Gravity Support Forums Topic: MailChimp and Checkboxes

Gravity Support Forums Topic: MailChimp and Checkboxes https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/mailchimp-and-checkboxes Gravity Support Forums Topic: MailChimp and Checkboxes en-US Sat, 04 Apr 2026 01:18:22 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 <![CDATA[Search]]> q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php motherny on "MailChimp and Checkboxes" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/mailchimp-and-checkboxes#post-25223 Tue, 10 May 2011 15:26:40 +0000 motherny 25223@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ Thanks dndco, I'll give it a try now and report back. dndco on "MailChimp and Checkboxes" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/mailchimp-and-checkboxes#post-25216 Tue, 10 May 2011 14:57:02 +0000 dndco 25216@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ Hi @mgyura and @motherny, These updates aren’t completely seamless so you will have to update some code hard coding a few values but on the front end it is working perfect for us. Browse to your gravityformsmailchimp folder -> open mailchimp.php Scroll to line 592 OR search for “$merge_vars = $api->listMergeVars($config["meta"]["contact_list_id"]);” in the “private static function edit_page()” function. Paste this line of code right below the line of code above. //Added by dndco to allow for the G-Form mapping of Hidden text group names. array_push($merge_vars, Array("name"=>'INTERESTS', "req"=>"", "field_type"=>"text", "public"=>"1", "show"=>"1", "order"=>"7", "default"=>"", "helptext"=>"", "size"=>"25", "tag"=>"INTERESTS")); This forces an element into the merge_vars array called INTERESTS which you will map to your hidden field on your G-form through your Admin. You will most likely have to update the value assigned to “order” shown above. Order is where your interest group’s form element exists in your Mailchimp form. So if your Mailchimp form has these elements … FName, LName, Email, Group Checkboxes … order would be set at 4 for this example as your Group Checkboxes are in the 4th spot/location on the Mailchimp Form. Scroll to line 698 or search for “$merge_vars = $api->listMergeVars($list_id);” Paste this line of code again below the above line and make sure to update your order value to match the order of your Mailchimp list. //Added by dndco to allow for the G-Form mapping of Hidden text group names. array_push($merge_vars, Array("name"=>'INTERESTS', "req"=>"", "field_type"=>"text", "public"=>"1", "show"=>"1", "order"=>"7", "default"=>"", "helptext"=>"", "size"=>"25", "tag"=>"INTERESTS")); Those two pieces of code will allow you to map your hidden G-Form element to a MailChimp form element called “INTERESTS” and will insert the group name into Mailchimp. *** YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOUR G-FORM HIDDEN ELEMENT NAME/VALUE MATCHES YOUR MAILCHIMP GROUP NAME VALUE EXACTLY. *** ex. If your interest group for this form is “Fine Dining” then your hidden G-form element has to be “Fine Dining” spelled exactly the same. Now we will update a user’s info if they already exist in the list. Scroll to line 1059 or search for “$retval = $api->listSubscribe($feed["meta"]["contact_list_id"], $email, $merge_vars, "html", $double_optin, false, true, $send_welcome );” Paste this code below the line of code above. //Start of dndco’s code if (!$retval) { switch($api->errorCode) { case '214' : $retval = $api->listUpdateMember($feed["meta"]["contact_list_id"], $email, $merge_vars, "html", false); break; default: $errormsg = $api->errorCode.":".$api->errorMessage; // send e-mail to admin with MailChimp Error $emailAdmin = get_option('admin_email'); // Your subject $subject = "Gravity Form to MailChimp Error"; // Your message $message = "An error occurred during MailChimp insert for user " . $email . " Error information: "; $message.= $errormsg; // send email $sentmail = wp_mail($emailAdmin, $subject, $message); break; } } //End of dndco’s code Code description: If $retval throws any type of error capture it and evaluate. Error code 214 means user already in list so we want to update info if error == 214. If error != 214 send an email to the admin of the WordPress site with the MailChimp error code, description and email address of user submitting the form. Again it’s not elegant but it works for our situation and allows us to have one MailChimp list with multiple interest groups. Hope this helps. motherny on "MailChimp and Checkboxes" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/mailchimp-and-checkboxes#post-24515 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 12:58:36 +0000 motherny 24515@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ dndco, I could use the same functionality. Can you please share the update with me as well. mgyura on "MailChimp and Checkboxes" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/mailchimp-and-checkboxes#post-24475 Thu, 28 Apr 2011 20:27:18 +0000 mgyura 24475@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ dndco, This is exactly what I am trying to accomplish. Would you mind sharing your code with me? Thank you for your time dndco on "MailChimp and Checkboxes" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/mailchimp-and-checkboxes#post-23179 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:54:02 +0000 dndco 23179@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ Hello, I could not wait for these enhancements to be made so I updated (hacked) the MailChimp 1.3.2 Add-on code myself to add this functionality. 1) Hidden Gravity Form Text Field Maps to Mailchimp Groups. (The hidden field name and group name must match exactly or user doesn’t get inserted or updated.) 2) If user already exists in the MailChimp list, update the user information in instead of doing nothing. 3) If any type of insert/update error occurs when calling MailChimp API send email with error code, error description and the submitters information to admin of website. I'd be happy to share my code updates if this functionality is still desired by anyone. Anonymous on "MailChimp and Checkboxes" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/mailchimp-and-checkboxes#post-16544 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:21:39 +0000 Anonymous 16544@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ Fair enough. Thanks for taking time to reply. Alex Cancado on "MailChimp and Checkboxes" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/mailchimp-and-checkboxes#post-16540 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:11:36 +0000 Alex Cancado 16540@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ We do intend to add this functionality, but we don't have a time line yet. Their new API does support that feature, but it expects batches of emails to be added at once to a segment, so that might pose some problems with the integration since Gravity Forms adds one email at the time. I am pretty sure we will be able to figure something out, but to be honest, it will probably take a little while before we can get to this feature. Anonymous on "MailChimp and Checkboxes" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/mailchimp-and-checkboxes#post-16464 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:39:20 +0000 Anonymous 16464@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ Hmm, reading through this specific forum, though the topics didn't turn up in a search, it seems that this is an oft requested feature, and the response going back at least 10 months is that it's something planned. Any time line? I'm assuming then their API supports it, it's just not built into the add-on? Anonymous on "MailChimp and Checkboxes" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/mailchimp-and-checkboxes#post-16461 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:11:12 +0000 Anonymous 16461@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ OK, I just checked again, and it seems that even though MailChimp treats groups as part of the form, they aren't included in the List fields. I will follow up with them and report back anything I discover in case anyone else tries to bend these two tools in a manner they might not have originally been intended… Anonymous on "MailChimp and Checkboxes" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/mailchimp-and-checkboxes#post-16458 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:06:10 +0000 Anonymous 16458@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ I had two groups in MailChimp that were hidden in their form for segmenting. They don't show up as options to map a gravity form input (checkboxes). I set the group to not be hidden in MailChimp. They still don't show up as options to map a gravity form. In a perfect world, I make a single hidden field in gravity forms for a particular option on the group, and pass that to MailChimp for the Type field to a specific option. Ie, I have a group - Fruit. Options are apple, banana, grape. If visitor fills out form 4, I pass a hidden field to MailChimp for the Fruit group as apple. Any insight into why Gravity Forms isn't seeing these checkbox options?