I want to add extra newsletter subscription type in magento.How can i do this ?
Currently i have only one option "General Subscription" But i want to add extra subscription types like "New Arrival","Weekly Update".Please suggest me to do this.
Thanks in Advance
There is no embedded functionality to do this in Magento.
I am using Mailchimp's MageMonkey extension and their system for all my Newsletter and E-Mail related tasks.
It is easy to use and you can create lists (Groups) as much as you want.
Cheers
There is no admin interface by default in Magento for adding additional Newsletter Lists. An excerpt from app/design/frontend/base/default/template/customer/form/newsletter.phtml:
<ul class="form-list">
<li class="control"><input type="checkbox" name="is_subscribed" id="subscription" value="1" title="<?php echo $this->__('General Subscription') ?>"<?php if($this->getIsSubscribed()): ?> checked="checked"<?php endif; ?> class="checkbox" /><label for="subscription"><?php echo $this->__('General Subscription') ?></label></li>
</ul>
As you can see, General Subscription is just a label for being subscribed to the newsletter. More, the saveAction from app/code/core/Mage/Newsletter/controllers/ManageController.php:
try {
Mage::getSingleton('customer/session')->getCustomer()
->setStoreId(Mage::app()->getStore()->getId())
->setIsSubscribed((boolean)$this->getRequest()->getParam('is_subscribed', false))
->save();
if ((boolean)$this->getRequest()->getParam('is_subscribed', false)) {
Mage::getSingleton('customer/session')->addSuccess($this->__('The subscription has been saved.'));
} else {
Mage::getSingleton('customer/session')->addSuccess($this->__('The subscription has been removed.'));
}
}
treats is_subscribed as boolean (false/true) so your options are:
If you are interested in commercial module then you can try AheadWorks Extension:
http://ecommerce.aheadworks.com/magento-extensions/advanced-newsletter.html
Thanks
