How to create a subscription box?

Social Media
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Hi guys,

I’m sorry to as such a basic question, but how do you create a subscription box. I’m looking to make one almost identical to the one located on the upper right of www.thanksrp.com.

Any ideas/suggestions? Or, do you know anyone that can do this for me on the cheap? Thanks.

Alex

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If you sign up for an email marketing service like “Constant Contact” they will provide the code. Otherwise you could use an email form and you could maintain your own list.
E

3

Here is a sample code:

<form action=’http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify’ method=’post’ onsubmit=’window.open('FeedBurner Email Subscription, 'popupwindow', 'scrollbars=yes,width=550,height=520');return true’ style=’border:1px solid #DDD;padding:3px;text-align:center;background:#F1F1F1;’ target=’popupwindow’><span style=’margin:0 auto; padding-left:24px; position:relative;background: url(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_b0xJ7qk6DTc/TEg2iHmUivI/AAAAAAAAAu0/j9tIV5fjTXw/s1600/myrss.gif) right center no-repeat;’/>Get Free Updates: <input name=’email’ onblur=’if (this.value == "") {this.value = "Enter your email";}’ onfocus=’if (this.value == "Enter your email") {this.value = ""}’ style=’width:176px;height:18px; background: #ffffa0 url(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_b0xJ7qk6DTc/TInWwRjgSUI/AAAAAAAABC0/DWQZc1mUvaU/s1600/new-email.png) left no-repeat;padding: 1px 0px 1px 24px;border: 1px solid #8cafe3;’ type=’text’ value=’Enter your email’/><input name=’uri’ type=’hidden’ value=’zimboora‘/><input name=’loc’ type=’hidden’ value=’en_US’/><input type=’submit’ value=’Subscribe’/>
<center><i>Please click on the confirmation link sent in your Email Inbox</i></center>
</form>

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You actually need some back-end code (PHP, ASP.NET, etc) to handle this type of thing.

A service like Constant Contact (as eruna recommended) is a good method for handling these type of processes if you don’t have a strong programming background.

Even if you do, they can still be very good (the medium-sized company I work uses them to send out a monthly-ish email blast to about 40,000 people with pretty good success).