Can I embed or integrate Convert Kit onto my Write.as website?

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Just wondering: Can I embed or integrate Convert Kit onto my Write.as website?

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Maybe with the HTML embed form.

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Thanks. Do you know where I find that? I see in another post someone recommended iframe. Not sure if that’s at all related. Not sure if I have the know-how. Thank you, again.

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src=“OpenStreetMap Embedded”>

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Convertkit has embedding options for each form (here’s an article). Just grab the HTML one, then insert it into your blog post (for example). If you do, use the plain text editor.

Better is to insert it into your Post Signature section from your blog’s Customize page. This way your form (assuming it’s an email opt-in) appears on all pages.

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I’ve been trying to do this as well, but can’t think of a solution that will work. The Write.as editor doesn’t accept javascript. And even the HTML version that @justinf mentions still requires a line of javascript. For the record, I’ve tried to add it to the footer as well, but that also strips the javascript.

I love the convenience of the built-in Write.as subscriptions. However, there are a few issues with that setup:

  1. The formatting needs a lot of help (with no customization options)
  2. There’s no physical address listed, which violates spam laws
  3. It’s just a blast of the article with no way to group, organize, etc.

Because of this I created a Convert Kit account and wanted to get it integrated. The only way I can see making it work is to add a link to the landing-page version of their subscription form, but that’s not ideal.

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I think @matt should see this, particularly #2.

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Thank you, both. I can tell this is not something I want to try. But can’t I just otherwise provide a link on a page to a form? Thanks for your info.

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Yes, you can. I mentioned this but it got lost in the mix:

Create your Convert Kit landing page, then just link to it from the “post signature” section of “customization.” This will be available on every post view.

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markwyner, thank you. That seems simple enough. I’m hoping I can add text to the link since I can’t even remember right now what can be done with a post signature. Thank you.

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You’re very welcome.

The signature is in “customize.” It’s just a textarea that accepts Markdown and HTML. So you can put a link and more in there. If you look on my theme, everything in the “like this?” box and below is all in my signature.

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Mark, thank you. What an awesome article! Seriously and truly. I gained so much from reading that for so many reasons. You should have many subscribers, perhaps like substack, yet I love the autonomy of write.as.

Thank you for pointing me to the “like this?” box. I see it works perfectly. I’ve been overcomplicating! Thank you again for a superb article, and your help.

gina

p.s. I subscribed!

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Awe. That’s very kind of you. You’re the best. :raised_hands:t2:

Also, I’m glad I was able to help you figure things out.

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Mark, I was subscribed to your blog (through write.as), and today got an email from you via convertkit. I didn’t know what it was at first (hadn’t had my coffee) so I unsubscribed during my morning inbox cleanup.

Did you copy/paste emails that signed-up from write.as into convertkit, because I still just see the write.as email sign-up option on your website?

Just letting you know b/c you might see similar activity from folks.

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Hey, Justin.

I first added the built-in Write.as subscribe form because it was easy. But it sends out malformed emails. So I changed my email service provider (ESP) to ConvertKit. I’m only sending out what I publish on Write.as, but on that platform I can control the format of the emails that get sent out. You were the only unsubscribe. Everyone else opened and read seamlessly.

Regarding my live site, the form looks like the built-in Write.as form, but it’s ConvertKit.

You mentioned confusion about the email you received. I’m curious if you had ill feelings about seeing a different format to the email? It’s not uncommon to move newsletter subscribers from one ESP to another. But I wonder how that experience comes across to folks.

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I was literally just nuking email from my inbox first thing in the morning and wasn’t paying attention, so don’t worry on that front. I like that the form looks like the write.as one. Maybe one day I’ll do something similar.

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