ggis Subscribe Plugin
What is it?
ggis Subscribe gives authors an easy way to insert a form that performs emailing list subscription management.
Features and Requirements
- Wordpress 2.5 or greater
- An email list to subscribe to. Currently supports:
- ezmlm lists – subscribe by sending email to listname-subscribe-your=address.com@domain.com
- Designation of success page
Setup
Using ggisSubscribe is a very simple matter of performing a short setup and then inserting a simple code in your post.
- Download and install plugin using standard means. Download here.
- View the ggisSubscribe options from the Settings menu.
- Add the email address of your mailing list. If you have more than one list, use commas between each address.
- Enter the URL of your thank you page (next page)
- Enter the URL of you main subscription management page.
- Yes. Create and publish your subscription management first and then finish with your ggisSubscribe options.
Usage
The subscription form may be inserted on a post, page, or text widget by including the following code in your text.
[-%ggis-subscribe %formtype "%listname"-]
Here is an explanation of the fields:
- ggis-subscribe – identifies the code (required)
- formtype – identifies the form type
- 0, default – full subscription management form
- 1 – subscribe only form , requires “listname”
- listname – identifies the list to include in a subscription only form
See the demonstration forms.
In a Widget?
A subscription form may be placed into the standard text widget using the methods above. For widget use, I suggest using only formtype=1, the short form.
To Do
- Add template tag output
- Add other list manager types
September 6th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
When using the gg-subscribe in the Widgets for my sidebar, is there a way I can shorten the input email field box? It is currently wider than my sidebar width. Thanks! jt2
September 8th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
@tetna re width of input field in the text widget.
You would control the width of form input fields using your stylesheets. Here is the CSS snippet:
.textwidget input.ggis-subscribe-email {
width:90%;
}
March 11th, 2010 at 9:00 am
Hi!
1) I have recently installed ggis subscribe but only managed to put it into a page. How do i create it as a widget that stays on every page.
2) Can i adjust the text? I would like to add “click here to join my newsletter”
3) Do you know how can put info on the home page in wordpress. currently i can choose an existing page to be the home page but that is not what i want.
Thanks
Ben
March 11th, 2010 at 10:03 am
@Ben
1. Place the code into a text widget.
2. You may use any text around the form you wish. If you are asking to change the text on the button to “click here…”, that is not supported. Instead, I would add text above the form that says “Complete this form to receive my newsletter”.
3. Not quite sure I understand what you are looking for but it is not ggis-subscribe related. Perhaps you are thinking of the approach used by http://dvector.com/oracle/ggis-inlinepost/?
April 7th, 2010 at 1:33 pm
This is a great start – Any chance you’d be thinking about building a plugin for Wordpress that offers the mailing list functionality directly instead of relying on 3rd party platforms? Would be great that people could log in and – from their profile – manage the list(s) they are subscribed to.
August 27th, 2010 at 11:18 am
This plugin is awesome! However, is their a way to name the maillists something other than the actual address (ie. “myblog@mywebsite.com” to just “My Blog”)? Having the maillist title relate to the actual address! This way I could use the full form in my sidebar and the maillist dropdown won’t extend past the webpage boundaries! Plus, I would prefer not to disclose the actual maillist address to everyone!! If you could help me with this I would greatly appreciate it!
August 27th, 2010 at 3:22 pm
@RPDecker
Not a bad option.
Right now the plugin does not support that capability but it should be relatively easy to include. Look for an updated version with that new feature shortly.
October 6th, 2010 at 7:52 am
I was using this plugin with my mailman lists and it was working great. It stopped working and I noticed that your supported mailing lists under Features and requirements no longer lists mailman. Can it still work with mailman and if so what modification do I need to make in order to get it functioning again? Thank you.
October 8th, 2010 at 11:42 am
@Liz
Actually it is my intent to continue support of Mailman. I will verify that is what is noted in the readme.
Thank you for letting me know of the problem. I know there was a recent Mailman release, please tell me which version you are using. Also, is your Mailman installation otherwise working?