April 17th, 2006
Build Your Email Subscriber List on Your Joomla/Mambo site
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This is a free Joomla/Mambo module that allows you to put an email subscription form on each page of your website. The subscription list works with Constant Contact, an affordable email service provider. You can sign up now for free, and if your list is under 100 subscribers the service is free.
Here is a link to the free Constant Contact subscription module. Here is a demo of the module in operation.
Once you install this module, you will have the following options:
- Your constant contact account id. This is necessary for the component to work.
- A description above the input field, to motivate people to sign up.
- An email description. This defaults to 'your email'. This is what appears in the email input field, and disappears when the user enters (focuses on) the input field.
You need to sign up for a free account at Constant Contact to use this module.
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on April 18th, 2006 at 7:44 am
I've tried this module and all looks good except:
1) When hitting Go: "Error: Invalid Link
The subscribe/unsubscribe link has an error or is no longer valid. Please contact the webmaster of the site from which you were expecting to subscribe/unsubscribe."
2) IE5 adds a space above and below the input form. Firefox is fine. How do I minimise the space in both browsers?
Once these are sorted it'll be great. Mail me back please!
on April 18th, 2006 at 7:59 am
1) This is due to an invalid client ID being entered. Please use the exact ID that constant Contact provided you
2) use CSS to control the margins and padding, and you can remove the default spaces
on April 18th, 2006 at 8:19 am
Thanks for the fast answers. I'm using my login username… is this correct, or is there a separate ID (a number?) I should be using.
Been playing around with the CSS for ages… seems to be getting worse, rather than better!
on April 18th, 2006 at 8:23 am
there is a separate ID. You'll find it in the generated HTML that Constant Contact gives you to place on your website. it will be in this field:
<input type="hidden" name="m" value="#############" />
Try settingg the margin of 'form' to 0px:
form {
margin: 0px;
}
on July 3rd, 2006 at 5:11 pm
hey,wondered if you can tell me how to change the text colour on the constant contact module.we have a site where all the text is written in white and the back ground is white on the cc form.please can you help?
on July 4th, 2006 at 8:36 am
Just edit the HTML
on August 3rd, 2006 at 2:21 am
Is there a way to place text area for the input of the subscriber's name?
on August 3rd, 2006 at 6:14 am
You have to change the constant contact settings, then it will prompt for the name after they've clicked submit
on September 29th, 2006 at 1:40 pm
Hi
any idea how i can get this integrated with something like community builder and change teh mod so that I can have people update their profiles rather than new sign ups
Thanks
on November 20th, 2006 at 5:46 pm
I just added the mod to my joomla site - is there anyway that the Constant Contact list and registered Site (joomla/mysite) users can be tied together?
on November 21st, 2006 at 8:44 am
You would just have to export your registered users, then import them into Constant Contact
on November 25th, 2006 at 9:58 pm
I am working on puting my site into Mambo. I want to use your code (thanks for writing it in the first place) but I can not find documentation that explains how to add a module. I get how to install one but not how to add one. I am using version 4.6
Thanks,
Steve
on November 27th, 2006 at 8:28 am
In the mambo administrator section, click Modules > Install Modules (or something like that, it may be called Installer)
Just upload the module .zip file in the file selection input box
on November 27th, 2006 at 2:52 pm
I have seen that in other versions - I only have uninstall.
on November 27th, 2006 at 4:54 pm
honestly then I have no idea. You might wanna get some support in the forums
on December 6th, 2006 at 12:53 pm
I have downloaded the code from Constant Contact but am have trouble dropping it onto my site as the CSS makes it dissapear. Any idea what needs to be modified on the code to remove the conflict?
on December 12th, 2006 at 4:16 pm
I am getting this error
"Error: Invalid Link
The subscribe/unsubscribe link has an error or is no longer valid. Please contact the webmaster of the site from which you were expecting to subscribe/unsubscribe.
Please close this window to continue browsing. "
Any ideas?
on December 15th, 2006 at 10:44 pm
Man, thanks so much for writing this module! I just hooked it up, and it works splendid. You just saved me a grumpy weekend of trying to figure out how to do the same thing.
Very kind of you sir.
on December 20th, 2006 at 9:52 pm
This works great and perfectly, thanks sooo much! One question, is it possible to incorporate the CC gift reminder service?
on December 20th, 2006 at 10:12 pm
I have absolutely no idea, sorry
on February 12th, 2007 at 5:38 pm
This module has really saved me! Thanks so much!!!
on November 1st, 2007 at 10:26 am
This is a fabulous idea…….. but I can not seem to find on the site where I can download the files. It is probably right in front of me.
on January 22nd, 2008 at 12:42 pm
I just added this module to a site that I have been working on and all seems to be working well. I just wanted to thank you for creating this module for us.
Kim
South Salem Little League
on May 15th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
Hi Justin, looks like a great module. I am confused though…what I need is for the registration email to be stored in joomla, and then also be shuttled over to my constant contact account. Is that possible with this?
Thanks,
Taylor
on November 4th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
Please send me a corrected version for Joomla1.5. and how to use this without login form can it be possible. Please tell me steps for that to work it on the site.