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    Adding MailChimp subscribe form to Posterous

    I was asked by @frankbruining how I included the MailChimp sign-up form on my ServerTastic Posterous blog.

    In essence I cheated a little. It is possible to add the MailChimp code provided to your Posterous blog provided you disable all the JavaScript. (I really wish @posterous would allow JavaScript - Premium option guys?).

    However I wanted to include the subscriber chicklet counter to show off the fact I do have a few readers. This requires JavaScript.

    Therefore I generated the HTML using the MailChimp embed form wizard. I then pasted this HTML into a file and uploaded it to my own webspace (so you will need hosting elsewhere which supports JavaScript!).

    I then included the HTML file within my Posterous blog using an iframe.

    To do this proceed to your site settings > Themes and select advanced (you need to get dirty with the code).

    Then I simply pasted the following code where I wanted it to appear.

    You will need to replace the src= with the link to the file you created.

    I placed this code within the {block:ListSidebar} tags.

    Tags » mailchimp posterous
    • 11 August 2010
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    about 1 month ago Raj Menon responded:
    Raj Menon
    Andy, i am new to posterous and I was wondering how to integrate MailChimp subscribe box on my space, and came across your blog post. Thanks for taking the time to write it.

    However, I found an easier way. I simple went into Advance Theme Edit option under Customize and added my mailchimp form html code under <section></section> tags and it works beautifully. Thought I would share that with you. Thanks again.

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