Name not being sent to Mailchimp

Hi Plippers,

Your CF7 form looks fine, the e-mail field should be recognized by my plugin and so should the name field.

Prior to version 1.0.3 there was no way to set the label from the CF7 shortcode but after reading your question I added this, so the [mc4wp_checkbox "Subscribe to our newsletter?"] part is now valid as well.

Sidenote: no need to wrap the shortcode in <p> elements, my plugin does this for you.

If you have more required fields on MailChimps side, you will need them to be present in the form as well. If you prefix the name attributes of the fields with mc4wp- my plugin will send the data to MailChimp.

Example:
[text* mc4wp-website]

Let me know if you need any help.

Hey Danny,

Thank you so much for looking into this. It’s clear you really care for this plugin. I’ve also never had something I’ve been talking to a plugin author about be included in an update…I feel super cool now! ??

Sadly, I still cant get this guy working! I’m running akismet in CF7. I tried removing akismet for the name field…nothing. I tried adding mc4wp to the name field as well as having it in the checkbox…nothing. I removed the <p> as housekeeping, and the “Subscribe to our newsletter” – just to simplify the form whilst I figure this out.

The only other thing I can think of is that I use this plugin wpMandrill to handle site mail. I have no idea if that would change anything or not?

Also, is there anything in the mailchimp settings for the list I should have altered? As far as I know, it is totally standard.

I see there is a premium plugin too now. I don’t need any of the features at the moment, but you deserve the upgrade for the dedication you have shown to the plugin! ??

Once again, any help greatly appreciated! I’d love to have this plugin having all my Mailchimp stuff!

Here is the code ate the moment:

<!-- TWO COLUMN FORM -->
[response]
<div class="clearfix">
    <div id="left">
        <p<[text* your-subject watermark "Subject (required)"]</p>
        [textarea* your-message x12 watermark "Message (required)   We aim to respond to general emails within 24 hours and to support emails ASAP."]
    </div>
    <div id="right">
        <p>[text* mc4wp-your-name akismet:author watermark  "Name (required)"] </p>
        <p>[text your-company watermark "Company"] </p>
        <p>[email* mc4wp-your-email akismet:author_email watermark "Email (required)"] </p>
        <p>[text your-phone watermark "Phone (including country code)"]</p>
        [mc4wp_checkbox]
        [submit "Send!"]
    </div>
</div>
[response]
<!-- /TWO COLUMN FORM -->

And if it helps,here is the CF7 form: Link

Hi Plippers,

The standard Contact Form 7 name attributes should actually work just fine. What if you use the following form mark-up?

<!-- TWO COLUMN FORM -->
[response]
<div class="clearfix">
    <div id="left">
        <p<[text* your-subject watermark "Subject (required)"]</p>
        [textarea* your-message x12 watermark "Message (required)   We aim to respond to general emails within 24 hours and to support emails ASAP."]
    </div>
    <div id="right">
        <p>[text* your-name akismet:author watermark  "Name (required)"] </p>
        <p>[text your-company watermark "Company"] </p>
        <p>[email* your-email akismet:author_email watermark "Email (required)"] </p>
        <p>[text your-phone watermark "Phone (including country code)"]</p>
        [mc4wp_checkbox]
        [submit "Send!"]
    </div>
</div>
[response]
<!-- /TWO COLUMN FORM -->

One more question: what is the name of the merge field in MailChimp? If you need FNAME, use a CF7 field called mc4wp-fname. LNAME becomes a CF7 field called mc4wp-lname, and so on.

The plugin will look for a name field called your-name or simply name and automatically split it into FNAME and LNAME for MailChimp, if they are not set already. You can set them using the method I described above..

It’s late now but tomorrow I’ll do some testing using your exact form mark-up. If you didn’t get it to work by then, that is.. ??

Good luck!

Danny

Hey Danny,

Thanks again for trying. The updated code you have as far as I can see is minus mc4wp at your-name and your-email. This is the way I had things before adding them to the CF7 just before uploading it here. Sadly another bust.

I just tried removing the “your-” from the name fields out of curiosity and sadly still nothing.

I also looked up the mail settings in Mailchimp and both First Name and Last Name are: *|FNAME|* or *|MERGE1|* and *|LNAME|* or *|MERGE2|* respectively.
By your explanation then I should be set up for MC4WP to change “your-name” to FNAME & LNAME and send them to Mailchimp.

Sorry I can’t be of more assistance! Could using only watermarks for my form be confusing things?

Cheers!

Screenshot of 4 failed attempts. Link

Hi Plippers,

You were right, my bad. You pointed me to a bug in my code, fixed it in version 1.1 along with many other “under the hood” improvements.

After updating, the last CF7 template I posted should work.

Let me know! ??

You are some guy Danny!

Screenshot of working list!

I’m going to get everything changed over just now to MC4WP. There is a 99% chance you have saved me an extra plugin now! Sorry CF7 Autoresponder.

Also, I mentioned in the first post that names from blog comments weren’t sending. They are now working too!

I’m off to the States for a couple of weeks, but I will get around to grabbing the pro version off you for all your help so far.

Thanks again, Danny! (Resolved!)

Awesome, glad to hear! And thanks for showing your support by grabbing a copy of the Pro version. You won’t regret it. ??