heytherebirdie

I’m wondering similar… I already have malware detection software installed on my laptop and I keep it updated. Is the malware detection that comes with the plugin one that would compliment what I already have or simply duplicate and/or conflict with it? How do I know?

Brandon, is it typical for MailChimp and others to exclude “http:” from the URL given? Is it assumed that even a newbie would know to include this portion? I only figured it out by reexamining the tutorial after more trial and error, noticing that it was missing, and guessing that it was the missing piece.

UPDATE: I’m a bit remiss (and embarrassed). I went back through the tutorial with a closer eye to look for what I may have done wrong. I realized that I was only supposed to copy a portion of the code from MailChimp, not the whole thing. So, I deleted what I entered and replaced it with this: //heytherebirdie.us9.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=c73d5c131995f8c60c3a567c0&id=100ba60eab It still didn’t work, so I added “http:” to the beginning aaaaand…

Guess what?? It worked! I really wish MailChimp would have either included that little portion in the code, or instructed otherwise that it’s needed. I honestly wouldn’t have known… I just guessed.

Little triumphs which is saying a lot because, in this endeavor, I feel like I hopped a plane to Mexico and don’t know a lick of Spanish. I don’t have the option to delete my posts here, so hopefully they will help someone else.

Oh, and in case it helps any, here’s what I copied/pasted from MailChimp (I think it’s called embedded form code?) into the ‘form action’ slot in the plugin:

<!-- Begin MailChimp Signup Form -->
<div id="mc_embed_signup">
<form action="//heytherebirdie.us9.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=c73d5c131995f8c60c3a567c0&id=100ba60eab" method="post" id="mc-embedded-subscribe-form" name="mc-embedded-subscribe-form" class="validate" target="_blank" novalidate>
    <div id="mc_embed_signup_scroll">
	<h2>Subscribe to our mailing list</h2>
<div class="mc-field-group">
	<label for="mce-EMAIL">Email Address </label>
	<input type="email" value="" name="EMAIL" class="required email" id="mce-EMAIL">
</div>
<div class="mc-field-group">
	<label for="mce-FNAME">First Name </label>
	<input type="text" value="" name="FNAME" class="" id="mce-FNAME">
</div>
<div class="mc-field-group">
	<label for="mce-LNAME">Last Name </label>
	<input type="text" value="" name="LNAME" class="" id="mce-LNAME">
</div>
	<div id="mce-responses" class="clear">
		<div class="response" id="mce-error-response" style="display:none"></div>
		<div class="response" id="mce-success-response" style="display:none"></div>
	</div>    <!-- real people should not fill this in and expect good things - do not remove this or risk form bot signups-->
    <div style="position: absolute; left: -5000px;"><input type="text" name="b_c73d5c131995f8c60c3a567c0_100ba60eab" tabindex="-1" value=""></div>
    <div class="clear"><input type="submit" value="Subscribe" name="subscribe" id="mc-embedded-subscribe" class="button"></div>
    </div>
</form>
</div>

<!--End mc_embed_signup-->