The Jahia MailChimp Integration Module (JMCIM) is the powerful tool for publishing your Jahia content into MailChimp campaigns. It has some powerful features to improve your MailChimp workflow, such as mapping site users to MailChimp lists, creating sets of MailChimp campaigns with the same settings and automating them, subscribing and unsubscribing to MailChimp lists with on-site components, and more.
To learn more about MailChimp features, options and settings, see the MailChimp Knowledge Base at http://kb.mailchimp.com/.
If you are familiar with installing Jahia modules, you may skip this paragraph and continue reading at JMCIM CONFIGURATION chapter.
You have two options to install JMCIM into your Jahia.
Select Jahia MailChimp Integration Module.
Now the module is deployed to your site.
To configure JMCIM switch to Edit mode and then select MailChimp Configuration node (C) from the Site Settings tab.
To add or replace your API-Key to JMCIM, paste it into the input field (B) on a MailChimp Configuration/Settings (A) node. The key will be validated automatically and in a case of successful validation check mark will appear (C). Otherwise, you should check and re-enter your MailChimp API-key.
MailChimp account details will be shown after validation. Note, that you can't edit them from this module.
Template is a MailChimp term for the layout that you build your campaign on. To find out more about MailChimp templates, visit the MailChimp Knowledge base (http://kb.mailchimp.com/campaigns/ways-to-build/templates-vs-campaigns?_ga=1.184451046.1576595803.1473242553)
You can view and edit templates that were created in JMCIM only. To access and manage all your MailChimp templates press the link (A) on a form to be redirected to MailChimp site.
According MailChimp Knowledge base, LIST is a collection of subscribers who have opted-in to receive correspondence from you or your organization.
You can use lists previously created in MailChimp or create new either using MailChimp subscribe Component on your site or using MailChimp.
All list Configuration options are located on MailChimp Configuration/ Templates (A) screen.
According to MailChimp Knowledge base, list is a collection of subscribers who have opted-in to receive correspondence from you or your organization.
You can use lists previously created in MailChimp or create new either via MailChimp subscribe Component on your site or MailChimp site forms.
All list Configuration options are located on MailChimp Configuration/ Templates (A) screen.
This screen allows you to:
To add previously created MailChimp list to JMCIM just click "Add MailChimp List to Site" button (B).
After that MailChimp list selector area (C) with list of all MailChimp lists from your account will appear. Choose one or more lists from list selector (D) and press Add button (E). Now list(s) are added so you may configure it.
You can configure some MailChimp mapped lists directly in JMCIM:
While adding MailChimp list to JMCIM some fields will be automatically merged. They are:
Any other fields that are present in your MailChimp list options can be added manually.
You can find MailChimp fields tags in MailChimp list settings.
You can setup sending confirmation or welcome message to subscriber after subscription. Also you can set webhook on subscribe and unsubscribe. To add webhook uri – click "Add Webhook".
Setting Up campaigns and creating campaign sets.
You may add your site users and subscribers in MailChimp list directly from you site by using MailChimp Subscription Component.
It can be added to any page (B) of your site in Pages tab (A) in Edit mode. As adding any other component to page just click "add Component" button (C) and than select MailChimpSubscription Component (E) from the Site components (D).
You will be taken to the component configuration screen where name of the component (A) and Mapped list (B).
There are also two advanced options:
Please ensure that your Jahia user has E-mail set.
After adding component to the page publish it to Live mode so that users can subscribe to you MailChimp mailing lists.
On a screenshot you can see default design of MailChimp Subscription Component in "Unsubscribed" mode. After user subscription conformation it will be changed. Click on a MailChimp Subscription Component in "Subscribed" mode to unsubscribe the current user.