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Sorry.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>This plugin adds various sign-up methods to your WordPress website, like sign-up checkboxes in your comment form and a sign-up form to show in posts, pages or widget areas.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p><strong>Mailchimp user?<\/strong><\/p>\n  \n  <p>Use <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/mailchimp-for-wp\/\">Mailchimp for WordPress<\/a> instead. It's free &amp; so much better.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>This plugin works with <em>almost all<\/em> third-party email marketing services including Mailchimp, CampaignMonitor, ConstantContact, YMLP, Aweber, iContact, PHPList and Feedblitz. With the right configuration settings, you can make this plugin work with <em>any<\/em> newsletter service around.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Features:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Add a \"sign-up to our newsletter\" checkbox to your comment form or registration form<\/li>\n<li>Easy customizable Newsletter Sign-Up Form Widget<\/li>\n<li>Embed a sign-up form in your posts with a simple shortcode <code>[nsu_form]<\/code>.<\/li>\n<li>Embed a sign-up form in your template files by calling <code>nsu_form();<\/code><\/li>\n<li>Use the Mailchimp or YMLP API or any other third-party newsletter service.<\/li>\n<li>Works with most major mailinglist services like Aweber, Constant Contact, iContact, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Compatible with BuddyPress, MultiSite and bbPress.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><strong>More information<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mc4wp.com\/\">Mailchimp for WordPress plugin<\/a><\/li>\n<li>More <a href=\"https:\/\/dannyvankooten.com\/wordpress-plugins\/\">WordPress plugins<\/a> by ibericode<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Sign-up checkboxes<\/h4>\n\n<p>Most of your commenters will be interested in your newsletter as well. This plugin makes it extremely easie for them to subscribe to your mailinglist. With the sign-up checkbox, all they have to do is check it and the plugin will subscribe them to your mailinglist.<\/p>\n\n<p>You can also add the sign-up checkbox to your WP registration form, your BuddyPress registration form, your MultiSite sign-up forms or your bbPress new topic and new reply forms.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Sign-up forms<\/h4>\n\n<p>Easily configure a sign-up form and show it in various places on your website using the sign-up form widget, the <code>[nsu_form]<\/code> shortcode or the <code>nsu_form()<\/code> template function.<\/p>\n\n<p>You can set your own messages and even choose to redirect the visitor to a certain page after signing-up.<\/p>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Upload the contents of <code>newsletter-sign-up.zip<\/code> to your plugins directory.<\/li>\n<li>Activate the plugin<\/li>\n<li>Specify your newsletter service settings.<\/li>\n<li>That's all. You're done!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt>What does this plugin do?<\/dt>\n<dd><p>This plugin adds various sign-up methods to your WordPress website, like a sign-up checkbox at your comment form and a sign-up form to show in various places like your posts, pages and widget areas.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt>What is the shortcode to display a sign-up form in my posts or pages?<\/dt>\n<dd><p>[nsu_form]<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt>Where can I get the form action of my sign-up form?<\/dt>\n<dd><p>Look at the source code of your sign-up form and check for <code>&lt;form action=\"http:\/\/www.yourmailinglist.com\/signup?a=asd123\"...<\/code>. The action attribute is what you need here.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt>Where can I get the email identifier of my sign-up form?<\/dt>\n<dd><p>Take a look at the source code of your sign-up form and look for the input field for the email address. You'll need the <code>name<\/code> attribute of this input field, eg: <code>&lt;input type=\"text\" name=\"emailid\"....<\/code><\/p><\/dd>\n<dt>Can I let my users subscribe with their name too?<\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. Just provide your name identifier (finding it is much like the email identifier) and the plugin will add the users' name to the sign-up request.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt>Can I show a sign-up form by calling a function in my template files?<\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes, use the following code snippet in your theme files to display a sign-up form.<\/p>\n\n<pre><code>if(function_exists('nsu_form')) nsu_form();\n<\/code><\/pre><\/dd>\n<dt>Can I use this with Mailchimp?<\/dt>\n<dd><p>You can, but we recommend using <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/mailchimp-for-wp\/\">Mailchimp for WordPress<\/a> instead.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n<!--section=changelog-->\n<h4>2.0.9 - Dec 5, 2019<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Fix code styling to adhere to WordPress' coding standards<\/li>\n<li>Add the plugin to GitHub: <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ibericode\/newsletter-sign-up\">ibericode\/newsletter-sign-up<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Update tested WordPress version<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>2.0.8 - February 14, 2019<\/h4>\n\n<p>Maintenance &amp; updated compatibility test with WordPress 5.0.<\/p>\n\n<h4>2.0.7 - August 30, 2016<\/h4>\n\n<p><strong>Fixes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Fatal error on configuration helper page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>2.0.6 - June 20, 2016<\/h4>\n\n<p>Minor maintenance round. 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