How to add in form html code and see the form

  • Unknown's avatar
    zathraus · Member ·

    I have a free wordpress site and the basic mailchimp form that I had in there more often than not, failed to allow people to successfully add their email address to my [mailchimp] mailing list.

    I went to my Mailchimp site. I copied the html code that is for a different yet basic form.

    I copied this code into the wordpress page. (code at the bottom for reference)

    I click on Save, then Preview. Instead of seeing the form, I see the code.
    I do not understand how to get this to work despite reading everything on how to do it.

    Mailchimp also provides a signup form url and I would happily use this if I knew how to put it in and then allow a user to get back to my site afterwards (http://eepurl.com/gM1MET)

    PLEASE! Can anyone give me clear, step by step instructions on how to do this?
    I am 49 going on 90 and my brain is melting.
    Many thanks in advance.

    ***HTML Code from Mailchimp below***

    <!– 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. */

    Subscribe

    * indicates required
    Email Address *

    First Name

    Last Name

    Birthday

    /

    ( mm / dd )

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

    //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’;fnames[3]=’ADDRESS’;ftypes[3]=’address’;fnames[4]=’PHONE’;ftypes[4]=’phone’;fnames[5]=’BIRTHDAY’;ftypes[5]=’birthday’;}(jQuery));var $mcj = jQuery.noConflict(true);
    <!–End mc_embed_signup–>

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  • Unknown's avatar
    staartmees · Member ·

    You can’t put html directly in a free wordpress.com website. The only way to put a MailChimp form on your site is described at https://wordpress.com/support/mailchimp/

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