Constant contact
July 18, 2010 |
Posted by:
Gopi R |
Wordpress plugin |
25 Comments |
This Constant Contact wordpress plug-in adds a constant contact widget signup form to your website sidebar. Very easy and no need any coding language knowledge to use this plug-in. Once the widget is ready, entered emails are automatically stored into your constant contact account.
WordPress Constant contact plugin demo available on sidebar, Enter your email and check the demo, this is only for demo, i wont send any mail to entered email address.
Why Email Marketing so popular because sending email is much cheaper than most other forms of communication. Email marketing has proven very successful for those who do it right.
E-mail marketing is a form of direct marketing which uses electronic mail as a means of communicating commercial or fund-raising messages to an audience.In its broadest sense, every e-mail sent to a potential or current customer could be considered e-mail marketing.
This WordPress plugin is to integrate constant contact account to your wordpress website.
Add Constant Contact widget email subscribe form to your sidebar with Custom title, Custom text box caption, Custom button style, Custom text box style.
User entered emails are automatically stored in to site admin constant contact account (admin need to provide their own constant contact login details at widget management)
No page refresh, because this widget using Ajax.
If u got “Please try after some time” in the local-host!! dot worry this is problem in local-host configuration 100% sure this will work in the actual website..
Plugin classic VS Plugin premium
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Plugin premium
Need premium plugin? Constant Contact Premium Download link
Plugin installation instruction
Method 1
- Download the plugin “constant-contact.zip” from wordpress directory.
- Unpack the “constant contact.zip” file and extract the /constant-contact/ folder.
- Drop the “constant-contact” folder into your ‘wp-content/plugins’ folder.
- In word press administration panels, click on plug-in from the menu.
- You should see your new “constant contact” plug-in listed.
- To turn the word presses plug-in on, click activate.
Method 2
- Go to ‘add new’ menu under ‘plugins’ tab in your word-press admin.
- Search “constant contact” using search option.
- Find the plugin and click ‘Install Now’ link.
- Finally click activate plug-in link to activate the plug-in.
Method 3
- Download the plugin constant-contact.zip from wordpress directory.
- Go to ‘add new’ menu under ‘plugins’ tab in your word-press admin.
- Select upload link (top link menu).
- Upload the available constant-contact.zip file and click install now.
- Finally click activate plug-in link to activate the plug-in.
Plugin video tutorial
Click here to watch constant contact WordPress plugin widget video tutorial and admin screens
Plugin configuration
Method 1
Drag and Drop the Widget : Go to widget page under Appearance tab, Drag and drop “constant contact” widget into your side bar. its very easy.
Method 2
Add directly in the theme : Use this code, <?php if (function_exists (gConstantcontact)) gConstantcontact(); ?> to add the form to your Theme files.
CSS file configuration
Dashboard → Plugins → Editor → Select “Constant contact form” plugin to edit → Click “constant-contact-form/class/ccf_custom.css”
Edit this CSS file to update the widget style.
ccf_caption: This CSS class is for widget caption div (Short description).
ccf_msg: This CSS class is for successful message (Loading… and Subscribed successfully txt).
ccf_textbox: This CSS class is for email textbox div.
ccf_button : This CSS class is for button div.
ccf_textbox_class: This CSS class is for textbox class name.
ccf_textbox_button : This CSS class is for button class name.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q1) What is Constant Contact?
Constant Contact is an online email marketing service that allows businesses to stay connected to their customers via email, surveys and event marketing. This service can send thousands of emails at one time and maintain status reports. Learn more about Constant Contact : http://www.constantcontact.com/
Q2) Do I need a Constant Contact account for this widget?
Yes, you need to have a Constant Contact account. If you don’t have one, you can sign up for a free trial account. [Learn more about Constant Contact]
Q3) After activated this plugin in the sidebar the widget show only “Under construction” text?
Because site admin (you) not enter the constant contact login details. Please go to dashboard and enter your constant contact details. if you don’t have read FAQ 2.
Q4) Where do I enter the Constant Contact login ‘details’?
Go to Constant Contact widget management area and enter the login details.
Q5) Where do I update the Constant Contact Sidebar ‘Top text’?
Go to Constant Contact widget management area and update “Top text”.
Q6) Where do I update the Constant Contact Sidebar ‘Word within text box’?
Go to Constant Contact widget management area and update “Word within text box”.
Q7) Where do I update the Constant Contact Sidebar ‘Button caption’?
Go to Constant Contact widget management area and update “Button caption”.
Q8) Is possible to update my text box and button style?
Yes, you can go to Constant Contact widget management area and update “Text Box Style” & “Button Style”.
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Any chance I can also ask for first and last name along with the email address with your plugin?
Thank you
it does not look like it is possible to place this widget in more than 1 place on my website. I have a widgeted area on my home page as well as a sidebar where I would like email signup. Also being able to modify the font color of the title, I am using a black theme and need white text over a grey background, I am able to get the grey background but the unmodifyable black text lacks contrast.
i need gray and red
i been us my pasword i can got in, may are fix that for me
email validation not recognizing valid emails.
When email address is entered, it says “loading” but never actually processes the entry.
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All i get it’s. Please try after some time!. When i click submit. Any idea why ?
“Please try after some time” some problem in your login details. update the correct constant contact login in the plugin admin and check.
“Please try after some time” this is because some problem in your login details. update the correct constant contact login in the plugin admin and check.
oh, and when you read this, could you delete my comment? just noticed it’s got all the juicy bits in plain text
If u got “Please try after some time” in the localhost!! dot worry this is problem in localhost configuration 100% sure this will work in the actual website……….
“Please try after some time” message is being displayed on our live site. CC Username and password are correct. Is this a problem you are going to address, or should we find another plugin?
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Can I add extra fields to the signup form such as first name and last name?
I would also like to add extra field such as first name and last name like in this site:http://www.lagarconne.com/store/index.htm?
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I’m also getting the Please try again after some time error, and I have checked and double checked the login. I’m using using WordPress 3.3.1. You’ve got a lot of SPAM comments on this site, so it seems a little neglected. This looked like the plugin I need but I don’t have tome to mess around – going to try another one. Let me know if you get this fixed.
Hello,
You plugin looks like the best Constant Contact signup form… but I cannot get it to work on my website. I see this error in the debug console:
Uncaught ReferenceError: ccf_submit_ajax is not defined
(anonymous function)
onclick
Please help!
Thank you,
~Michael!
There have been so many having the problem ‘Please try after some time’ if you can’t resolve this would it be too difficult to simply state that the problem is NOT resolved here, so people can stop wasting their valuable time and move on.