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[benlind]

I would like to add a simple newsletter subscription form to my footer. Ideally this will include both an email address and first name input, but just an email address is fine.

I tried using this code that I adapted from a post on the forums:

<form action="news.php" name="subscribeform" method="post">
  <input type="hidden" name="subscribe_lng" value="{$store_language|escape}" />
  <input type="text" class="input-email" id="semail" name="newsemail" size="30" value="{$newsemail|default:""|escape}" />
  <button type="submit">Sign Up</button>
</form>

If I submit this form, I get a 404 not found error on news.php.

What is the appropriate HTML/smarty code to add to my footer to add this newsletter subscribe form?

[qualiteam]

There is no news.php file in X-Cart 5. The code was for X-Cart 4 and it will not work in X-Cart 5, unfortunately.

When working with e-mail newsletters, there is a high risk if getting your server added to a black list. If this happens, none of your customers will likely receive an e-mail from you.

That's why in X-Cart 5 we removed the built-in newsletter logic and created a module that integrates with MailChimp who are experts in working with e-mail newsletters. However, the module does not have the function to display the subscription form in the footer, so you still require someone to customize it for you by creating a small custom module.

[designtheweb]

That shouldn't be a problem as long as your news.php is changed to something else. I use phplist which is an excellent free newsletter.

What I'd like to know is how can I use the existing boxes at the bottom of X-Cart 5 so people can just push subscribe that takes them to my mailer website. Any ideas?