Feeburner Email Form

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  billweil · Member · Sep 30, 2007 at 1:04 pm

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  In wordpress.com I add to a text widget the code supplied by feedburner that I believe is supposed to allow me to have a form (text box labeled “Enter Email” or something, and a Submit button). Whenever I save the widget, wordpress.com strips out the form stuff. I CAN have a link to a signup page, which is OK but not everything I dreamed for. :) Is putting forms in text widgets just not allowed in wordpress.com? Is there a workaround to get an emal form posted?

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  ellaella · Member · Sep 30, 2007 at 1:08 pm

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  What you’re using now is what we are able to use. What about it falls short of your dreams? It gets the job done with little fuss.

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  timethief · Member · Sep 30, 2007 at 6:22 pm

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  No there is no “work-around.” WordPress.com is a multi-user blogging platform and we are restricted from embedding forms, iframes, shockwave, flash, etc. The software will strip the codes for these out to preserve security. http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/05/07/wordpresscom-vs-wordpressorg/

  As ellaella has told you this is what we can use http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/10/11/how-can-i-offer-email-updates/

  If you have a domain and you purchase domain mapping from wp.com then check this out http://faq.wordpress.com/2007/05/23/gmail-mx/

  If you feel this is a “deal breaker” then the other wordpress alternative may suit your needs better. Hosting is inexpensive. You can hire a webhost and have him download the freestanding software from http://wordpress.org free of charge https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic.php?id=3700