Very exciting module, thanks for your efforts.

I was looking for a place to ask more about what this module can do, how to deploy it. I have the module installed and role based contact lists now appear and get updated over at mailchimp, pretty cool.

I note that mailchimp can segment based on supposed IP location (great) and can offer questionsn to allow you to segment a group based on a question you ask. (Use List, Settings, Groups for Segmentation) Can this segmentation data come back into drupal, that would be helpful, right? Or am I thinking about this the wrong way?

Cheers,
John

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John Tolhurst commented

On admin/settings/mailchimp, it says
"
Merge Variables
Select Drupal user variables to send to Mailchimp as Merge Variables. Available Drupal variables are any Profile or Token variables for the given user. For more information on Merge Variables, see the Mailchimp Documentation.
"
Is there a more specific reference of where to read?

Ah ... you mean mail-merge variables, not to do with syncing the profile fields. And they appear on the same List, Settings page in mailchimp. (Suggest the term 'Mail-Merge Variables' rather than 'Merge Variables')

So a like connection between mailchimp 'Groups for Segmentation' and profile fields appears viable if not available at present.

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John Tolhurst commented

I made merge tags in mailchimp, (Lists, Choose list, Settings, Merge Tags) associated them with profile fields in drupal using the mailchimp module config page (admin/settings/mailchimp).

I did a test campaign out of Mailchimp, as a user I clicked the profile link in the mail which took me to a mailchimp hosted page. I altered a one of the merge fields.

The altered content of this field has not arrived in drupal.

Is that as intended? So this is strictly one-directional updating? Must it be so, or could that back flow be developed in time?

Cheers,
John

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arcaneadam commented
Project: UberCart MailChimp » Mailchimp
Version: 6.x-2.0 » 6.x-2.x-dev

I think you are asking these questions in the wrong module. You are really asking question about the MC API which is handled my the mailchimp module. BUt to awnser one of your questions, yes the information flow is strictly one way, from you drupal site to mailchimp. Nothing being changed in mailchimp is going to affect user data on your drupal site.

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John Tolhurst commented

Ah, thanks, you mean, I am really asking questions about the Mailchimp program rather than about the Drupal Mailchimp module?

If the programatic access provided by mailchimp to their server can deliver merge or segment tags, could that data not be poked into drupal (if a module were written to do so)?

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levelos commented
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)

Data flow is one way, from Drupal to MC, not vice versa.