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Subscription Managment Options
Visitors to your web site may manage subscriptions to your newsletter in one or more ways as follows:- Mail-To Link
- Standard Form Link
- Web Page Custom Form
- Web Page One-Step Form
Option 1: Mail-To Link
This option is not recommended because too many spammers abuse it, creating problems for both our customers and the public. For this reason, this option has been deprecated and will stop working in the future.The simplest option for subscribe and cancel was the mail-to link. Code it this way:
<a href=mailto:ListName-On@host.webvalence.com>Subscribe</a>
<a href=mailto:ListName-Off@host.webvalence.com>Cancel</a>
Replace "ListName" with the name of your Newsletter. Replace "host" with one of {casts, lists, letters, news, zines} depending on where your Newsletter is hosted.
Option 2: Standard Form Link
Our standard form is nearly as easy to setup as the Mail-To. It is also less attractive to spammers. Code it as a link:Subscribe to my Ezine
Code: <a href=http://host/listMgr/subscribe?lists=Newsletter&action=subscribe>
Subscribe</a> to my EzineCancel from my Ezine
Code: <a href=http://host/listMgr/cancel?lists=Newsletter&action=cancel>
Cancel</a> from my Ezine
Replace "Newsletter" with the name of your Ezine. Replace "host" with one of {lists.webvalence.com, news.webvalence.com, letters.webvalence.com, zines.webvalence.com, casts.webvalence.com} depending on where your Ezine is hosted.
The advantage of the standard form link is simplicity. The subscribe or cancel process is handled by the site visitor's web browser. The disadvantage is that this method uses pages that don't look like the your web site in the process.
Option 3: Web Page Custom Form
The custom form may be a part of any web site page, regardless of whether the page is hosted by WebValence. This form implements standard double opt-in subscribe to your Ezine.
See web page custom form example
The advantage of the custom form is that it preserves the look and feel of your web site and offers additional options such as collecting information about your subscribers. The disadvantage is that the custom form is more complicated to set up than the standard form.
Option 4: Web Page One-Step Form - new in 2006
The one-step form may be included on any WebValence-hosted web page. It will not work on sites hosted elsewhere. The one-step form implements single opt-in subscribe. It requires no Email confirmation. See Web Page one-step form example
The one-setp form offers design and operation advantage. We recommend this option for all of our web-hosting customers.
