Newsletter signup into footer

Store Builder Questions
1

Hi all,

I’m trying to place the newsletter signup directly into the footer of the page by copying and pasting this code from subscribe block 

{* $Id: subscribe.tpl 10972 2010-10-21 13:58:18Z klerik $ *}<br />
<br />
{if $items}<br />
<div class="newsletter"><br />
<form action="{""|fn_url}" method="post" name="subscribe_form"><br />
<input type="hidden" name="redirect_url" value="{$config.current_url}" /><br />
<br />
<p>{$lang.text_signup_for_subscriptions}</p><br />
{foreach from=$items item=list name="mailing_lists"}<br />
	<div class="select-field"><br />
		<label for="mailing_list_{$block.block_id}{$list.list_id}"><br />
			<input id="mailing_list_{$block.block_id}{$list.list_id}" checked="checked" type="checkbox" class="checkbox" name="mailing_lists[{$list.list_id}]" value="1" />{$list.object}<br />
		</label><br />
	</div><br />
{/foreach}<br />
<div class="select-field"><br />
	<input type="hidden" id="newsletter_format" name="newsletter_format" value="{$smarty.const.NEWSLETTER_FORMAT_HTML}"><br />
</div><br />
{strip}<br />
<div class="form-field"><br />
	<label for="subscr_email{$block.block_id}" class="cm-required cm-email hidden">{$lang.email}</label><br />
	<input type="text" name="subscribe_email" id="subscr_email{$block.block_id}" size="20" value="{$lang.enter_email|escape:html}" class="input-text cm-hint" /><br />
	{include file="buttons/go.tpl" but_name="newsletters.add_subscriber" alt=$lang.go}<br />
</div><br />
{/strip}<br />
</form><br />
<br />
</div><br />
{/if}<br />

```<br />
In previous versions this worked just fine, it seems that in the current version 2.1.2 they switched some code around and just simple copying and pasting of code wont work anymore.
2

Anyone ?

3

Is what I’m looking to do that difficult of a task ?

4

Well I didn’t put a sign up in the footer, but I did make it a block.



Here is what I have:







The block is set up like:







To set this up:



1.) In addons/news_and_emails/schemas/block_manager/structure.post.php



Change:


'appearances' => array (
'addons/news_and_emails/blocks/subscribe.tpl' => array (
'params' => array (
'sidebar' => true,
'block' => true,
),
)



To:


'appearances' => array (
'addons/news_and_emails/blocks/subscribe.tpl' => array (
'params' => array (
'sidebar' => true,
'block' => true,
)
),
'addons/news_and_emails/blocks/banner_subscribe.tpl' => array (
'params' => array (
'sidebar' => true,
'block' => true,
),
)



2.) Create a file called skins/your-skin/customer/addons/news_and_emails/blocks/banner_subscribe.tpl



Put in this code:


```php







{foreach from=$items item=list name="mailing_lists"}



{/foreach}




{strip}


{$lang.email}


{include file="buttons/submit_button.tpl" but_name="newsletters.add_subscriber" alt=$lang.go}
{/strip}

```

3.) I also changed the submit button. To do this create a file called skins/your-skin/customer/buttons/submit_button.tpl

In there put:

```php
```

You will need to replace the image with the one you want.

4.) These are the styles I used:

```php .banner_3{
background:url('images/banner_3.jpg') left top no-repeat;
width:311px;
height:196px;
float:left;
margin:10px 0 0 172px;
padding:0px;
}
.banner_3 p{
float:left;
background: url('images/banner_search.jpg') left top no-repeat;
margin:40px 0 0 15px;
height:35px;
width:157px;
float:left;
}
.banner_3_search{
float:left;
background:none;
height:35px;
font-size:11px;
padding:0 5px 0 5px;
margin:0 0 0 15px;
line-height:35px;
color:#aaaaaa;
width:147px;
border:none;
}
.banner_3 span{
float:left;
margin:0px;
padding:10px 0 0 18px;
width:200px;
} ```

I hope that helps. It might not be perfect for you, but hopefully it will get you going in the right direction.

Brandon
5

thanks for the detailed reply brandon.



Unfortunately I don’t have enough coding experience to understand what I need to do in order to get the desired results.

6

Well, can you put together a screen shot or some other type of image that shows what you want?



The example I gave was for a block, but since you want it in the footer, the coding might be more straight forward.



One thing that you could try is just to have something like:



{include file="{$config.skin_path}/addons/news_and_emails/blocks/subscribe.tpl"}




In your bottom.tpl code where you want the sign up box.



Also, have you tried doing something as simple as adding a block in your footer? I haven’t tried it yet, but if you set up the block like the image below than it might work.







If you post more about what you want maybe we’ll have a better idea of how to help.



Brandon

7

[quote name=‘brandonvd’]Well, can you put together a screen shot or some other type of image that shows what you want?



The example I gave was for a block, but since you want it in the footer, the coding might be more straight forward.



One thing that you could try is just to have something like:


<br />
{include file="{$config.skin_path}/addons/news_and_emails/blocks/subscribe.tpl"}<br />

```<br />
<br />
In your bottom.tpl code where you want the sign up box.<br />
<br />
Also, have you tried doing something as simple as adding a block in your footer? I haven't tried it yet, but if you set up the block like the image below than it might work.<br />
<br />
[img]http://www.saltwatertogo.com/help/sign_up_footer.jpg[/img]<br />
<br />
If you post more about what you want maybe we'll have a better idea of how to help.<br />
<br />
Brandon[/QUOTE]<br />
<br />
Including the file in the bottom.tpl does not work in version 2.1.2 as the code has changes.<br />
<br />
Simply, what I'm trying to do have the newsletter signup in the bottom.tpl see this image. <br />
![](upload://pYVYTrcSnbabANGoWZZ89tmBZBK.jpeg)<br />
[QUOTE]<br />
Also, have you tried doing something as simple as adding a block in your footer? I haven't tried it yet, but if you set up the block like the image below than it might work.[/QUOTE]<br />
Yea that's how I'm going to do it if I can't figure this thing out.<br />
<br />
thanks again for your help :)
8

There is probably an override hook for the footer (bottom.tpl) for some addon or my_changes change. An “override” will override any previous info, even other overrides…

9

[quote name=‘tbirnseth’]There is probably an override hook for the footer (bottom.tpl) for some addon or my_changes change. An “override” will override any previous info, even other overrides…[/QUOTE]



The problem is that moving the newsletter signup code seems to be custom made to be used in blocks and moving this code to any place other then a block makes it inoperable.

10

Suggest you do it as an override (or post) in the news_and_emails addon. I.e. skins//customer/addons/news_and_emails/hooks/index/bottom.override.tpl. But if I recall, the whole listing is dependent upon an {if $mailingLists} which needs to be set in a controller first.

11

Thanks tbirnseth and brandonvd. It’s seems a bit more complicated than I imagined, so it’ll just have to go on the back burner for the time being :slight_smile:

12

Not sure this will work for everyone but I created an HTML block in the footer and used the code below. Worked like a charm. Replace folder_to_store with the folder your store is in. This assumes you only have one newsletter and that you always want to send newsletters in HTML.


```php



Signup for our Newsletter !






```