Subscribe to mailing list on site with GroupMail 5.

[paulbeckett]

Hi

I currently have a Av7 site which I would like to add a "Subscribe to Newsletter" form on each page of the site.

I would like to to be a simple text field (for the email address) and then a submit button. Much like my "search this site" tool in the top left hand area of www.kjbeckett.com.

Once the visitor submits their details I would like to automatically hook-up to my GroupMail 5 software.

Can anyone confirm the code I need to use on my site. Presumably it is a simple email information type function that emails the visitors email address to my GroupMail 5 software? Is this correct? If so where could I find that code?

Kind regards

Paul

[cindy]

Doesn't GroupMail have code you can copy and paste into your html? This is how it works on all my websites.
Cindy

[RuralWeb]

If you buy the full version of Group Mail then you can use the auto subscribe - its not available in the free version as far as I know.

[paulbeckett]

Hi all

Doesn't GroupMail have code you can copy and paste into your html?

Not that I can find onsite. I also contacted their support team. They referred me to a case study about how to set-up the automatic function in an email but this is simple.

What I need is a peice of code that allows a user to submit an email which will automatically sends through to a pre-defined address at kjbeckett.com with a pre-defined title. GroupMail will do the rest.

I pretty much need a cut down version of the code on the Actinic v7 that features on the contact us page - http://www.kjbeckett.com/cgi-bin/mf0...CTION=SHOWFORM. Some sort of simple form with a send function.

Does anyone have this code?

Kind regards

Paul

[jont]

Any online FormMail script can be incorporated into your web page ... one of the most popular out there is http://www.scriptarchive.com/formmail.html which I have integrated into several Actinic sites

[RuralWeb]

I dont use Group Mail myself Im just going by the details on thier website:

Track who opened your emails and what links they clicked on
Measure and analyze your results with real-time data
Collect subscribers from your website easily
Automate unsubscribe/subscribe contacts
Create, send and track your surveys
Ask an unlimited number of survey questions
Customize your survey with your own color scheme and logo
Export all tracking/survey data for analysis

I assume you can generate any formail form as jont says but I think to automate the whole process including double opt in and auto subscribe you will need the top package. I seem to remember that jan is a bit of a group mail expert.

[cindy]

Here's the basic format that I use, with some formatting added to pretty it up. It's basically just an email form that sends a "subscribe" email to the mailing list.

<form action="mailto:subscribe@xxxxxxxx" target="_blank" method="post">
<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Free Newsletter</b><br>Your email address<br></font>
<input type="text" name="ea" size="25" value="" style="font-family:Arial; font-size:10px; border:1px solid #999999;"><br>
<input type="submit" name="go" value="SUBSCRIBE" class="submit" style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:10px;">');
<input type="hidden" name="m" value="numberthatidentifiesyourgroup">
</form>

Maybe this will help some.
Cindy
www.hiddenvalleyhibiscus.com

[pinbrook]

<form action="mailto:subscribe@xxxxxxxx" target="_blank" method="post">
<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Free Newsletter</b><br>Your email address<br></font>
<input type="text" name="ea" size="25" value="" style="font-family:Arial; font-size:10px; border:1px solid #999999;"><br>
<input type="submit" name="go" value="SUBSCRIBE" class="submit" style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:10px;">');
<input type="hidden" name="m" value="numberthatidentifiesyourgroup">
</form>

I would strongly advise people not to use this method if you are using a stand alone form, as you should really hide your email address in a script and not have it open to spambots within HTML.

This example may work as a signup within GroupMail (I don't use GroupMail so cannot comment) but in general a form that shows an address within HTML will generate 9999 spams for every 1 genuine sign up. Then of course you have the problem of identifying the genuine signup -which you can't, Thus your send ends up mass mailing spammers which will bounce resulting your mail server getting black listed. and then upsetting all other people who use the same mail server as you as their emails will get black listed too.

So not a good idea. IMO

[paulbeckett]

Hi

I dont use Group Mail myself Im just going by the details on thier website:

Track who opened your emails and what links they clicked on
Measure and analyze your results with real-time data
Collect subscribers from your website easily

Yes, their Subscriber Add-On does the job but they dont use a formmail. I need to find a suitable formmail and Jo's team at Pinbrook have recommended one. I must admit it may be a little too complicated for me.

Thank you for contacting us. Our Subscriber Add-On can manage this for you.
For step by step instructions on creating an Opt-Out Link on your messages, please visit our website
http://www.group-mail.com/asp/common...les.asp?id=246

The GroupMail Subscriber Add-on is designed to automate the handling of many of the inbound Email messages associated with managing a mailing list (for example opt-in and opt-out requests, bounced messages etc.).
Simply configure the Subscriber Add-on to recognize each message type, schedule it to run at regular intervals and the headache of co-ordinating updates to you mailing list with subscription requests and bounces is taken care of.
Automatically process Double Opt-In, Opt-In and Opt-Out requests and update your Group(s)
Send Auto-Response messages
Recognize bounced messages and remove the recipients from your Group(s) if appropriate
Extract Recipient details from the Email message and store these with the Email address
Delete messages from your Inbox once they are processed if required
Delete unwanted emails from your Inbox
Call Database Stored Procedures to maintain recipients stored in your database system
Display a detailed report on what emails were processed and the Actions taken
Included with the Personal & Business Edition


For step by step instructions on setting this up in Subscriber, please refer to the Subscriber, Help File under the Help Menu, within the Subscriber Tutorial it will walk you through one of these examples.

Best regards,
Honor

[paulbeckett]

Hi Jo, Cindy, Everyone

I would strongly advise people not to use this method if you are using a stand alone form, as you should really hide your email address in a script and not have it open to spambots within HTML.

Is it possible to incorporate the script below into Cindy's code? I use this script on my site to hide email addresses and it seems to work...certainly "some" of my addresses don't get spam.

<script type=text/javascript>
var _u = "subscribe";
var _d = "xxxxxx.com";
var _l = _u + "@" + _d;
var _m = "Click here to subscribe";
document.write("<a href='mailto:"+_l+"'>"+_m+"</a>");
</script>

Is it possible to incorporate the script above into the code below?

<form action="mailto:subscribe@xxxxxxxx" target="_blank" method="post">
<font face="arial" size="2"><b>Free Newsletter</b><br>Your email address<br></font>
<input type="text" name="ea" size="25" value="" style="font-family:Arial; font-size:10px; border:1px solid #999999;"><br>
<input type="submit" name="go" value="SUBSCRIBE" class="submit" style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:10px;">');
<input type="hidden" name="m" value="numberthatidentifiesyourgroup">
</form>

This certainly seems like the simplist way of doing it?

Paul

[RuralWeb]

This certainly seems like the simplist way of doing it

There is a mod in the AUG to modify the actinic contact page and turn it into a subscription form. I have used it several times and it works ok.