MailChimp Newsletter Sidebox

Hi, I am trying to install this contribution but cannot find the URL, u and id info in the HTML code.

4. Press the Forms link for your new list.
   Scroll down to the link that says "Signup Form" and click it. This will take you to a screen which will show you your signup form. Look at the HTML code. At the top of the form will be something that looks like this:

<form action="http://list-manage.com/subscribe/post" method="POST">

Note the URL.

At the bottom of the form will be something like this:

<td align="left"><INPUT TYPE='submit' NAME='submit' VALUE='Subscribe'> <input type="hidden" name="id" value="5331068383"> <input type="hidden" name="u" value="0dcb1c9808"></td>

Note the the values of "u" and "id" - you will be embedding them in the language file during the installation process.

When I click the "Forms" link, that takes me to the Create Forms page where the "Signup Form" is the default selection, and not clickable. Am I looking at the wrong place?

You should see something like this:

Customize the Signup Form for: test

Your list's signup form is hosted on our server at: http://eepurl.com/kd_x
change the signup form's appearance

Then in the HTML below you'll see id and u.

swguy:

You should see something like this:

Customize the Signup Form for: test

Your list's signup form is hosted on our server at: http://eepurl.com/kd_x
change the signup form's appearance

Then in the HTML below you'll see id and u.

Thanks SWGUY!

I was able to find the info by accessing Lists > Forms > For Your Website > Signup Form Embed Code

Under the Create Embed Code button, in the "copy/paste into your site" field.

I have installed the contribution and all seems to be working well. Thanks again SWGUY!
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Just a little note FYI: If I position the Newsletter sidebox just below the Special sidebox, there's a [more] that appears just after Newsletter in the sidebox header and that "Newsletter [more]" becomes a link, which takes me to the special page when clicked.

If I position the Newsletter sidebox just above the Special sidebox, that fixes the issue. Strange!

I would guess this is a bug in your template change for the specials sidebox.

delia:

ahem, have problem with the sidebox working fine but the create account form does not. Nothing is getting to mail chimp: The mailchimp log file says Unable to load listSubscribe()!
Code=250
Msg=FNAME must be provided - Please enter a value

I could have sworn I did this correctly. What in the world did I screw up?

Hi Delia I have the same issue

I can solve that error

You are collecting the subscriber first and last names correct?

basically it is wanting the first name parameter, which you need to add in the

/includes/modules/your-template/create_account

so this (around line 339)

//--- added mailchimp
   if ((int)$newsletter == 1) { 
       mailchimp_add($email_address, $email_format);
  }
//--- End mailchimp  

becomes

//--- added mailchimp
   if ((int)$newsletter == 1) { 
       mailchimp_add($email_address, $firstname, $lastname, $email_format);
  }
//--- End mailchimp  

Unfortunately while this stops the error, it doesn't seem to add the user to mailchimp (or at least I am not receiving an email confirmation from mailchimp), I can't actually access mailchimp at the moment to check.

Can anyone tell me if this mod will still add the user to the ZC database and send the welcome email we have set up with the coupon we have set to be sent to new subscribers?

We use 1.3.9h

Thanks!

The Mailchimp Plugin doesn't do the adding to the Zen Cart database; it just adds the user to the list of email addresses in your mailchimp list (if the user requests your newsletter when he signs up).

Hi There... could use some help.
I don't seem to be passing any data to MailChimp, nor getting the MailChimp confirmation email when creating a new user.

The only thing I can think of is that I don't have includes/modules/[my template name]/create_account.php.... there is no folder for my template in the modules folder (I am using template_default).

I modified the create_account.php file that was in the modules folder, and even included the $firstname, $lastname as suggested above, but no luck.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance for your help!

Thannaree:

Thanks SWGUY!

I was able to find the info by accessing Lists > Forms > For Your Website > Signup Form Embed Code

Under the Create Embed Code button, in the "copy/paste into your site" field.

Hi,

i am very happy after reading this help i have succefully integrated MailChimp in my zen cart. Thnkx for developers and Thannaree

I plan on installing the fast and easy checkout mod, does this conflict with this mod?

