i installed and activated the module Mailchimp to my drupal 6.10 site, of course i register to mailchimp, i configured correctly the siteconfiguration>mailchimp and then what?
i do not see anything else in content types or anywhere how to use it with drupal.
of course the mail chimp gives html code to put to a node, and create a subscription form. but then, to start a champain, to sent emails i must do it NOT from inside drupal, may be i am ignorant but i do not see other needed modules etc... so what is the use of the mailchimo module? i can do all from outside drupal, from my mailchimp account.... any idea or help please how to use this module?

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levelos commented
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)

Please refer to the module description and README file for a basic description of what this module does. Basically, the module integrates the members of a Drupal instance with one or more MailChimp lists. Also, and I mean this to be helpful, please consider carefully marking things as critical so as not "cry wolf".

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okterok commented

I have read the README which is basically this nice list of features which, like LouBabe I am not finding how to access. I see no way to:

This module is still in early development, but here are the current features:
1. Support for an unlimited number of mailing lists
2. Having an anonymous sign up form to enroll users in a general newsletter.
3. list access by roleunlimited
4. editing of user list subscriptions on the user's edit page
5. list subscribe on register page
6. customizable merge vars with token, profile and bio.module integreation
7. opt-in, opt-out and required lists
8. standalone subscribe and unsubscribe forms

(taken verbatim from README,txt).

Any help would be appreciated :)

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okterok commented

I got it!!

The interface is actually just as slick and straightforward as advertised. The trick is that you need to set up your MailChimp newsletter *first*. Once you do this, and enter your MailChimp username and password into your Drupal site, it will all work nicely.

It might be useful to put a quick heads-up in the README to be sure to have at least one MailChimp newsletter Activated before attempting to manage anything from your Drupal site :)

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levelos commented

Glad you got it working and I'll add a note to the readme.

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ndame commented

I'm sorry but I still don't see how to actually "use" the MailChimp plugin. I've installed the module and added my MailChimp user/password plus first list--but the only place the list shows up to the user is the User Account screen.

How do I add any of the other features--like standalone subscribe and unsubscribe forms?

Thanks for your help...!

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mgladding commented

I too am curious about how to add a standalone subscription form.

Thanks!

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mgladding commented
Status: Closed (fixed) » Active
levelos’s picture

levelos commented
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)

anonymous subscribe forms are located at the path /mailchimp/subscribe. The 6.x-2.x branch also has a default menu item available, along with many other improvements. Users can only unsubscribe from their account pages, as that's the only way the system knows their existing status. So two very different use cases for stand alone forms and those associated with a site member.

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Vivekdrupal commented
Title: i cannot use Mailchimp api » The form shows up BUT

I am getting the form to show up, but when i click on subscribe nothing happens, just the page reloads.

Thanks in advance.