Frequently Asked Questions

How can I add a basic sign-up form to my website?

Simple signup form template:

 <form method="get" action="http://www.followupxpert.com/submit.php">
 	<input type="hidden" name="submit_to" value="MAILING LIST EMAIL">
 	<input type="hidden" name="submit_subject" value="SUBSCRIBE">
 	<input type="hidden" name="submit_successURL" value="SUCCESS URL">
 	<input type="hidden" name="submit_failureURL" value="FAILURE URL">
 
 	<table border="0" cellpadding="5px">
 		<tr>
 			<td class="text">Name:</td>
 			<td align="right"><input name="name"></td>
 		</tr>
 		<tr>
 			<td class="text">Email:</td>
 			<td align="right"><input name="submit_from"></td>
 		</tr>
 		<tr>
 			<td colspan="2" align="right"><button type="submit">Submit</button></td>
 		</tr>
 	</table>
 </form>

Replace the fields marked in red:

MAILING LIST EMAIL		The email the message will be sent to (FollowUpExpert should be downloading new mail from this account).
SUCCESS URL		Address of the web page the visitor will see after he or she successfully submits the form, e.g. http://www.mydomain.com/thankyou.htm.
FAILURE URL		This is the address of the page the visitor will see if there's a problem sending mail etc., e.g. http://www.mydomain.com/error.htm

To configure FollowUpExpert to work with the form, please do the following:

Create a mailing list.
Configure it to download new mail from the email account the MAILING LIST EMAIL above points to.
Click the "Subscribe" tab and enable subscription by email.
Tell the program to only accept messages that have "SUBSCRIBE" in the subject: click "Mail Filter", click "Every incoming message...", turn on the option labeled "The Subject line contains specific words", click the "words" link, type in "SUBSCRIBE" (w/o quotes), click "Add" and "OK", "OK".
Click "Form/Parsing".
Tell the program how to extract the email address from the message sent by the form: click "Add", type in "submit_from" (w/o quotes) into the "Starts with" text box, choose "Email" using the "Save as" drop-down list and click "OK".
Tell the program how to extract the name: click "Add", type in "name" (again, w/o quotes) into the "Starts with" text box, choose "Name" using the "Save as" drop-down list and click "OK".
Click "OK", "OK" until you get to the main screen.

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