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1. moneyedpoliticians
   Member
   Jan 12, 2008, 1:54 PM

   I'd like to put a widget on to allow visitors to sign up for my newsletter. How can I do that?

2. trent
   Member
   Jan 12, 2008, 4:44 PM

   Answering this requires just a little more information!

   1) Do you use another service for a newsletter or do you just create it yourself and upload it as a manual link each month? If this is the case, a text widget with the link to the signup there should work like:

   <a href="http://mynewsletterservice.com/signup.html">Signup For Our Newsletter!</a>

   2) Do you want to get visitors to send you an email signing up for the newsletter? If that is the case, I would create a new "page" (not post) called Newsletter with all the information about your newsletter and then put a contact form at the bottom of the page with instructions for users to send you a message signing up for the email newsletter:

   [contact-form]

   Hope that helps you a little without all the details.

   Trent

3. moneyedpoliticians
   Member
   Jan 12, 2008, 5:17 PM

   Thanks Trent. Looks like #2 is the solution. I'll try that and report back.

   Jack

4. moneyedpoliticians
   Member
   Jan 12, 2008, 5:35 PM

   Not the form I expected. Did I do it right?

   http://moneyedpoliticians.wordpress.com/enewsletter/

5. trent
   Member
   Jan 12, 2008, 5:41 PM

   Yeah, it is a real contact form so they can also send you a message. It shows up as an email from them though to collect the address. Not great, but a way to hide your email address.

   Trent

6. ellaella
   Member
   Jan 12, 2008, 5:47 PM

   Some themes, MistyLook is one of them, have a Page Template for a contact form that's more elaborate. In both cases, as Trent says, your email address is hidden -- and whatever your readers enter remains private too.

7. moneyedpoliticians
   Member
   Jan 12, 2008, 7:32 PM

   Thanks folks. I'll play with the options.

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