This article will show you the steps on ”How To Setup MailChimp For Visitors to Subscribe to Your WordPress Site”
1. Create the MailChimp campaign
Login to Mailchimp : https://login.mailchimp.com/
Click on “Lists”
Click on “Create List”
Click on “Create List”
- Enter your list name
- Enter the email for sending the campaign
- Enter the of your Site / Blog
- Write a short reminder
Click on “Campaigns”
Click on ” Create Campaign”
- Search for “RSS”
- Select “Share blog updates”
Select the campaign list
- Enter your site feed/RSS URL
- Click “Next”
Click “Next”
Click “Next”
2. Design the campaign email
Option 1: Create the email template manually
Click on “Themes”
Select “invitation” template
Click on “Delete” icon
Click on “Delete”
Click on “Delete” icon
Click on “Delete”
Click on “Delete” icon
Click on “Delete”
Click on “Delete” icon
Click on “Delete”
Click on “Delete” icon
Click on “Delete”
Click on “Browse”
- Upload your logo
- Select your logo
Click on “insert”
- Click on RSS Block item
- Select custom
- Click on ” <> ” icon
- Replace the text with the code below
- Click on “Save & Close”
<style type="text/css">#feed-images img {
height:auto !important;
max-width:560px !important;
width: 70% !important;
display: block;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}
span.screen-reader-text{
visibility:hidden;
}
.bodyContainer .mcnTextContent a {
display: inline-grid
}
</style>
<div id="feed-images">*|RSSITEMS:|*
<h2 class="mc-toc-title"><a href="*|RSSITEM:URL|*" target="_blank">*|RSSITEM:TITLE|*</a></h2>
<br />
*|RSSITEM:CONTENT_FULL|* <a href="*|RSSITEM:URL|*" target="_blank">Read in browser »</a><br />
<br />
*|END:RSSITEMS|*</div>
Drag “Social Follow” under the RSS block
- Enter your social media details
- Click on “Save & Close”
Click “Next”
Option 2: Import the email template automatically
Open the link below in a new tab in your browser : https://us12.admin.mailchimp.com/templates/share?id=92778053_292057b157bc363c5c2a_us12
- Click on “Saved templates”
- Select “Mailchimp RSS Template”
- Click”Next”
- Click on “Logo”
- Click on”Replace”
- Upload your Logo
- Select your logo
Click on “insert”
Click “Next”
Click “Start RSS”
All finished, now your campaign is ready to send your posts to your blog subscribers.
