MailChimp Light¶

A pop-up with a fixed position on a page (Left, Right, or Center).

To create it:

1. Navigate to Design - Layouts.
2. Switch to the page you want to add a block to.
3. Click the + button to add a block.

4. In the Create new block tab, select the Signup forms block.

5. In the General tab, type in a name for the block, select Signup popup from the Template list. Click Settings and configure the block up to your needs.

• Position on the page—Decide where the block should be displayed on a page: to the left, to the right, or in the center.
• Popup style—Pick the style for your pop-up: default or with rounded corners.
• Show on mobile devices—If enabled, the pop-up will be shown on mobile devices. Leave empty if you want the pop-up to appear only on the desktop version.
• Show in x seconds—You can set the delay in seconds when the pop-up will be shown. Enter 0 if you want the pop-up to be shown at page load. For example, if you enter ‘5’, the pop-up will appear in 5 seconds after the page loads.
• Hide in x% of page scrolling—The pop-up will be hidden after the user scrolls to a certain percentage of a page. Enter 0 if you want the pop-up to remain on the page until the user closes it.
• Show the window once per session—If enabled, the pop-up will be shown only once per browser session.
• Show once within time period (days)—The pop-up will be shown once per specified number of days. Leave the field empty or enter ‘0’ if you want the pop-up to be shown at each page load. Note that the ‘Show the window once per session’ setting above has a higher priority.

6. In the Content tab, type in the text in the provided fields.

7. Click Create.

Can be placed as a block anywhere on a page.

To create it:

1. Repeat points 1-4 described above.
2. In the General tab, type in a name for the block, select Signup form from the Template list, and configure the settings of the template.

3. In the Content tab, type in the text in the provided fields.

4. Click Create.

In your MailChimp account,

1. Go to the Lists section. Select the list of users whom you want to send a newsletter with reward points.

2. Under Settings select List fields and *|MERGE|* tags.

3. Click the Add a Field button.

4. Select Number for the field type.

5. Name the field, for example Reward points.

6. Click Save changes.

In the admin panel of your store,

1. Go to Marketing > Advanced mailing lists.
2. Select the list you set up in MailChimp at the previous step.
3. Switch to the Fields mapping tab.
4. Select the Others: Reward points field for the Profile field and Reward points for the MailChimp field.

5. Click Save.

Note

At this point you will not see values in the Reward points column in your MailChimp account. Proceed to the next step to know how to update information in MailChimp.

You’ll need to update information about the number of reward points your customers have in MailChimp. You can do this in two ways:

Option 1. Manually

1. Go to Customers > Customers.
2. Select the necessary customers, then click the gear button in the top right corner and select Update information in MailChimp.

Option 2. By cron script

You can choose to update customer information, including the number of reward points customers have, automatically. To do so, you’ll need to set up a cron job on your server to run it according to a schedule. In this case you will not need to update customer information manually each time they receive reward points.

Use the following command:

php /path/to/cart/admin.php –dispatch=advanced_mailing_list_cron.update –cron_password=CRON_PASSWORD

where:

path/to/cart is the path to your website

CRON_PASSWORD is the access key to the cron script that you can find under Settings > Security settings.

Once you update information in MailChimp, you will see values in the contacts list:

In your MailChimp account,

1. Go to the Lists section and create a new list:

2. Fill in the provided fields and click Save.

3. You will see a created list with no contacts so far. To add them, proceed to the next steps.

In the admin panel of your store,

1. Go to Marketing > Advanced mailing lists.
2. Click the + button to add a new mailing list.
3. In the General tab, give it a name, select the MailChimp list you’ve created at the previous step, and in the Actions drop-down select Abandoned/Live carts.

4. In the Fields mapping tab, map the CS-Cart and MailChimp fields:

5. Click Create.

You can do that in two ways: manually via the admin panel or automatically via a cron job on the server.

In the admin panel of your store,

1. Go to Marketing > Abandoned/Live carts.
2. Select the users whom you want to add to the mailing list, click the gear button in the top right corner, and select Add to mailing list.

3. In the pop-up, select the mailing list you’ve created at the previous step. Click Add to mailing list.

4. You should see a notice showing the number of contacts that have been imported/updated or skipped.

Done. Now you have a mailing list of customers with abandoned carts. Go back to the MailChimp list to see a list of contacts:

Alternatively, you can add users to the mailing list automatically. To do so, you will need to set up a cron job on the server where your store is installed.

Use the following command:

php /path/to/cart/admin.php –dispatch=advanced_mailing_list_cron.abandoned_carts –cron_password=CRON_PASSWORD

where:

path/to/cart is the path to your website

CRON_PASSWORD is the access key to the cron script that you can find under Settings > Security settings.

Now it’s time to create automated newsletters. Follow this guide to learn how.

In your MailChimp account,

1. Go to the Lists section and create a new list:

2. Fill in the provided fields and click Save.
3. You will see a created list with no contacts so far.

In the admin panel of your store,

1. Go to Marketing > Advanced mailing lists.
2. Click the + button to add a new mailing list.
3. In the General tab, give it a name, select the MailChimp list you’ve created at the previous step, and in the Actions drop-down select Follow vendor.

4. Click Settings and select vendors for this list. You can select one vendor, or you can select multiple ones.

4. In the Fields mapping tab, map the CS-Cart and MailChimp fields:

5. Click Create.

Now that you’ve created a mailing list in CS-Cart and a list in MailChimp, your customers can subscribe to vendors. Once they click “Follow vendor”, they will be automatically added to the list of contacts in the MailChimp list.

In your MailChimp account,

1. Go to the Lists section and create a new list:

2. Fill in the provided fields and click Save.

3. You will see a created list with no contacts so far. To add them, proceed to the next step.

In the admin panel of your store,

1. Go to Marketing > Advanced mailing lists.
2. Click the + button to add a new mailing list.
3. In the General tab, give it a name, select the MailChimp list you’ve created at the previous step, and in the Actions drop-down select User groups. Click Settings and select the necessary user group.

4. In the Fields mapping tab, map the CS-Cart and MailChimp fields:

5. Click Create.

You can do that in two ways: manually via the admin panel or automatically via a cron job on the server.

In the admin panel of your store,

1. Go to Customers > User groups.
2. Select the necessary user group which you want to synchronize with MailChimp, click the gear button in the top right corner, and select Update information in MailChimp.

3. The customers in the user group will be added to the corresponding list in MailChimp. Go back to the MailChimp list to see a list of contacts:

Alternatively, you can add users to the mailing list automatically. To do so, you will need to set up a cron job on the server where your store is installed.

Use the following command:

php /path/to/cart/admin.php –dispatch=advanced_mailing_list_cron.usergroups –cron_password=CRON_PASSWORD

where:

path/to/cart is the path to your website

CRON_PASSWORD is the access key to the cron script that you can find under Settings > Security settings.

Now it’s time to create automated newsletters. Follow this guide to learn how.