Can not get Mailchimp form to work

  • Unknown's avatar
    coherentfinance · Member ·

    Hello, Mailchimp generated the below code for me for an email list. I have tried integrating it into the WordPress Mailchimp Widget, and pasting it into HTML myself, but it is not working. Any advice for how I can get an email list set up? Thank you.

    <!– Begin MailChimp Signup Form –>
    <link href=’//cdn-images.mailchimp.com/embedcode/classic-10_7.css’ rel=’stylesheet’ type=’text/css’>
    <style type=’text/css’>
    #mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; clear:left; font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; }
    /* Add your own MailChimp form style overrides in your site stylesheet or in this style block.
    We recommend moving this block and the preceding CSS link to the HEAD of your HTML file. */
    </style>

    Subscribe for free to receive the latest from Coherent Finance

    * indicates required

    Email Address *

    First Name

    Last Name

    </div> <!– real people should not fill this in and expect good things – do not remove this or risk form bot signups–>

    </div>
    </form>
    </div>
    //s3.amazonaws.com/downloads.mailchimp.com/js/mc-validate.js(function($) {window.fnames = new Array(); window.ftypes = new Array();fnames[0]=’EMAIL’;ftypes[0]=’email’;fnames[1]=’FNAME’;ftypes[1]=’text’;fnames[2]=’LNAME’;ftypes[2]=’text’;}(jQuery));var $mcj = jQuery.noConflict(true);
    <!–End mc_embed_signup–>

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  • Unknown's avatar
    timethief · Member ·

    You cannot use that embed code. It can be used only on wordpress.ORG sites on paid hosting.

    However, WordPress.COM Staff have recently added the Mailchimp widget for subscriptions and here is the link to the guide you must use https://en.support.wordpress.com/mailchimp

  • Unknown's avatar
    timethief · Member ·

    re: wordpress.com blog subscriptions

    All that’s required to follow any blog hosted by wordpress.COM is exactly what you were required to provide to register here, and that is a valid email address that the published posts can be sent to.

    Here subscribers control their own subscriptions and frequency of receipt of posts from sites they subscribe to. We cannot act on their behalf. More to the point is the fact that when email addresses are submitted for the purpose of receiving blog updates that is the only purpose they can be used for.

    You can set up email subscriptions here > Appearance > Widgets > Follow Blog Widget by using this guide > http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/follow-blog-widget/

    Widgets can be configured to appear only on certain pages (or be hidden on certain pages) by clicking on the Visibility button.
    https://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/#widget-visibility

    We have a subscription shortcode which you can make use of. The help page on it is right here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/blog-subscription-shortcode/ You can also include the subscription shortcode at the end of every post you publish.

    The mailchimp and aweber pop-up subscription code provided by those source sites will not operate on WordPress.COm hosted sites. Staff have recently added the mailchimp widget for subscriptions and here is the link to the guide you must use https://en.support.wordpress.com/mailchimp

    Additional information:
    You can create a Subscribe page http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/ add and customize a contact form with multiple fields, change the email address where you’ll be notified, and mark feedbacks as spam from your dashboard on that page. http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact-form/
    That is where you can boldly and clearly state that you intend to harvest the email addresses of anyone who choose to submit theirs.

    Read more at https://en.support.wordpress.com/?s=following

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