Setup newsletter plugin

Hi,

I found this newsletter plugin https://github.com/mcspronko/grav-plugin-newsletter
But I am new to grav and not quite sure how to set it up. Got it running in the admin panel but I have no idea how to integrate the form in the client page.

Would be great if anyone can help me with that! :) Sadly there is zero documentation for this plugin...

Hi, in principle after you activated the Newsletter plugin, you need to set up a page like https://learn.getgrav.org/forms/forms/example-form . The frontmatter in our case looks like

---yaml
title: Newsletter

form:
fields:

• name: name
  label: Name
  placeholder: Enter your name
  autofocus: on
  autocomplete: on
  type: text
  validate:
  required: true

• name: email
  label: Email
  placeholder: Enter your email address
  type: email
  validate:
  required: true

  buttons:

• type: submit
  value: Submit

• type: reset
  value: Reset

  process:

• subscribe:
  filename: newsletter.txt
  operation: add

  TXTCopy

Note the subscribe action. Maybe you need to adjust the settings a bit, since I haven't tested it.

Concerning the plugin, consider it as "pre-alpha" release, since it is not included in the GPM and thus may contain some bugs or even security issues... Further although recently created, it seems to be abandoned for me.

I second Sommerregen, would be nice to have such plugin well documented and in the GPM.

Currently I would just use (and I do use myself) some JS from a service that provides newsletters and a js-based form collection which automates the opt-in. You add it to the theme's twig, and you're set.

Hi, thanks for the answers! :)
Yep, I also thought using something like Mailchimp would be better for now. But thanks Sommerregen for the great explanation, helped me to better understand grav! :)