Set Up a Newsletter Opt-in Form

This tutorial will show you how to set up your newsletter opt-in form.

Please Note: This can also be set up to be a blog subscription form by inserting your Google / Feedburner ID instead. However, this tutorial will only cover the use of it with MailChimp.

Step 1:

Download and Activate the Genesis eNews Extended plugin and drag it to your Primary Sidebar widget area.

Step 2:

Log into your MailChimp account and go to Lists > Signup Forms > Embedded Forms.

Step 3:

Copy/Paste the code into a separate text document, for later use. Please use either TextEdit (Mac) or Notepad (Windows), not Microsoft Word, as this can potentially alter the code.

Step 4:

There’s a short snippet of this code that we need. Copy/Paste the highlighted portion of the code into the ‘Form Action’ area of the widget.

Step 5:

To add a ‘First Name’ field, type ‘FNAME’ in that area,

To add a ‘Last Name’ field, type “LNAME’

To add an ‘E-Mail Address’ field, type ‘EMAIL’.

Step 6:

Save your changes.