Author Topic: Help Setting Up 3 Lists (Read 2300 times)

kholiday · « **on:** April 06, 2005, 12:34:06 pm »

Hi,

I have 3 lists that I'm setting up. Here's the URL to my list sign up page. Is this the best way to set this up? For instance, if a user selects all options, the confirmation page comes up with three different confirmation messages and so on.

Please advise.

Thanks.

DW · « **Reply #1 on:** April 06, 2005, 12:53:21 pm »

Sorry, I didn't catch your URL. It is (currently) normal to receive multiple confirmation messages when subscribing to multiple lists. If you suspect a problem with the Custom HTML pages I'd be happy to take a look.

Regards

kholiday · « **Reply #2 on:** April 06, 2005, 01:19:43 pm »

The URL is http://www.threedoctorsfoundation.org/mailinglist.php. Maybe the way that I've set up my sign up page isn't the best.

Please advise.

Thanks

DW · « **Reply #3 on:** April 06, 2005, 02:09:43 pm »

Found a typo:

Quote

VOLUNTEER MAILING LIST
You will receive communinication sent out by The Three Doctors Foundation ONLY related to Volunteer Activities.

We may need to re-evaluate how you should set up your site/form. If users choose the General mailing list, shouldn't they not need to subscribe to the latter 2 lists? We might use some JavaScript so they cannot be selected when the first one is. (and vice versa, if you like)

Regards

kholiday · « **Reply #4 on:** April 06, 2005, 02:12:46 pm »

Thanks for catching the typo. And yes. My instructions state that if you sign up for the General list you don't need to sign up for Volunteer or Events. I guess I need a little help figuring out the best way to do this.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks a million.

DW · « **Reply #5 on:** April 06, 2005, 02:24:26 pm »

So these are the signup options correct?

1. General List signup. no Events or Volunteer needed.
2. If Events is selected, no General list signup but Volunteer can be selected, too.
3. If Volunteer is selected, no General list signup but Events can be selected, too.

This should be possible with some JavaScript, however, it might be tricky considering all of the checkboxes have the same name (the HTML lists[] array). This is the only reason I didn't provide an example just now..

You could also use radio buttons so that only one can be selected at a time. This might prevent confusion.

kholiday · « **Reply #6 on:** April 06, 2005, 02:46:05 pm »

Yes, this is correct. Thanks for the info.

jonisolis · « **Reply #7 on:** April 17, 2005, 10:37:16 am »

Let me see if I have this right. To Subscribe to Multiple Mailing Lists hosted from same website you could make a form like the one below?... <br>
<hr>
<form method=post action=http://www.websitename.org/listmail/signup.php>
<input type=checkbox name=lists[] value=1>Subscribe to the Mailing List 1<br>
<br>
<input type=checkbox name=lists[] value=2>Subscribe to the Mailing List 2<br>
<br>
<input type=checkbox name=lists[] value=3>Subscribe to the Mailing List 3<br>
<input type=hidden name=list value=3>
<br>
First Name:<br>
<input type=text name=fname size=10><br>
Last Name:<br>
<input type=text name=lname size=10><br>
Email:<br>
<input type=text name=email>
<br>
<br>
<select name=submode>
<option value=sub>Subscribe</option>
<option value=unsub>Unsubscribe (Remove)</option>
</select>
<br>
<br>
<input type=submit name=sup value="Subscribe/Unsubscribe!">
</form>
NOTE: You will receive multiple confirmation messages when subscribing to multiple lists.
<hr>

DW · « **Reply #8 on:** April 17, 2005, 12:43:40 pm »

Yes, that's correct!

Regards