WordPress

Overview

With the MailUp plugin you can easily add a newsletter sign-up form to your Web site or blog, and then send and track email and sms with MailUp

What it does

• Visitors to your WordPress-powered blog or Web site will be able to subscribe to your newsletter using a configurable sign-up form. Their information will be saved in your MailUp account.
• You will use your MailUp admin console to manage those subscribers, create and send messages to them, view statistics on sent messages, and more.
• The MailUp plugin supports the recommended 'confirmed opt-in' subscription method (i.e. subscriber receives an email with a confirmation link that has to be clicked to confirm the subscription). This method ensures that spam traps or wrong email addresses are never added to your list.
• The unsubscription process will be managed automatically by MailUp (e.g. unsubscribe link in the footer of your messages).
• MailUp supports SMS (text messaging) too, so you can choose to collect a mobile phone number as well.
• It also supports sign-up via a social networking account (additional fees apply: see the MailUp web site for details).

How to use it

1. Signup for a free trial (no credit card required): English / Italiano
2. Create one or more Lists (e.g. two WordPress sites: you will create two Lists in MailUp).
3. Install the plugin in your WordPress admin area, as described below
4. Configure settings such as the header, footer, message templates, confirmation request email, welcome message, etc.
5. Visitors to your Web site will start signing up, and you will be able to track the subscription trend over time in your MailUp admin console.
6. Create and send email and/or text (SMS) messages to your subscribers.
7. Use the NEW MESSAGE FROM RSS feature to create a newsletter from RSS feeds (a list of recent articles from your WordPress-powered blog). Just select the posts and choose a template and priority. You will be able to edit the newsletter after it has been automatically created, before you send it, without any copying and pasting.
8. MailUp automatically manages the unsubscribe process and gives you access to statistics down to the individual recipient level (opens, clicks, social sharing, etc.)

Installing the MailUp Plugin for WordPress

Please view the video tutorial below:

1. Sign-in to your WordPress admin account from your website or blog.

2. View the Plugins tab and Click on “Add New.”

3. Search for the "MailUp" plugin on the search tab.

4. Click on “install now.” and click "yes" to confirm.

5. Click on "Activate plugin."

6. Go to the the Appearance section and click on the widgets tab. You can see all the available widgets including the MailUp one.

7. Drag the MailUp widget into the main sidebar.

8. You can now go to your website and check that the MailUp newsletter plugin is installed.

For additional details, view the MailUp plugin on the WordPress Plugin directory.

Configuring the plugin

After installing the plugin as described above, access the WordPress administration panel and select Settings > WP MailUp in the left-side navigation menu.

1. Configure "WP MailUp" plugin through admin page. Please use "?" buttons to obtain help when something is not clear. No file editing required.
2. Open MailUp console and register IP address of your server (go to "Manage->Web service" and then select "frontend" in the dropdown menu to insert IP address of your server. More than one address could be registered)

The setup page will be displayed.

Configure the settings in each section as described below. Please note that all the data required to configure the plugin is available in your MailUp console under "Settings > Codes Table".

General Data

Use this section to configure general properties, including the MailUp account URL, form title, etc.

[1] You can change the style of the sign up form as shown here.

List

Select which List in your MailUp account the new subscriber will be added to. MailUp accounts support multiple lists.

Personal Data Fields

The subscription form can pass up to four separate pieces of information to MailUp. Either the email or the mobile phone number must be sent to MailUp for the user to be added to the system, so you must make at least one of those two fields required. The other two fields can be associated with any of the additional fields used in your MailUp console under "Manage > Personal Data Fields".

• Check "Show" to show the field in the widget 
• Check "Req." to make the field required
• The field code must match a valid field code in your MailUp console. "Email" and "sms" should not be altered. The other field codes can be any of the field codes available in your MailUp console, and they can be located under "Settings > Codes Table". For example, you could ask for First and Last Name.
• You can use as few as 1 field and as many as 4 fields. In the example below, 3 fields are used.

Here is how the plugin looks by default on customer-facing pages:

Error Messages

Here you can edit the error messages that are shown when the submit button is pressed, if there is an issue.

Terms and conditions

You can display terms and conditions of the subscription so that the new subscriber can have the opportunity to review them and agree to them.

Styling the plugin

You can customize the look of the MailUp plugin for WordPress as described below.

1. First, select the Plugins Editor in the WordPress administration area...
2. Select “WP-MailUp” from the drop-down menu
3. A list of files will be displayed, including 4 CSS documents: “style1.css”, “style2.css”, “style3.css”, “style4.css”. 
4. Select a file to modify it.
5. Click on "Update File" to save your modifications. We recommend that you backup the code before making any changes. If you don't see the "Update File" button, you probably don't have sufficient permissions in your WordPress installation. Contact your WordPress site administrator.
6. The form is identified by the selector “#subscribeForm” in the CSS document
7. Make sure that any style you add or modify uses the “#subscribeForm” selector to avoid conflicting with other styles, which could negatively affect the rest of your Web site

FAQs and Troubleshooting