Plugin - MailChimp (Create custom newsletter subscription forms)

The RSForm!Pro - Mailchimp Plugin allows you to integrate your custom newsletter forms with the email-marketing manager.

With this integration you will be able to create subscription forms, pass users data to your Mailchimp account and assign them to the existing lists and groups.

Tutorial - Using RSForm!Pro together with MailChimp

The RSForm!Pro - MailChimp is a plugin that once installed and enabled will allow you to create custom subscription forms for the email-marketing manager. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install the plugin, then how to set up your MailChimp integration.

Technical requirements

In order to make the plugin work, you need:

• Joomla! 3.x
• Latest revision of RSForm! Pro
• an active Mailchimp account

Getting the RSForm!Pro - MailChimp plugin

In order to download the RSForm!Pro - MailChimp Plugin you must have at least one active code of RSForm!Pro. Simply go to the My Downloads section of our website (You must be logged-in in order to see the My Downloads section).

In the list of downloads go to the RSForm!Pro section, and download the RSForm!Pro - MailChimp plugin.

Installing the plugin

Once you have downloaded the RSForm!Pro - MailChimp Plugin, you can install it using the default Joomla! installer as shown in the image below:

The RSForm!Pro MailChimp Plugin should auto-publish itself, but if that doesn't happen, you can go to Extensions / Plugin Manager and enable it. The plugin is located in the System group and you can identify it by the name of "System - RSForm! Pro MailChimp"

Enabling the integration

Once you have enabled the plugin, go to RSForm!Pro » Manage Forms and edit the form where you want to use the RSForm!Pro - MailChimp Plugin. You will notice that one more tab has appeared.

In order for the plugin to work you will have to enable it from Extensions > Plugin Manager, enter your MailChimp API key in Components > RSForm!Pro > Configuration > MailChimp and then set the plugin parameters.

After selecting your desired form, you will have to: go to the MailChimp Integration tab and enable the integration for the form select the action (subscribe/unsubscribe/let the user decide) choose the list you will be working with (defined in your MailChimp account) map the form components to your desired list fields for the "Merge Vars","Interest groups" sections.

Additional settings

The integration also offers the possibility to set up some additional parameters regarding the Subscribe and Unsubscribe processes:

Subscribe



• Double Opt-In: Set to Yes in order to send a confirmation message when the user subscribes
• Update Existing ?: Set to Yes in order to have subscribers updated (if they already exist). Otherwise, an error will be thrown
• Replace Interests ?: Set to Yes in order to replace the existing interests with the provided ones. Otherwise, both the old and new interests will be kept
• Send Welcome Email ?: Set this option to Yes and Double Opt-In to No in order to send a welcome email to new subscribers (already existing subscribers will not get the email)



Unsubscribe



• Delete Member ?: Set to Yes to have the member deleted when he unsubscribes
• Send Goodbye Email ?: Set to Yes to send a goodbye email when the member unsubscribes
• Send Notification Email ?: Set to Yes to send an Unsubscribe Notification Email when a member unsubscribes

Video tutorial:

Ep. 33 - Using RSForm!Pro with Mailchimp

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