Hi!

I have a client considering a switch from iContact to MailChimp because iContact (which is integrated with SalesForce) is getting screened out in gmail as spam. I read back a few pages, was unable to find answers I was looking for regarding this mod.

Is the main function of this API to provide a way for subscribers to automagically be added to MailChimp? Aside from adding/removing subscribers via your website, is there any other functionality?

For instance, one problem my client encounters is dirty code. They do a monthly newsletter, send it out, and put a copy on their site for visitors. Currently, they design the newsletter in iContact, export the html, and import it onto a page on their site. But the iContact code is littered with stuff that they want in emails (for tracking, etc) but not on their website.

Does this mod integrate design of the email campaign or provide some simple way to get ZC friendly html? Or is design still done via a gui on MailChimp?

I am currently planning to advise them to switch to MC and use this mod, regardless. But I'm looking for a simple solution to the code problems. It would be cool if that was already built into this mod.

Current thought (sorry, a bit off the subject of your mod with this):

1. Upload all images/articles to site.
2. Have their inhouse designer create Newsletter in Dreamweaver (referencing images/links to their server URL).
3. Import Newsletter html into site page.
4. Import Newsletter html into MailChimp (MC will automatically add tracking and other code, correct?).
5. Test, then send out the bulk email.

Does that system sound good or is there a flaw I'm missing?

Thanks,
Mike

The scope of this mod does not include a GUI for newsletter design. It just does the adds to the MailChimp subscriber list from Zen Cart.

If you want to put links to your newsletters on your Zen Cart page, you can do that too. Mailchimp provides an archive service with links to the last 10 newsletters; you can put this on an "About Us" page or an EZPage.

Aaah, very cool. Thanks!

Hi I think the answer may be buried in this thread but I cant find it.... If using the sidebox for newsletter sign up, will a zencart profile be created if First and Last name Field inputs are provided or would this be custom code?

I understand that the reverse is true, on sign up page, mail chimp can be offered but wondering about the other way around.

Thank you

makenoiz:

Hi I think the answer may be buried in this thread but I cant find it.... If using the sidebox for newsletter sign up, will a zencart profile be created if First and Last name Field inputs are provided

No. Account creation requires much more information, such as address and phone number.

nigelt74:

Hi Delia I have the same issue

I can solve that error

You are collecting the subscriber first and last names correct?

basically it is wanting the first name parameter, which you need to add in the

/includes/modules/your-template/create_account

so this (around line 339)

//--- added mailchimp
if ((int)$newsletter == 1) {
mailchimp_add($email_address, $email_format);
}
//--- End mailchimp

> 
> becomes
> 
> 
> ```
//--- added mailchimp
   if ((int)$newsletter == 1) { 
       mailchimp_add($email_address, $firstname, $lastname, $email_format);
  }
//--- End mailchimp  

Unfortunately while this stops the error, it doesn't seem to add the user to mailchimp (or at least I am not receiving an email confirmation from mailchimp), I can't actually access mailchimp at the moment to check.

Did you ever get this to pass the information to mailchimp? I still only get the email address.

I figured it out.
/includes/modules/your-template/create_account

mailchimp_add($email_address, $email_format);

becomes

mailchimp_add($email_address, $firstname, $lastname, $company, $email_format);

includes/functions/extra_functions/mailchimp_functions.php

 function mailchimp_add($email_address, $email_format) {
    include_once(DIR_WS_CLASSES . "MCAPI.class.php");
    $api = new MCAPI(BOX_MAILCHIMP_NEWSLETTER_API_KEY);
    $merge_vars = array('');

becomes

 function mailchimp_add($email_address, $firstname, $lastname, $company, $email_format) {
    include_once(DIR_WS_CLASSES . "MCAPI.class.php");
    $api = new MCAPI(BOX_MAILCHIMP_NEWSLETTER_API_KEY);
    $merge_vars = array('FNAME'=>$firstname, 'LNAME'=>$lastname, 'COMPANY'=>$company);

Hopefully this is the right way to do this.

Does this mod work on V151 please?

Yes it does!