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Hey all,

Not sure if this is the right section to post this in but if it isn't, please direct me to the proper place.

On my site (wordpress based), I want my visitors to be able to sign up for a monthly e-mail update. right now I have a little form with a graphical button on the upper right hand corner using this code:

<form action="#" id="updates">
<label for="email">Get email updates</label>
<input type="text" name="email" class="email_field" />
<input type="submit" name="submit" class="submit_button" value="" />
</form>

Obvisouly, it doesn't do anything at this time. I thought of using a service but its really only for family and close friends so the amount of e-mails being sent out are minimal. I already created the html file for my email and I'll be using thunderbird to send them out (just like Chris showed in one of his screencasts.) So, I guess what I need this to do is send an e-mail to me saying: "this email address name@email.com would like a monthly email update." Can I use the WP plug-in of contact form 7 to make this work?

Thanks guys!

chriscoyier

You should point that action URL (and add method="post") to a PHP file with something like this in it:

<?php

$Email = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['email']));

$Body = "This email should be added to the list: $Email";

$success = mail("youremail@email.com", "New Subscribe", $Body, "From: youremail@email.com");

?>

swenson_designs

"chriscoyier" said:
You should point that action URL (and add method="post") to a PHP file with something like this in it:

<?php

$Email = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['email']));

$Body = "This email should be added to the list: $Email";

$success = mail("youremail@email.com", "New Subscribe", $Body, "From: youremail@email.com");

?>

Cool, thank you Chris!!

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