Mailing list help

[Binder4]

Hi i'm trying to create a mailing list preferably threw Gmail, what i want to do is have a form on my website ware people can hit a check box to "sign up" for a monthly news letter and when they do there email gets added to a Gmail group, iv searched hi and low to find some help on it but i cant find anything i really understand.. i'm sure the information i need is with in these 2 links:

http://code.google.com/googleapps/domain/email_migration/developers_guide_protocol.html

and

http://code.google.com/apis/gdata/docs/2.0/basics.html

but i don't understand the code.. if any one has a solution or could explain it to me that would be awesome or if u have a better solution to my mailing list issue that would b great too

thanks heaps!

[cliffdodger]

Not sure about gmail but for this I would use something like List Messenger: http://www.listmessenger.com/

It's a decent piece of software and the free version allows you up to 200 subscribers and it's only $50 for the pro version. You really can't beat that - consider the amount of time you'll spend trying to figure out another solution versus this. I've used it many times. Similar programs are bloated and cost $300+. This is simple and reliable.

 

 

[Binder4]

Cool ill look in to it quick question though

for this line:

 

define("DATABASE_NAME", ""); // Enter the database name.

 

ware do u get the database name?

[cliffdodger]

Are you running a local wamp/lamp server or are you working from a web host? If you don't already have a database you'll need to create one. Wamp or Lamp create one in the mysql interface or phpmyadmin. With a host - your control panel probably has phpmyadmin but you probably can't create a database with it - either way open phpmyadmin to see if you have a database created already - if so, there you go. If not, go to your control panels 'database administration' to create a database (unless they allow you to do so via phpmyadmin)

 

Hope that helps.

[Binder4]

thank you so much for your help, im almost getting there iv got the email client opened now i was just wondering ware id find the code that i would add to my html/php code so that when the user selects a check box it would gather the data and add them to the list?

thanks again!

[cliffdodger]

That would be specific to the mailing list software you're using so I can't really help you there. The support department of the software you're using should be able to lend a hand though.