New WordPress Email Plugin Integrates Subscriber and User Registration
I'm pleased to announce a public beta of FeedBlitz's very first WordPress plugin!
The FeedBlitz "Member Mail" plugin enables hosted WordPress blogs to integrate email newsletter signup with the user registration screen. With the plugin activated, the visitor selects a "subscribe me" checkbox when they register for an account on your site (see the example on the left). As well as registering the user, enabling the FeedBlitz checkbox seamlessly starts FeedBlitz's mandatory dual opt-in email subscription process.
You get the benefit of simplifying the subscription process for visitors, thereby greatly increasing the odds of gaining a subscriber as well as a user. Crucially, you get all this without having to work with the FeedBlitz API, which up until now was the only way to achieve this effect. Instead, just drop in the plugin, activate it and you're up and running.
You can also customize the text next to the checkbox. However, like all WordPress plugins, it won't work on wordpress.com sites. It only offers email subscriptions to your blog (so no IM or Twitter options). The plugin also does not eliminate the need for a regular subscription form or link on every page of your blog, since you want to be able to capture subscribers who aren't users, are visiting directly from search engines, or who are already users who will never go have cause to go back through the registration process. You can generate a new RSS to email subscription form at any time at Newsletters - Forms - Subscription Forms.
We've tested it on WordPress 2.7 but I see no reason right now why it shouldn't work on 2.5 or later (no doubt someone will tell me if I'm wrong :-) ). Support via the usual channels, comments welcome. You do of course have to have an active FeedBlitz account and an RSS to email newsletter set up. Links to help you with this are in the plugin configuration screen.
Download the FeedBlitz WordPress plugin here.
One final note: Thank you to Jenn Mattern (follow her on Twitter @queryfreewriter) for helping kick the tires pre-release.
The FeedBlitz "Member Mail" plugin enables hosted WordPress blogs to integrate email newsletter signup with the user registration screen. With the plugin activated, the visitor selects a "subscribe me" checkbox when they register for an account on your site (see the example on the left). As well as registering the user, enabling the FeedBlitz checkbox seamlessly starts FeedBlitz's mandatory dual opt-in email subscription process.You get the benefit of simplifying the subscription process for visitors, thereby greatly increasing the odds of gaining a subscriber as well as a user. Crucially, you get all this without having to work with the FeedBlitz API, which up until now was the only way to achieve this effect. Instead, just drop in the plugin, activate it and you're up and running.
You can also customize the text next to the checkbox. However, like all WordPress plugins, it won't work on wordpress.com sites. It only offers email subscriptions to your blog (so no IM or Twitter options). The plugin also does not eliminate the need for a regular subscription form or link on every page of your blog, since you want to be able to capture subscribers who aren't users, are visiting directly from search engines, or who are already users who will never go have cause to go back through the registration process. You can generate a new RSS to email subscription form at any time at Newsletters - Forms - Subscription Forms.
We've tested it on WordPress 2.7 but I see no reason right now why it shouldn't work on 2.5 or later (no doubt someone will tell me if I'm wrong :-) ). Support via the usual channels, comments welcome. You do of course have to have an active FeedBlitz account and an RSS to email newsletter set up. Links to help you with this are in the plugin configuration screen.
Download the FeedBlitz WordPress plugin here.
One final note: Thank you to Jenn Mattern (follow her on Twitter @queryfreewriter) for helping kick the tires pre-release.
Labels: FeedBlitz, rss to email, user registration, wordpress, wordpress plugin
posted at 7:14 PM
7 Comments:
Tried to activate it, but it conflicted with Feedburner Feedsmith plugin. Deactivated FF and your plugin works fine then. Would like to use both though. :)
Thanks for the heads up - We're working on it!
@webduck - ping us over at support; got a new version for you to try that should cooperate better.
When my users try to register, they keep getting a error message that reads "Fatal error: Call to undefined function: curl_setopt_array() in /hermes/bosweb/web281/b2810/sl.moses3815/public_html/wp-content/plugins/feedblitz_membermail.php on line 137"
Can anyone please help me with this? I don't know what the problem is because I followed the instructions exactly. I am using wp 2.8. Thanks in advance.
Hi Tate:
You need the updated plugin (see http://blog.feedblitz.com/2009/06/updated-wordpress-plugin.html).
Thanks
Phil
Hi is there a way for people to submit their zip code when they are subscribing to feedblitz?
To capture zip code at Feedblitz you define the custom field at Newsletters | Settings | Custom Fields. FeedBlitz ask for it at the same time the captcha test is completed.
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