Another amazing integration added in JD Builder’s Form element is the MailChimp Integration. Now you can manage your form audience using this by merging the additional information.
Follow these steps to know how you can integrate the MailChimp with the Form Builder:-
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Create your MailChimp Audience. Learn more from here.
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Go to Audience > All Contacts > Settings dropdown > Audience fields & *|MERGE|* tags.
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Create the fields that you would like to merge from the Form in the selected Audience.
Some common field types are already mentioned there which makes it easy to create new fields. Write the Field label and change the tag name if required. You can even set if the status of the fields in the Form if it is a required and is visible or not. -
After this go to JD Builder Global configuration option > Add MailChimp keys.
Go back to your Joomla site’s configuration options there you will see the option of adding MailChimp keys. -
Add the key field values.
Server Prefix is the value you see in you MailChimp URL the first few characters before .admin & for Key value go to your MailChimp Account > Extra dropdown > API Keys. Create a new key if you don’t have one. -
Save the global settings and then go to JD Builder page and create your Form via the form element.
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Go to General > Submit Options > Select MailChimp.
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After selecting MailChimp submit options go to the MailChimp sub-tab.
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Add the field values here.
In Email field add the field value smart tag, add the audience fields items that you created in the step 3. Merge tag is the field’s tag name & Merge With has to be that field’s value smart tag. Add as many items as you want to merge. Make sure these are also there in the Audience field list.
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Select your Audience from the dropdown list, that was created in step 1.
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Save and submit your Form.
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After form submission you will see the user submissions in Audience > All contacts.
Choose the audience whose list you wish to see.