Creating a standalone newsletter subscription form

You may want to provide a standalone form that allows your users to subscribe to a CiviCRM mailing group rather than providing a URL as in the previous recipe.

How to do it…

It's easy to set up a bit of HTML code that can be pasted into your CMS. In this example we will use Drupal. All you need to know are your group IDs.

1. Navigate to Contacts | Manage Groups and make a note of any group ID that you wish to use. The groups must be configured for use as mailing lists.

2. Open up a text editor, create a text file, and enter the following code:

   <form action="http://book.dev/civicrm/mailing/subscribe" method="post">
   <p>Email: <input name="email" type="text" id="email" /></p>
   <table> <tr> <td><input name="groupID1" type="checkbox" value="1" /></td> <td>Advisory Board</td></tr>
     <tr><td><input name="groupID2" type="checkbox" value="1" /></td><td>Newsletter...