I’ll be using this blog to surface things that are going on around this site, such as on the forums. If an issue or some information seems particularly relevant I’ll bring it up here. Which brings me onto the subject of hacks.
Matt Mullenweg (founder of WordPress) said…
“I believe that there aren’t any more ‘killer features’ in software, there are 10,000 killer features and everyone has a different 20.”
He may have a point there! That’s why, since the original release of simpleContact Pro, I’ve been busy writing “hacks” – walkthroughs for adding functionality that isn’t currently present in SCP but might be just the thing you need. These are posted to the support forums.
The latest post could be considered an early pass at building in support for the popular email newsletter system Campaign Monitor. I often recommend Campaign Monitor for sending emails to a mailing list – it has a comprehensive feature-set, great design and the cost of sending a campaign (even to thousands of subscribers) is trivially low.
SCP 2.0 includes a CSV export feature that makes it easy to output your mailing list, ready to import into Campaign Monitor.
It could be easier though. It could be seamless.
This new hack uses the Campaign Monitor API so that when a user confirms their mailing list subscription, they automagically appear in your list inside Campaign Monitor.
Check out the Campaign Monitor support for double opt-in mailing list hack. I’d love to hear your feedback on it – you can help guide a built-in implementation for a future version of simpleContact Pro.