Newsletter Signup Creation

gibo_ie

Hi all,
I am working on a website and trying to create some sort of opt-in newsletter sign up. Has anyone any links to a good tool or code to do this please?
Hosted server is running on windows so no PHP i guess...
Thanks in advance,
Gibo

Sposs

PHP works with Windows , a simple database script to just record whoever opted in will do the job, you can then just pull the contact details from the database when you go to send the newsletter through something like mailchimp.

Placebo

i just store them in csv if there is no database associated with the website etc make sure file is created and set to writeable

[PHP]<form method="POST" action="<?php echo $PHP_SELF;?>">
<INPUT type="text" name="firstname" value="Name" style="border: 1px solid #498bae; color:#498bae; width:130px;"><br><br style='font-size:8px;'>

<INPUT type="text" name="email" value="Email" style="border: 1px solid #498bae; color:#498bae; width:130px;"><br><br style='font-size:20px;'>
<?php
$a = $_POST;
$b = $_POST;

if( isset($_POST[firstname]) && ($_POST[email]) )
{



if( ($a == "Name") && ($b == "Email"))
{

}

else{
$file_handle = fopen("newsletter.csv", "r");


$date = date("d-m-Y");

$name = $_REQUEST["firstname"];
$email= $_REQUEST["email"];

$cr = "\n";
$data = $name.','.$email.','.$date.$cr;


$fp = fopen("newsletter.csv","a"); // $fp is now the file pointer to file $filename
if($fp){
fwrite($fp,$data); // Write information to the file
fclose($fp); // Close the file

} else {

}



fclose($file_handle);

echo "Thank you for your subscription";




}


}

else{}
?>[/PHP][/email]

gibo_ie

Placebo wrote: »

i just store them in csv if there is no database associated with the website etc make sure file is created and set to writeable

[PHP]<form method="POST" action="<?php echo $PHP_SELF;?>">
<INPUT type="text" name="firstname" value="Name" style="border: 1px solid #498bae; color:#498bae; width:130px;"><br><br style='font-size:8px;'>

<INPUT type="text" name="email" value="Email" style="border: 1px solid #498bae; color:#498bae; width:130px;"><br><br style='font-size:20px;'>
<?php
$a = $_POST;
$b = $_POST;

if( isset($_POST[firstname]) && ($_POST[email]) )
{



if( ($a == "Name") && ($b == "Email"))
{

}

else{
$file_handle = fopen("newsletter.csv", "r");


$date = date("d-m-Y");

$name = $_REQUEST["firstname"];
$email= $_REQUEST["email"];

$cr = "\n";
$data = $name.','.$email.','.$date.$cr;


$fp = fopen("newsletter.csv","a"); // $fp is now the file pointer to file $filename
if($fp){
fwrite($fp,$data); // Write information to the file
fclose($fp); // Close the file

} else {

}



fclose($file_handle);

echo "Thank you for your subscription";




}


}

else{}
?>[/PHP][/email]

Great stuff Placebo, many thanks for this.
I also found this along the way which manages sub 200 subscriptions and seems a good tool so far, easy install!!
http://www.hotscripts.com/listing/listmessenger-light/

declanon

Try MailChimp - http://www.mailchimp.com/ - it's a fantastic tool - free up to 500 subscribers and you can send up to 3,000 emails per month.

If you require higher usage there are paid plans http://www.mailchimp.com/pricing/view-all