FreshMail For WordPress

Installation

Installing the plugin

This plugin requires at last: WordPress v 3.0 and PHP v 5.3.

The installation works in the conventional way.

1. In your WordPress admin panel, go to Plugins > Add new, search for FreshMail for WordPress and click Install.
2. Alternatively, download the plugin and upload the contents of FreshMail_for_Wordpress.zip to your plugins directory, which usually is /wp-content/plugins/.
3. Another way is to download the plugin, log into WordPress and go to Plugins > Add new > Upload plugin. Find the downloaded zip file and then click Install.
4. When installed, click on Activate Plugin.

Connecting Plugin to the FreshMail account

Go to FreshMail tab > Connect with FreshMail and enter the API key and API secret in order to enable WordPress integration with FreshMail.

• Where do you find the API information?
• If you’re not already a FreshMail.com user you can create a free account.

After entering the correct data move to the Add New Form tab and select your list. Here the list of custom fields that you will be able to use in FreshMail will appear.

In Properties, Layout and Messages you will find additional possibilities of sign-up form configuration.

Adding Sign-Up Form

If you want to add the plugin to a template you should enter the Appearance > Widgets tab on the admin panel. In available widgets you will find the FreshMail option that is responsible for the sign-up form. For proper operation of the plugin just drag a widget into the selected spot on your template and select from the list previously configured sign-up form.

The plugin could be also inserted with the use of shortcode into any post, page or text widget. For example:

[FM_form id=”1”]

You can also display a sign-up form from your theme files by using one line of PHP code:

<?php echo do_shortcode( '[FM_form id="1"]' ); ?>

Configuring Pop-Up

To display popup you have to check Show the sign-up form in a popup by the form configuration. The advanced settings of popups can be found in All Forms > Edit Form > Popup Properties tab.

You can define the criteria of popup display:

• after a defined process of page scrolling
• after a defined time spent on the website
• before an attempt to close the browser

and block the popup:

• for smartphones
• for defined UTM tags
• after reaching the maximum number of displays per user
• at a defined frequency

You can also set up forwarding to any page after sign-up to newsletter.

Configuring Sign-Up Checkboxes

You also have the option of enabling automatic sign-up to a subscription with the use of a checkbox added to other standard WordPress forms like:

• adding comments
• user registration

as well as forms of other plugins:

• WooCommerce (checkout)
• Easy Digital Download (checkout)
• bbPress
• MultiSite
• BuddyPress (registration)

How to Configuring Checkboxes?

1. Go to FreshMail for WordPress > Checkboxes.
2. Select at least one of your FreshMail lists to subscribe to.
3. Select the forms you want to add a sign-up checkbox to, eg your comment form.

There is also the possibility to add a checkbox to any other form with the use of a few lines of code.

<p class="comment-form-fm-sign">
<label for="fm-sign">
<input id="fm-sign" name="fm-sign" type="checkbox" /> Label txt
</label>
<input type="hidden" name="fm-sign-referer" value="<?php echo $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']; ?>" />
</p>