The easiest way to let people signup to your
mailing list is to create a subscription form.
Using the system it's a simple matter of a few
clicks to generate the HTML code for a simple
subscription form that you can add to any page
on your web site. Let's look at how to do that
now.
Creating the subscription form
Note: Before you get started you should have
already created a mailing list. If you are
unsure how to do this please see
this tutorial. You can also accept other
information from your subscribers including
name, age and sex. To do this please see the
custom fields tutorial.
Start by clicking the "Website Forms" link at
the top of the screen. You will be taken to
the "Manage Website Forms" page. Click the
"Create Form" button to create a new form.
Start by entering a name for your form, such
as "Email Subscription Form". Next, choose a
look and feel for your newsletter from the
"Form Design" drop down box. You can click the
"Preview" link to see how the form will look.
You can choose one of many pre-designed
subscription form layouts for your new
subscription form.
Make sure you have the form type set to
"Subscription" and choose the email format you
want your subscribers to be signed up form:
HTML, text only or HTML and text. If you want
your subscribers to receive an email to
confirm their subscription (this is called
double opt-in), then tick the "Require
Confirmation" checkbox.
If you don't have a contact form on your web
site and you'd like the details of each new
subscriber to be emailed to you as well as
being saved to your mailing list, click the
"Yes, emulate a contact form" checkbox.
Finally, choose one or more mailing lists that
you want the subscription form to accept
subscribers for. You can also change the order
in which fields will appear on the
subscription form using the up and down arrows
next to the "Sort Custom Fields" box.
Click the "Next >>" button to continue.
Depending on which options you chose, you will
see different options on the next page.
Complete all fields and if you need help just
move your mouse over the blue help icon to the
right of the field to learn about that field.
In most cases you can simply click "Next >>"
and leave the default options in place for
this and the following steps.
When you've created your subscription form you
will be returned to the "Manage Website Forms"
page. Click the "Get HTML" link next to the
form you just created to see the HTML code
which you can place on your web site.
Getting the HTML code for your new
subscription form to place it on your web
site.
Edit the page on your web site where you'd
like to add the subscription form and paste
the HTML code there. Save the file and upload
it to your web server using FTP. When you
visit your web page you should now be able to
accept subscribers to your mailing list.
