Plugin - Constant Contact (Create custom newsletter subscription forms)

Downloading and Installing the plugin

Download

You can download the plugin by logging with your purchase user, then head to Downloads > Paid Downloads > RSForm!Pro > Modules & Plugins > "Constant Contact xx".

Install

In the backend of your Joomla! installation go to Extensions > Manage > Install, and upload and install the plugin. Next thing would be to check if the plugin is published, and to do so, navigate to Extensions > Plugins, search for the "System - RSForm! Pro Constant Contact" plugin and ensure it is published.

Configuring the integration

Once you have enabled the plugin, go to RSForm!Pro » Configuration and you will notice that one more tab has appeared Constant Contact. In this new tab you will need to insert your Constant Contact Api Key and Access Token (you can retrieve your API Key from here.

After retrieving the KEY, access this page to grab the token from here.

Enabling the integration

Head over to the RSForm!Pro component and Manage the form you would like to enable the integration.

In the Form Properties access the Constant Contact tab and switch Use Constant Contact integration? to Yes.

Available options for the plugin:

• Action:
  • subscribe - users will be subscribed automatically
  • unsubscribe - users will be unsubscribed automatically
  • let the user decide - If you allow the user to select his own subscribe option, make sure the field you use has the following values set: subscribe and unsubscribe. If these values are not found, the user will be subscribed by default.
• List ID: - select the list in which you wish to add the Contact;
• Update contact if exists: - you can configure the plugin to automatically update an existing contact from your address book.
• Delete member? - switch this to yes if you want to completely delete the member from your list instead of just unsubscribing.

Merge Vars

On the left side you will find the fields from Constant Contact list. You can map them to RSForm! Pro fields, so that they will automatically be populated with user-supplied data.