Email List Subscriptions
Here are working examples of the plugin ggisSubscribe. You may subscribe to any of the lists shown here. Extra spaces were added between the [ ]and the -. The correct code should be of the form [-ggis... -].
Example 1:
This is the full subscription management form
[ - ggis-subscribe 0 - ] or [ - ggis-subscribe - ]
Example 2:
This is a short form to subscribe to a single list only
[ - ggis-subscribe 1 "act@easttosa.org" - ]
June 15th, 2009 at 8:52 am
Hey there, great plug-in!
Was wondering if there is a way to have this show up in other areas of the blog, like in the header or footer?
Seems like it is set up only for within a post or page content text, correct?
Many thanks!
Jose
June 15th, 2009 at 7:53 pm
@Jose
Actually, you may use any of the plugin code in a text widget. Then you may include your text widget in the header or the footer. This is a not obvious feature of template design.
The following links attempt to explain multi-position widgets templates.
* http://www.themelab.com/2008/04/18/see-how-easy-it-is-to-widgetize-wordpress-themes/
* http://openswitch.org/2009/05/18/adding-widget-areas-to-a-wordpress-theme/
Couldn’t find a good link into the codex.
June 30th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
Great plug in!
I put it in a sidebar widget (not a post or a page) and mailman is all set up but since the form is in a widget only and has no address of it’s own what do you suggest should go in the space for the 3rd entry in the settings?:
“URL of page containing the full subscription management form
example: http://your.blog/name/manage_subscriptions/”
Do you have to also have a page or post with the mailing list code for the address for this space? Please advise.
June 30th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
@ Vanessa
I strongly suggest creating a full subscription management page. This gives visitors the ability to subscribe and unsubscribe and for more than 1 list. It is also the page you would put some description of what people are subscribing to.
Otherwise, you may use any valid URL to complete the admin settings. That page is only used when there is some error in completing the subscription.
July 22nd, 2009 at 9:53 pm
That worked thank you. Is there any way to add fields to the form like name, address, phone, etc. If so, please let me know. Thanks again.
July 22nd, 2009 at 11:30 pm
@ Vanessa
No, sorry, there are no options to add additional fields. This is a strict single purpose plugin. You are looking for a more general purpose form plugin. There are many of them available and you will find they take a little more work to install, use, and maintain.
Visit http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search.php?q=form. Most of these are extended Contact Forms. If you want a full form manager, I have used TDO Mini Forms and CForms II.
October 29th, 2009 at 8:45 am
Thanks for the great tool!
Quick question, are the email submissions from this form saved in a database? I am looking for something that keeps a simple list of subscribe / unsubscribers.
Thanks,
samson
October 30th, 2009 at 11:19 am
@samson
No, there is no data storage with this plugin. All of the mailing lists supported by this plugin manage there own list of subscribers. It is therefore assumed that no additional list would be needed.
December 13th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
I like your ggis_subscribe, however, I am not sure how to go about setting up the mail list. I have installed the plug in OK. Any help would be appreciated.
December 13th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
@ Dr. A. R. Scopelliti
ggis_subscribe is not an email list server. It is a plugin that gives wordpress allows easy subscription management via forms to an already working email list. It currently supports the email lists: ezmlm and Mailman.
If I misunderstand your question, please be more specific so that I may help you.
December 14th, 2009 at 8:13 am
I guess I don’t know how to setup the working email list.
Thanks.
November 29th, 2010 at 4:46 pm
Could you change the mail() function to wp_mail()? I need to use SMTP authentication to send mail, and while there is a WordPress plugin that does this, the plugin only works with wp_mail() – it has no effect on programs that use the PHP mail() function (I tested your PHP code with wp_mail() and it worked perfectly for me using the SMTP authentication plugin).
Thank you.
November 30th, 2010 at 8:42 am
@Lev
That is a good idea. I will implement it within about 1 week.
December 15th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
Where is the bounce or return path address specified? My ISP’s mailman setup requires confirmation for mailing lists, and right now the confirmation says that the default email on my account requests confirmation, rather than the list admin address.
December 16th, 2010 at 9:35 am
@Eric
That is handled internally by Mailman. Review the Privacy Options section
http://staff.imsa.edu/~ckolar/mailman/mailman-administration-v2.html
Does the list work properly when not using the plugin?
December 17th, 2010 at 11:11 am
@Lev
Plugin now uses the wp_mail() function. Very easy switch out, should have done it in 3 days.
April 8th, 2011 at 4:07 am
Hello
Thanks for this plugin
i have some error when i “save change” on the plugin :
Warning: get_headers() [function.get-headers]: URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration in /var/www/vhosts/ozstudio.fr/httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/ggis-subscribe/ggis-subscribe.php on line 403
Warning: get_headers() [function.get-headers]: This function may only be used against URLs. in /var/www/vhosts/ozstudio.fr/httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/ggis-subscribe/ggis-subscribe.php on line 403
Warning: implode() [function.implode]: Invalid arguments passed in /var/www/vhosts/ozstudio.fr/httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/ggis-subscribe/ggis-subscribe.php on line 403
Warning: get_headers() [function.get-headers]: URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration in /var/www/vhosts/ozstudio.fr/httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/ggis-subscribe/ggis-subscribe.php on line 403
Warning: get_headers() [function.get-headers]: This function may only be used against URLs. in /var/www/vhosts/ozstudio.fr/httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/ggis-subscribe/ggis-subscribe.php on line 403
Warning: implode() [function.implode]: Invalid arguments passed in /var/www/vhosts/ozstudio.fr/httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/ggis-subscribe/ggis-subscribe.php on line 403
Warning: unserialize() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given in /var/www/vhosts/ozstudio.fr/httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/ggis-subscribe/ggis-subscribe.php on line 207
if anybody know why ?
thx
April 8th, 2011 at 3:15 pm
@yohann cordelle
The first error message tells you the problem: “URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration”.
The plugin checks the URL you enter to make certain is is valid and that it really exists. It seems your configuration prevents this check. You may either change your configuration or bypass the check in the code.
To bypass the check, add the following at line 394:
return true;
July 10th, 2011 at 11:41 pm
Hey, it appears as though the most recent 3.2 Wordpress update has broken your code in some way! When I try to subscribe an e-mail address it tells me that it was successfull, but never actually goes through! I think they may have made some changes that affect your plugin. Could you please let me know if you find the issue! THANKS!
July 16th, 2011 at 8:24 am
I’ll roll out updates for all of my WordPress plugins shortly. The 3.2 version did break some things. Should be done by July 21.
July 30th, 2011 at 9:49 am
Hi one1,
Just wondering how the update to the (ggis subscribe) plugin is going? I haven’t seen it come through yet, so I thought that I would check to see if you had a completion timeframe. Thanks for all your work on this, it is truly appreciated!!!!
August 17th, 2011 at 11:15 am
Hey, thanks for the update to your (ggis subscribe) plugin! It works once again, and now I can update all the websites that I manage! Thanks so much for all the work you’ve done!
August 26th, 2011 at 3:28 pm
I am trying to use the (WP Better Emails) plugin to improve the look of emails sent out from my site! The (WP Better Emails) allows me to wrap html around the content of the email which is awesome, but it appears to keep the subscriptions from going through. It is possibly due to the html “wrap”. Is there a way to makethe (ggis-subscribe) plugin ignore the html “wrap” and just send the email out like normal?
Please help me if you can! I have put hours into this, and really don’t want to walk away from how good my emails can look with (WP Better Emails)!