$content .= ENTRY_LAST_NAME;
$content .= '<input type="text" name="LNAME" value=""><br />';

This will deal with the box layout

Now you need to get the data to Mailchimp

This happens in includes\functions\extra_functions\mailchimp_functions.php

change line 2 from
function mailchimp_add($email_address, $email_format) {

to

function mailchimp_add($email_address, $fname, $lname,$email_format) {

This appears to make sure that Mailchimp automatically fills in the bare bones details....

However do make sure the fields FNAME and LNAME do appear in the list you are working with

Sorry the path for this should be

includes\templates\YOUR_TEMPLATE\sideboxes\tpl_mailchimp_sidebox.php

Hi,

I just added this addon and I think it is all working ok.

Quick question...

Does it take a while for customers who have subscribed through the create account page to be added to the mailchimp list?

I created a dodgey account but nothing is showing in my mailchimp subscriber list.

Thanks in advance

Amanda

Customers who have already created an account need to be manually added; they are not added retroactively.

Thanks. I guessed that I would have to import my existing subscribers, but new customers don't seem to being added when creating a new account.

I did a test with the sidebox, which worked fine and added the subscriber.

So this is only when creating a new account and subscribing through the create account page.

Amanda :smile: