JsonB123
Member
Posted 5 months ago #
I've been searching for awhile now...but I'm not sure if this plug-in exists yet and maybe someone here knows:
- A simple subscription input field where the user can type their email address to get an alert every time the blog gets updates.
- This would also save these emails in the dashboard for use with an 'email blast' (note that this would be a small blast, just a newsletter type of thing). Ideally the email could be sent from the dashboard with a customized message.
Any suggestions? I would need this same input field to support both of these features...I know that this exists for the email blast type of thing but I haven't seen it also cover the blog updates. Thanks!
MacLadybug
Member
Posted 4 months ago #
You read my mind! I am looking for the very same thing. I've tried the "G-Lock Double Opt-in Manager" which was really great but it made the whole process majorly complicated... click this link, get a letter, then your subscriber is inundated with several screens of instructions, then a welcome letter, and the email post blast... and on and on. Too complicated for me and my subscribers.
Please someone answer JsonB123 and give us a solution.
MacLadybug
Member
Posted 4 months ago #
I think I have "temporarily" solved the problem... I'm using Google's FeedBurner which also gives you the option of an email subscription. After you set up your account and create a feed, then you can get a link for the "subscribe by email" option that can be pasted in a text widget in your sidebar. You can see mine in my left sidebar here: Then I installed a WP plugin called "Feedburner Feed Stats" to monitor the activity from my WP Dashboard. The jury's still out... we'll see how it works.
