How do I install MailChimp?

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  caoimhemccabe · Member · Jul 13, 2014 at 8:06 am

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  I want to put a sign up form for my mailing list on my blog. How do I install MailChimp?

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  amightywp · Member · Jul 13, 2014 at 12:46 pm

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  Hi there,

  We don’t have any widgets or the like available for MailChimp at this time. If MailChimp provided you a bit of code for a signup form I’ll be happy to take a look at it to see if it will work within our system, however as we have several kinds of code which are not permitted (you can see a full list right here), it may not work.

  Let me know if you need some additional information or if any of this wasn’t clear. I’d be happy to explain more!

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  caoimhemccabe · Member · Jul 15, 2014 at 8:08 pm

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  Hello again,

  Here’s the embed code that won’t work for me when I try to add a sign up form for my news letter:

  <!– Begin MailChimp Signup Form –>

  #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. */

  <div id=”mc_embed_signup”>

  Subscribe for news of upcoming releases, no spam!

  <!– real people should not fill this in and expect good things – do not remove this or risk form bot signups–>
  <div style=”position:absolute;left:-5000px;”></div>
  <div class=”clear”></div>

  </div>

  <!–End mc_embed_signup–>

  Can you tell me where I’m going wrong?

  Thanks!

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  amightywp · Member · Jul 16, 2014 at 7:43 am

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  Hiya,

  The code which you’ve included doesn’t appear to be complete. It is missing any code which might include a signup form from MailChimp.

  I looked through MailChimp’s support site, and found that they referred back to a discussion on our own forums where a user found a workaround to get their form working. This appears to be the only way to get things working right now. You can find it right here:

  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/mail-chimp-signup-form-embed-code-doesnt-work?replies=5

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  caoimhemccabe · Member · Jul 17, 2014 at 7:02 pm

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  Thanks so much for investigating this for me, I’ve managed to follow the instructions and sorted things out!
  Thanks again!

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  amightywp · Member · Jul 20, 2014 at 6:28 am

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  Excellent! I’m glad that worked out for you OK.

  Let me know if you run in to anything else that I can help you with!