MailChimp Newsletter Sidebox

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.

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?

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   <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   <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   <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.

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

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

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

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?

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

swguy:

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?

swguy:

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

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.

Does this answer refer to the create account page? My newsletter is going to Mail Chimp, but when someone creates an account it does not. I have a free eBook but you have to sign in. This is creating a lot of new accounts, but none of them are going to Mail chimp.

I am using Zencart 1.3.9h with newest Mail Chimp newsletter sidebox module.

Thanks, Kim

It is possible that they're just not confirming; you won't see the subscription in MailChimp until they confirm signup.

To test, just create a new account in your store. (Delete your old one, or create a new email address.)

swguy:

It is possible that they're just not confirming; you won't see the subscription in MailChimp until they confirm signup.

To test, just create a new account in your store. (Delete your old one, or create a new email address.)

I created a new test account with my contact us email. And did not get MailChimp sign up or anything. I just checked button for newsletter/email subscription and next page is the new account success page.

Did not see anything in my email for Mailchimp. I have my email all forwarded to one account.

Any suggestions why this is not working? What should it be doing? I am guessing it will give me page like when I use sidebox with MailChimp info...

Thanks, Kim

You will not see a separate page like you do with the sidebox; it all happens behind the scenes.

If it isn't working, you have likely installed something incorrectly. Check your cache directory for errors and review the instructions.

If i subscribe from sideboxes, i register firstname and lastname, but if i subscribe from create_account i only have mail address. Can anybody helpme, please?

Is this module compatible with the FEC? That alters the create account and checkout process, so I'm not sure if they are compatible.

You would have to merge the changes they made to account creation with the changes I made.

I did a test install on the current zen cart. The sidebox worked perfectly. BUT ... when I went into account login or create an account .... it would get hung up on the following page:

/index.php?main_page=login&action=process

And I would get a blank page. Any ideas of what is going wrong here???

Here is the error message that shows up in my debug logs:

PHP Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at ........../includes/languages/english/extra_definitions/mailchimp_sidebox_defines.php:20) in ........../includes/functions/functions_general.php on line 45

This is frustating....

hey great mod software guy,

finally got it working but have some crazy stuff going on. Even with the mailchimp layoutbox disabled the signup form is at the top of my screen! wth!

anyone got any idea?

heres the site

donohues.com.au/shop/