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Description

This creates a 2 field form (Name & Email) for capturing emails. Email is double opt in, and allows you to forward opt in to services such as ebooks or software. When you are ready to begin your email marketing campaign, simply export the list into your chosen email marketing software or service.

Features

• Widget Ready.
• Separate landing pages for completion of form, so you can distribute software/ebooks etc.
• Uses Wordpress’ internal wp_mail function for sending mail.
• Easily integrated with posts & pages.
• Dashboard Widget.
• Export data into CSV files, compatible with most major Email Marketing Programmes (including Aweber, Mailchimp, Groupmail, Constant Contact)
• Double opt in, so compatible with CAN-SPAM act.
• And completely free!

Installation

Upload the plugin (unzipped) into `/wp-content/plugins/`.

Activate the plugin under the “Plugins” menu.

This plugin requires a lot of set up before using. You need the following:-

• A page for “Half Registration” (this page will be forwarded to when the form is just filled in, informs the users that they need to click on a link in the email.
• A page for “complete registration” (thanking them for their enquiry, links to download etc).

After having these, please then fill in the settings in the “Settings > WP Email Capture” form.

The form can be inserted into the site at any location. However, to put the form anywhere, insert the following code into your template

<?php if (function_exists('wp_email_capture_form')) { wp_email_capture_form(); } ?>

If you want to insert the form within a page, insert into any page the string “wp_email_capture_form” (in square brackets). It will be replaced with a simple form.

Stylings

To style your form, you need to add to your CSS file the following ID declarations. “wp_email_capture” is for sidebar & template widgets, “wp_email_capture_2″ is for on page forms.

#wp_email_capture
{

}

#wp_email_capture label
{

}

#wp_email_capture input
{

}

#wp_email_capture_2
{

}

#wp_email_capture_2 label
{

}

#wp_email_capture_2 input
{

}

Frequently Asked Questions

Does this piece of software send out email?

No. I feel that to do so would be counter productive, as sending out email could have a detrimental effect on your server. There are a number of services we recommend, such as Aweber, to send out lists built on WP Email Capture.

Does it work with Wordpress MU?

This plugin is unsupported for Wordpress MU. Some people have reported success in using it. Others haven’t. I have been unable to figure out why (I’ve been unable to get it working for Wordpress MU).

Does it work with [theme_name]?

This plugin does use widgets, so probably yes

How do I include the name in my emails I send to people?

Wherever you put in %NAME% (spelt exactly like that, uppercase as well), it will be replaced with the name given by the user.

Bugs/Suggestions

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Change Log

1.7 (28/10/09)

• Small issue with those using GoDaddy servers fixed, you can now set whether or not to use wp_mail or the internal mail function.

1.6 (18/10/09)

• You can now delete people from the confirmed members list (requested update!)

1.5 (04/10/09)

• Fixed small error on the error checking form.

1.4 (03/10/09)

• Added a check for duplicate emails.

1.3 (30/09/09)

• Added a new feature where you can mention the name of the recipient of the email within the email by using the %NAME% string
• Better default title & text for the WP Email Capture Widget
• Fixed a bug that dropped the last character of the “From” name.

1.2 (27/09/09)

• Fixed errors with the programme when using non pretty permalinks (they now work now)
• Compatible with windows based PHP configurations (1.1 introduced a function that didn’t work on windows boxes).

1.1 (22/09/09)

• Fixed short tag problem in tempdata.php
• Emails that are not valid emails aren’t processed

1.0 RC 1 (17/09/09)

• First Release!
• Dashboard Widget added

0.4 (14/09/09)

• Used more secure internal wp_mail class for sending out mail
• Implemented [wp_email_form] class for implementing plugin on form

0.3 (12/09/09)

• Switch to headers, rather than meta refreshes for updating the page

0.2 (09/09/09)

• Fixed small error in the plugin when using permalinks
• Implemented more security to the plugin

0.1 (07/09/09)

• Plugin Launched