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How to Design a Custom Opt-in form without a Plugin // Part 2: Embed a Sign Up Form into your Blog This is part 2 of a 4 part series. All 4 parts should be published by end of Nov. 2013.

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Page 1: How to Design a Custom Opt-in form without a Plugin // Part 2

Design a Custom Opt-in form

DESIGN YOUR OWN BLOG

by Marianne Manthey

without a Plugin

How to

2

Page 2: How to Design a Custom Opt-in form without a Plugin // Part 2

DESIGN YOUR OWN BLOG

PART 2

Embed a Sign Up Form into your Blog

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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This Slideshare is Part 2 of a 4 part tutorial

on designing a custom opt-in (sign up) form

for your blog.

The entire tutorial can be found here:

DesignYourOwnBlog.com

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Part 1 (last slideshow)

Create a Sign Up Form in MailChimp

• Create a List

• Create a Form

• Get the Embed Code

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Part 2 (this slideshow)

Embed a Sign Up Form into your Blog

• Embed into WordPress Widget

• Embed into Blogger Gadget

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Part 3 (video)

Design Your Opt-in Form in PicMonkey

• Upload a background “photo”

• Add graphic elements

• Save as a background image

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Part 4 (slideshow)

Style the Opt-in Form Design in your Blog

• A few simple CSS lessons – don’t be scared!

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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A: Embed Form into a WordPress Widget

Skip to slide 17 if you’re on Blogger

EMBED A FORM INTO YOUR WORDPRESS BLOG

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From your Dashboard, click on Appearance>Widgets

EMBED A FORM INTO YOUR WORDPRESS BLOG

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Expand the Sidebar

EMBED A FORM INTO YOUR WORDPRESS BLOG

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Drag a Text Widget into the Sidebar

EMBED A FORM INTO YOUR WORDPRESS BLOG

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Expand the Text Widget

EMBED A FORM INTO YOUR WORDPRESS BLOG

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Go back to MailChimp and copy the embed

code from Part 1.

EMBED A FORM INTO YOUR WORDPRESS BLOG

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Paste the HTML

code into the text

widget.

EMBED A FORM INTO YOUR WORDPRESS BLOG

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View your blog

page…

And refresh.

EMBED A FORM INTO YOUR WORDPRESS BLOG

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Your new form

should now

appear.

Hmm… needs

work!

EMBED A FORM INTO YOUR WORDPRESS BLOG

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B: Embed Form into a Blogger Gadget

WordPress folks, skip to slide 24

EMBED A FORM INTO YOUR BLOGGER BLOG

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From your Dashboard, click on Layout

EMBED A FORM INTO YOUR BLOGGER BLOG

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Next, click Add a Gadget in the sidebar

EMBED A FORM INTO YOUR BLOGGER BLOG

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Click the [+] to add the HTML/JavaScript gadget

EMBED A FORM INTO YOUR BLOGGER BLOG

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Go back to MailChimp and copy the embed

code from Part 1.

EMBED A FORM INTO YOUR BLOGGER BLOG

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Paste the HTML code into the window

EMBED A FORM INTO YOUR BLOGGER BLOG

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View your blog

and refresh.

Your new form

should now

appear!

EMBED A FORM INTO YOUR BLOGGER BLOG

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Our forms aren’t exactly very pretty are they?

That’s ok. In Part 3, we’ll have fun designing

our new forms!

EMBED A FORM INTO YOUR BLOG

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Continue the 4 Part Tutorial

THANK YOU

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Thank you for watching Part 2 of How to Design a Custom Opt-in Form without a Plugin!

*All MailChimp links are referral links.

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