Documentation?

No official documentation location at the moment, though we probably should work on one.

Overall it should be pretty straightforward. Once you get connected to the Constant Contact account, you’ll be able to associate a form with a given list, and it will be populated from your current lists.

Then you set up the fields you’d like to collect data for, and publish the form. In the “All Forms” spot, there will be a column that shows a shortcode, like [ctct form=”4″] that you can copy/paste in wherever you can use a shortcode. That will then be parsed and shown on the frontend like expected, ready for a user to sign up with.

We’re open to ideas and suggestions on how to improve as well, so feel free to include those in a reply as necessary. We’ll review them and see what we want to move forward with and when.

I always forget about TinyMCE buttons that we use in a number of plugins. There’s also this: https://cloudup.com/cp0e2APNlch that should help with inserting created forms in posts/pages.

I was hoping that I could correlate the form fields with an existing CC form the way you can with MailChimp.

Anyway, the rest seems like standard config. Thanks.

Thanks, Michael. Since I want to be able to add the form as a widget in Beaver Builder so I can place it anywhere on a very complex page layout, I think I will get Gravity Forms license and one of the CC add-ons for that plugin instead of using the native CC plugin.

I will keep the TinyMCE icon in mind for simpler builds. Thanks! I appreciate your help.

Yes, please, we need a quick-start guide!

I got your plugin link from Constant Contact email (I’m a CC user).

So now that I downloaded your plugin, what do I do next?

I’d have liked to go to my Plugins > WP plugins, and it there. But there are multiple CC Forms, so I’m afraid I’ll choose the wrong one.

Regina, regarding your last point, do you mean when you’re trying to add the plugin to your website? Look for the one that has “Constant Contact” listed as the author.

It’ll look something like this in the listing: https://cloudup.com/cLZ2SI1jsWE

After that, there’s a few steps to take.

1. Connecting your WP install to your Constant Contact account. There should be prompts for you to do that. It’ll have you log in with your account, and then take care of the rest, including syncing the lists between the site and Constant Contact.
2. Create a form from the available menu items in the “Contact Form” menu item that uses the Constant Contact logo. There you’ll title it, fill in desired fields, and if you’re connected already, have the ability to associate a list from your Constant Contact account with this form. Once happy, hit save.
3. Embed the form on the website. You will see a shortcode in the list of created forms, and you can use that to embed the newly created form in whatever page/post you want it to display in. Users will be able to visit the page, fill out the form, and hit submit. Once they have, they should soon appear in the chosen list on ConstantContact.com. You will also get notified via email that someone signed up.
4. If you happen to not make the Constant Contact connection in step 1, you aren’t out of luck. You can still use it to collect information, and the email notifications will still occur. It simply won’t also go to ConstantContact.com The account with them is not required, but is encouraged.