MailUp provides all the tools so that a user can subscribe to a specific list using a subscription form. Such form can be placed on the MailUp console website or on the customer’s website.
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Existing forms on customer's website
A subscription form on the customer’s website can transfer the inserted data to the MailUp console, through calls provided by aspx pages. Aspx pages contain procedures to insert, modify, search, remove contacts in MailUp.
The available procedures allow to:
- Subscribe a user to different lists and groups, using the “Codes table” as a reference (path: Settings > Codes table)
- Unsubscribe a user from a list;
- Check user status;
- Update user’s personal data.
Please read on to find technical details on how to perform these operations.
Customer's website does not have a subscription form
Customers who do not have a subscription form available can create a new one, or use one of the forms provided inside the MailUp console.
Ready-to-use buttons and forms
Subscription buttons and links to predefined forms are available in the MailUp console at the page Settings > Subscription Form. The form’s HTML code can also be copied and pasted on any website (asp, php, etc..): it will work perfectly, as its path is absolute.
Personalized forms
Standard forms and buttons are available at the page Settings > Subscription Form. It is possible to copy and paste them, and then freely customize them, as calls have an absolute path. This way, it is very simple to create new forms for special occasions such as events or meetings, without any particular programming skills. All the variables to be passed (name=list, group, field1, field2…) can be of any type (type=checkbox, text, radio, button) and can assume any value. Two procedures can be used to develop these forms:
- Standard APIs (subscribe.asp, subscribe.aspx. xmlsubscribe.aspx);
- Web Service (WS_MailupImport).
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Creating a new subscription form
MailUp form builder
MailUp contains a handy drag-&-drop form builder that allows you to easily and quickly create responsive layout subscription forms. You can either have MailUp host the forms, or copy and paste the code onto your Web site.
For details, please see: List building tools
A few notes:
- Once the form has been submitted, the messages page will be displayed. This page is fully customizable in your MailUp account at Settings > List settings > Landing pages
- As an alternative, you can specify a different URL on your website that your customers will be redirected to in different cases (subscription completed, duplicate email address, and so on).
- The domain that hosts the messages page can be hidden using a third level domain linked to the customer’s website (e.g. mailing.mywebsite.com).
- MailUp uses Confirmed Opt-in by default (also called double opt-in). Once the form has been filled out, an option in the MailUp console allows to send an email to the user asking will be sent asking the new recipient to confirm his her subscription by clicking into a link. The content and the sender of this email can be customized at the page Settings > under Settings > List settings > Notifications > Confirmation request.
- Users who confirm their subscription then receive a confirmation Welcome email, which can be personalized as well .It is possible to subscribe a user under Settings > List settings > Notifications > Welcome
- You can subscribe someone to more than a list at the same time, while sending him just one subscription confirmation request.
Using your forms
Of course, you can adapt existing forms so that they correctly communicate with MailUp. See more technical details on how to do so.
You can also leverage the REST or SOAP APIs to accomplish the same tasks (e.g. subscribing new recipients).
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The field code uses the word "CAMPO" because MailUp's original source code was developed in Italy. "Campo" means "Field" in Italian  |