Help with e-mail subscriptions--FeedBurner??

sml · March 31, 2014

I have my "new" SmugMug site set up.
And I hired a firm to design a compatible WordPress blog that matches it.
They set up my blog with an e-mail subscription widget using FeedBurner. The only problem I have with that is that the e-mail that gets sent out is the WordPress "page" rather than a link to the page. I'd prefer a link as that will support traffic to my blog and my SmugMug site...hopefully. And the e-mail message doesn't carry over the hyperlinks and formatting on my WP site.
Does anyone know how to configure FeedBurner so that it only sends out a link to a page rather than a copy of the page.
Or, are there any suggestions for other plug-ins or widgets that will work effectively? (Constant Contact or Mail Chimp, for example) Or are there any suggested or recommended forums where I can get help with this?
Thanks much!
Steve

Hikin' Mike · March 31, 2014

I use FV Feedburner Replacement on my WP site.

sml · March 31, 2014

Hikin' Mike wrote: »

I use FV Feedburner Replacement on my WP site.

I know nothing about this stuff! But, apparently from reading the link you sent, I surmise that feedburner is no longer supported or active, so to speak.
So, your suggestion would replace that....I'm assuming?
And, if so, does it allow for customizing what is contained in the feed so I won't have the issue of the entire "page" being sent in an e-mail? So I could replace it with a link to the page?
In other words, how does your e-mail appear to the recipients?
And, were you able to migrate your feedburner subscribers over to this replacement?
Thanks so much for your prompt reply! Appreciated.

Hikin' Mike · April 1, 2014

I really don't know too much about WP Feeds. I was using Feedburner, but I heard that Feedburner discontinued that service. I switched to the FV Feedburner Replacement plugin...just because. As far as I know your subscribers will still be notified.

I subscribed to my sandbox site. I created a new post, and I'm now waiting to see what the e-mail contains. I'll let you know.

Hikin' Mike · April 1, 2014

I haven't seen the e-mail yet. May look for another plugin.

sml · April 1, 2014

Interesting.
I'm shopping, too.
Thanks for getting back to me about this.
I'll let you know if I come up with anything interesting.

Hikin' Mike · April 1, 2014

I'm using 'Subscribe to Comments Reloaded', for my comments but I was looking for just a 'Subscribe via E-mail' plugin. Thought the other plugin was working. Glad I checked....thanks.

I'll let you know...

sml · April 2, 2014

Just had "Jetpack" installed.
Any comments? Suggestions?
Thanks!

Hikin' Mike · April 2, 2014

I have Jetpack, but I'm currently not using the subscription part...yet. I use the 'Publicize' and 'Gravatar Hovercards' plugin from Jetpack.

I did get an e-mail notification an hour ago. I forgot that I didn't add mt testing site to Feedburner. After doing that, made a new post, I got it. I can send you the e-mail if you PM me.

Feedburner is still working, I tested that last night. The issue is (I think) is that Feedburner may go away at any time. If you don't have a back-up plan, all of your subscribers will be lost.

Right now, I like the FV Feedburner plugin. I especially like the form it creates: http://www.imagesinthebackcountry.com/subscribe/. I also created a widget on my blog sidebar. I can send you the code if you're interested.

denisegoldberg · April 2, 2014

Hikin' Mike wrote: »

Feedburner is still working, I tested that last night. The issue is (I think) is that Feedburner may go away at any time. If you don't have a back-up plan, all of your subscribers will be lost.

I've been using feedburner on my blog for years. You're right, it's still working.

I'm hoping there is some notice prior to end-of-life; in the meantime I'm keeping my eye out for a replacement.

--- Denise

Hikin' Mike · April 2, 2014

denisegoldberg wrote: »

I've been using feedburner on my blog for years. You're right, it's still working.

I'm hoping there is some notice prior to end-of-life; in the meantime I'm keeping my eye out for a replacement.

--- Denise

I read this last night: http://dashburst.com/google-feedburner-shutdown-risk/

I haven't implemented it 100%, but created a subdomain for using my feed last night. Still not 100% sure I understand it all though.

sml · April 3, 2014

Hikin' Mike wrote: »

I read this last night: http://dashburst.com/google-feedburner-shutdown-risk/

I haven't implemented it 100%, but created a subdomain for using my feed last night. Still not 100% sure I understand it all though.

