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Using alternate form processors AND saving the data to the database

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Nick

8:37 am January 21, 2010

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Please replace the ??? with your data!

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_Hi there, I may have a special case.

I have several forms I've created in cforms. I need to (1) save the data to the database AND (2) submit the form (_POST) to a 3rd-party processor (Mailchimp).

From my testing, it seems I can do either one, but not both.

If I turn on the "Enable alternative form action" option, user-submitted data no longer gets saved to the database. Is there a way to have both?

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Oliver

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8:27 am January 23, 2010

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this has been discussed in cforms forum in length.

in short: you need to work with a multi-page form setup, where the 1st form sends the email and tracks the data, but also continues to the second form, which is setup exactly the same way, except for its fields to be all hidden fields (no need to show them again). this form needs to point to the 3rd party (alternative action target)

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Madpiratebippy

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7:39 pm November 18, 2010

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Oliver said:

this has been discussed in cforms forum in length.

in short: you need to work with a multi-page form setup, where the 1st form sends the email and tracks the data, but also continues to the second form, which is setup exactly the same way, except for its fields to be all hidden fields (no need to show them again). this form needs to point to the 3rd party (alternative action target)

I need to do the same thing with a CRM and Mailchimp. My understanding was that you had to disable multi-page forms to work with a CRM (like Salesforce).

The site I'm working on is for a real estate agent, and the goal is to put the buyers informtaion into the CRM with the e-mail so that they can be contacted individually, and once a week send them an e-mail with all the new houses for sale. I've been trying to figure out how to do that, but I can't see the multi-page setup working if I have to have that disabled for the CRM integration to work.

Any ideas?

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Madpiratebippy

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2:24 am November 19, 2010

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Update: I asked MailChimp about integrating with cForms, they said it would require some work with the API key. I'll mess with it more after I get my forms completely set up, and share the results here.

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John

9:52 am December 28, 2010

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Hi, what did you find out? I'm trying to do the same thing on my site using Cforms II. Please email me at jmcmillen@csufresno.edu

Thank you!

John

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Gazza

5:46 pm February 2, 2011

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Any update with cforms and mailchimp integration?

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Rafael

5:26 pm April 12, 2011

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I'd like to know how to integrage MailChimp with cFormsII as well. Does anyone know how to do that?

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Steve

11:39 pm November 26, 2011

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Rafael said:

I'd like to know how to integrage MailChimp with cFormsII as well. Does anyone know how to do that?

1. Download the AutoChimp plugin, which integrates your WordPress user database with your MailChimp account.

2. Create a regular cForms form, turn on unique IDs for form inputs.

3. Add fields with the ids user_login and user_email. Optionally, you can install the Cimy extra user fields plugin if you want users to be able to create their own passwords or add other info, then, add the extra field IDs as new cForms fields.

4. Duplicate this cForms form, and make all the fields hidden fields.

5. Enable the alternative form action for the 2nd form that you created in step 3. Point it to the WordPress registration URL (http://yoursite.com/…..n=register)

6. Go back to form #1 and enable multi-part form support. Point it to form #2 as the next form in the sequence.

7. Go to form #2 and enable multi-part support, and set the form as the last one in the sequence. Disable database tracking and admin email for this form.

If you did it all correctly, here's what will happen when someone fills out the form:

- You will get a standard cForms email with the user input.

- You will have a new subscriber added to your WP database

- That will in turn automatically update your MailChimp subscriber database