Hi Olivier

I'm new to WP and was going thru the plugin to see if there's a plugin that can help me in creating sort of an opt-in so that readers can opt-in to my Sub-Page upon which my autoresponder can then update the opt-in reader

Your Cform plug-in caught my attn

Basically, I've created a sub-page and in the Page Content, would like to insert an opt-in form. Can cform meet my needs?

If yes, how does it work? When they opt-in, how do I link it to my autoresponder so that the reader receive the required information and become my subscriber

Kindly advise. Do not want to create the form as a sidebar on the Home Page

FYI, I've created autoresponder messages and creat the opt-in form (HTML code, think that's what it is called) using my 1ShoppingCart Autoresponder. But when I tried to paste the opt-in form HTML code into the WP's Sub-Page > Page Content, it does not turn out the way I want it to appear 

Thanks & Warmest Regards 

Hi Oliver

Thanks for the clarification.

So if I create a cform, upon submission, I will receive an email of the user data and at the same time the data gets captured in the cforms tracking db tables, correct?

I've activated the cform plugin and it automatically creates a Cforms menu with sub-menus of cforms (form settings), plugin settlings, styling and help

In the plugin settings, I've enabled  Database Tracking which automatically creates a sub-menu of Tracking.

However, when I clicked Update Settings, 2 messages appear.
1) cforms tracking tables (cformssubmissions & cformsdata) have been created.
2) Can't find the specified Upload Directory! Please verify that it exists!

So is everything OK? What did I miss out that cause the 2nd message?

You've mentioned that "If you want to use cforms as the primary means to allow users to sign up for a distribution list (I guess that's the '1ShoppingCart Autoresponder') you could achieve this by (a) using the db tracking feature," are you referring to the Cforms tracking database? If not, is this another plugin? If it is another plugin, please advise what's the name of the plugin so that I can install it.

Once I've created the form, do I just insert the place this – <!–cforms2–> – in the Sub-Page > Page Content which is where I want to form to be positioned. If not, then how do I insert the form such that it's seen on the Sub-Page, in between some texts that I will be writing, that is on the Sub-page, what a reader will see is some tex at a start, followed by the form (positioned in the centre) and end with further text.

BTW, What's is Ajax? How do I know I have it? Or is it a plugin that I need to install as well?

Thanks and Warmest Regards
Janice

PS> Apolgies for the long post and thanks for your help :)

Hi Oliver

Thanks for your advice. I’ve done the necessary steps but for some reason, the text on the form appears to be white. What should I do?

Could you kindly please help me take a look and let me know how I can make the necessary changes so that it appears ok?

URL as follows: http://www.creativevisualizationexercise.com/?page_id=7

Thanks so much for your help

Warmest Regards
Janice

Hi Oliver

I'm so sorry to be such a bother :(

I tried to find the keywords you mentioned – label, legend and input – in my style.css, but not successful.

Here's my style.css below… would you be able to advise? (so sorry, I'm not very tech-savvy, so kindly please bear with me)

I'm very grateful to all the help you've given. If you and Nicky ever visit Singapore, let's meet up…

Heartfelt appreciation and Warmest Regards
Janice

>>> style.css <<<

/* Begin Base Elements */ 

[...]

Hi Oliver

Thanks for the clarification and all the help you've given me. Really grateful for your kind assistance.

I've uploaded the dark-rounded.css as my default form style so it's easier. Don't have to deal with adding the coding which I'm totally hopeless 

Have a GREAT Weekend Ahead

Heartfelt Appreciation & Warmest Regards
Janice

PS> If you and Nicky ever visit Singapore, give me a shout and let's meet up :)

Hi Oliver

Thanks for the feedback and it's all thanks to you

Remember the offer stands, drop me a mail whenever you intend to visit Singapore… Have you ever tried Singapore food?

Heartfelt appreciation and Warmest Regards
Janice

URL and screenshots please…

Thanks for the screenshots, those are very helpful.

At first I thought you issue was that tracking didn't work or would not show all the fields. But I believe there simply is a misunderstanding:

The table you're looking at only shows the fields it currently shows. Once you have an entry and select this records and click View you'll see all the details pertaining to this record.

Marci said:

Question 1: How can I send automatically personal welcome e-mail to new members?

e.g.: somebody subscribe my blog notification. His name is Oliver, and his e-mail address is oliver@oliver.com. The welcome e-mail begin: Hello Oliver!

the default form shows you how to use {custom variables} in the auto confirmation email and the Help! page explains all that in more detail.

Question 2: How can I send personal newsletter to all members?

e.g.: [member's name], How are you?

cforms is not a mailing list application and doesn't keep track of members, however you can write an extraction routine that will extract all 'subscribed' users (from the tracking tables) and feed the email addresses into your mailing list plugin.