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Insert our "Subscribe" component into your web site 
and your web site visitors can simply:

1. click on a hyperlink or graphic,
2. enter their e-mail address, and
3. click the "Subscribe" or "Unsubscribe" buttons.

Our "Subscribe" program automatically subscribe or unsubscribe visitors to or from you e-mailing list. You can even include survey questions or other information you may want to collect.

Subscribe buttons work with the list-serve program provided with our hosting plans that include a virtual mail server.

** You must set up a mailing list on your mail server **
** before implementing subscribe buttons. **

There are three different ways to implement CommerceStreet.com's "Subscribe" program. Our 'Subscribe Wizard' will create the hyperlink required for options 1 and 2.

1. The easiest way is to simply hyperlink to the program. You can hyperlink a graphic, hyperlink text, or both, as above. Hyperlink to the program at /cgi-sys/Subscribe.asp and our program does the rest.
   
   - It determines the page you hyperlinked from,
   - brings up a "Subscribe" input form,
   - subscribes (or un-subscribes) your visitor, and
   - returns your visitor to the page they left.
   
   You must provide 3 parameters in the hyperlink URL,
   
   Title - this title is displayed in the subscribe box,
   
   List - the name of the list, and
   
   Domain - the domain of the list.
   
   It's as easy as this: Subscribe to our Newsletter
   
   

2. You can incorporate the "Subscribe" form into a page on your web site to customize the page so that it matches your web site.
   
   Simply name your page with an ".asp" extension, and insert this HTML where you want the form:
   
   <!-- include virtual="/cgi-sys/Subscribe.inc"-->
   
   A full functional Subscribe input form will appear in your web page. You'll need to call this page with the URL parameters as in #1 above.
   
   

3. You can create your own Subscribe form and post it to the
   /cgi-sys/SubscribeTo.asp form handler.
   
   Three form fields are required, "Subscriber", "List" and "Domain.

Subscriber is the e-mail address of the person subscribing or unsubscribing

Domain and List are the same as in #1 and #2 above. When creating your own form, you can put these required fields in your form as hidden fields, eliminating the need to pass then with the URL.

The following fields are optional. They can be set with hidden fields, filled in (or left blank) by the respondent, or disregarded completely. Optional field names and descriptions are:

Name - if this field is included and filled out, the subscriber's name is included in the mail server database.

ReferURL - This is the URL of the page the sender is sent to after submitting the form. If it is not provided, the sender is left on a blank page. The following hidden field on an asp page will fill in this field with the referring URL automatically:
<input type="hidden" name="ReferURL" value="<% =Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_REFERER") %>">

Notify - If this field is set to "Yes" (not case sensitive) a copy of the subscription will be sent to an e-mail account named subscriptions@ the domain name supplied for the list. All fields included in the form will be sent with the notify, allowing you to collect information with the subscription requests.

Submit buttons are mandatory, must be named "Action", and must be set to "Subscribe", "Unsubscribe" and "Cancel". Eliminating a button eliminates that option.

 
Subscribe Wizard

Answer two questions and we'll create the hyperlink for options 1 and 2 above.