By bigsend on

Is there a module which will add a block that asks a user to submit their email address and answer a couple questions?

I'd like to start a mailing list without having the person actually join the site.

Thanks
BigSend
http://bigsendworld.com

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BMorse’s picture

BMorse commented

You could use Simplenews: http://drupal.org/project/simplenews. I believe it allows anonymous users to sign up to receive Simplenews mail.

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bigsend commented

I was thinking of a simple block that will just collect email address and names, put it in some .CSV file so I can import it to my address book, sort of thing.

-Thanks
BigSend
http://bigsendworld.com

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lomz commented

You could create a block with PHP-code within that collected the information to a custom table in your MySQL-database.
A little bit crude solution but it will do the trick.

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bigsend commented

Unfortunately, I am not really sure how to do that.

Could you suggest any guides? I'm sure I can figure it out with a good reference.

I was hoping it could some how link to a ListServ type of server instead of the MYSQL database.

-Thanks
BigSend
http://bigsendworld.com

BMorse’s picture

BMorse commented

Build a form using Webform: http://drupal.org/project/webform. Put the 2 field form in a block. Of course the data goes in to mysql but Webform gives you a csv download of data.

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bigsend commented

Hmm that is a great idea.

But how do I put the "2 field form" in a block?

-Thanks
BigSend
http://bigsendworld.com

BMorse’s picture

BMorse commented

Sorry I didn't get back to you. You could use the Views module to create a block that shows the node of the webform.