This is all so foreign to me! Once we get past the basics, I'm lost.....
All I want to do is have it so that people can subscribe to my blog to follow when I post updates. Feedburner did that for the short time I used it. But I didn't like the format of the e-mail that was sent (text instead of a link, and it didn't include any formatting or workable links in the text). So, now I have Jetpack installed and I'd like to try it. But, I can't figure out how to migrate the subscribers I have (from Feedburner) over to Jetpack.
Very frustrating.
I have written to the person who set up my blog and to Jetpack. Waiting to hear back.

What do you mean by "created a subdomain for using my feed?"

(I've spent more time on this aspect of my setup than I did designing my SmugMug site! Aaargh....)

Thanks.

Hikin' Mike · April 4, 2014

sml wrote: »

This is all so foreign to me! Once we get past the basics, I'm lost.....
All I want to do is have it so that people can subscribe to my blog to follow when I post updates. Feedburner did that for the short time I used it. But I didn't like the format of the e-mail that was sent (text instead of a link, and it didn't include any formatting or workable links in the text). So, now I have Jetpack installed and I'd like to try it. But, I can't figure out how to migrate the subscribers I have (from Feedburner) over to Jetpack.
Very frustrating.
I have written to the person who set up my blog and to Jetpack. Waiting to hear back.

What do you mean by "created a subdomain for using my feed?"

(I've spent more time on this aspect of my setup than I did designing my SmugMug site! Aaargh....)

Thanks.

I did this yesterday: http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mybrand

My "old" Feedburner was 'feeds.feedburner.com/imagesinthebackcountry'. Now it points to this: 'feeds/imagesinthebackcountry.com/imagesinthebackcountry'.

I removed the FV Feedburner plugin and started using Jetpack too. Curious to see what they say too.

sml · April 7, 2014

OK....I've had Jetpack set up since Friday. No problems at all. In fact, so far so good.
I've sent messages to previous subscribers indicating that there was a new plug in and I asked them to re-register. Almost all did so...though I only had 40!
Haven't made a blog posting this week, but it seems straightforward.
And there are plenty of "tools" included with the plug-in. I don't understand what most of them do, though! haha
I'll keep you posted....
One more thing--they respond promptly to e-mail support issues! Impressive.

Hikin' Mike · April 7, 2014

sml wrote: »

OK....I've had Jetpack set up since Friday. No problems at all. In fact, so far so good.
I've sent messages to previous subscribers indicating that there was a new plug in and I asked them to re-register. Almost all did so...though I only had 40!
Haven't made a blog posting this week, but it seems straightforward.
And there are plenty of "tools" included with the plug-in. I don't understand what most of them do, though! haha
I'll keep you posted....
One more thing--they respond promptly to e-mail support issues! Impressive.

You have more subscribers them me.

sml · April 8, 2014

Here are a couple of interesting links/resources that were sent to me by the support from Jetpack.

http://www.wpexplorer.com/jetpack-wordpress-plugin/

http://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/give-your-wordpress-site-wings-with-jetpack--wp-28611

david2uall · May 27, 2014

Subscribe with Wufoo and MailChimp
check out my site www.nosigram.com. I solved the subsribe problem (ie. without RSS).

1. Sign-up for free MailChimp account and create a mailing list.
2. Create 3 MailChimp campaigns (daily, weekly, monthly). NOTE: the Lastname field will be used to store the Wufoo subscribe option (daily, weekly, monthly). You can set a segment up with the condition Lastname is weekly that will filter the list for just those subscribers who signed up for weekly for example.
3. Sign-up for free Wufoo account and create a simple subscribe form (with radio buttons for daily, weekly, and monthly). When you get to the Notifications section click Integration->MailChimp to setup 2-way data sharing between Wufoo and MailChimp. NOTE: The Lastname must be mapped to the notification option (ie. daily, weekly, monthly).
4. In SmugMug Create a New Page. Add Content->Services->Wufoo Form. You will need to enter the URL to your Wufoo form you created in step 3 (find this by viewing your Wufoo form and copy-and-past the URL from the address bar).
5. In SmugMug Create a Navigation Menu Item 'Subscribe' and link to the Subscribe page created in step 4.
That's it! Now once a user subsribes wufoo will send their information directly to MailChimp and once a day/week/month you can run the MailChimp campaign to alert users of updates.

Let me know how it works!!

sml · May 28, 2014

Thanks, David. However, at the moment I'm set up and functioning with Jetpack and I don't have any apparent issues. But, I will keep this in mind for future reference...I'm learning that this is a dynamic process!!