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Hi,

What we like to do is, to let customers (members) be added automatically to an EE mailing list during their registration. Is this possible.

Rob

I believe Solspace had an addon that would show the option during registration.  It’s not possible natively.

You really need to give people the option to subscribe themselves vs. just assuming they want to be on the list.

You can do this out of the box - it was added back in EE 1, and it took me some time to invigorate my memory enough to find it.  But this thread describes how. Essentially, you add a checkbox to the registration form template with:

<input type="checkbox" value="1" name="mailinglist_subscribe" />

You would make this hidden and modify the value if you want it to happen behind the scenes; but like Michael, I agree that you should ask.  Personal preference on that one!

in it.  You can find the registration form in Design > Themes > Member Profile Templates, and I’d recommend you make a copy so that you’re managing your own forms and they don’t get over-written during upgrades.

Does that help?

Huh…never knew that one!  Good catch!

It was added in EE 1.6.3? EE 1.6 something, I believe.  It was oft-requested, then oft-not noticed since then.  But it is an awesome feature!

Hoping it works out the way E2design needs it to!

Hola,

Good thing I ran into this post, great advice. I have a small follow up question regarding using this in say the “update membership” profile page when a member is logged in. What tags can it be used with and also anyway it can automatically register a member if they select the checkbox WITHOUT requiring to confirm via email?

Was using something like this:

{exp:mailinglist:form list="custom_list_name"}
<input type="checkbox" value="1" name="mailinglist_subscribe" />
<input type="hidden" name="email" value="{email}" />
{/exp:mailinglist:form}

Works, but the problem is it requires the confirmation email which is just over the top for an already registered member. AND I want to require “self-activation via email” for general membership activation.

Hi readmetwice,

There isn’t a preference to forego the confirmation. The “extra step” ensures opt-in on the part of the member. The logic being to prevent someone form “joke subscribing” a friend.

This may be an opportunity for a Feature Request!

Cheers,

Interesting, mailchimp it is then. How can someone joke subscribe a friend when the email is pulled from the logged in member? That is the core difference the process model would outline for a case of no double email confirmation. Looks like the feature request was out there since the post in 2008. eeeeh

How can someone joke subscribe a friend when the email is pulled from the logged in member?

Excellent point. It still falls back to ExpressionEngine leans towards opt-in in almost every case.

Make a reply on the Feature Request, or file it as a Bug Report. I could see a case for un-expected behavior, which qualifies as a bug.

Is there anything else I can assist you with?

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