Comments on: MailChimp Subscriber Chiclet http://blog.mailchimp.com/mailchimp-subscriber-chiclet/ MailChimp, email marketing, and monkeys! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:36:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Davidhttp://blog.mailchimp.com/mailchimp-subscriber-chiclet/#comment-37641 David Sat, 19 Nov 2011 23:40:48 +0000 http://blog.mailchimp.com/?p=1213#comment-37641 Hello, It would be great if this chiclet would validate for XHTML. Currently, ampsersands are not escaped, causing it to fail validation at validator.w3.org. Hello,
It would be great if this chiclet would validate for XHTML. Currently, ampsersands are not escaped, causing it to fail validation at validator.w3.org.

]]> By: Benhttp://blog.mailchimp.com/mailchimp-subscriber-chiclet/#comment-19416 Ben Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:55:31 +0000 http://blog.mailchimp.com/?p=1213#comment-19416 Your list count can, in fact, be directly pulled from our API. But you can still run into the same problem that you're running into -- sometimes, grabbing data can be slow. Speed is relative, and we think our API is pretty fast, given what it's built for (grabbing your MailChimp data, integrating it with CRMs or whatever). But when you embed stuff on a website, and page load times are at stake, that's different. So what we recommend to API users (and what we do ourselves for some things) is to pull the data you want from the API, then cache it. Then, pull from that cache. You need the coding chops to do that. For those who don't, inline JS is the easiest, most universal way to drop stuff like this into websites. One trick you could try is loading the JS into some other page, then loading that iframe into your sidebar instead. I'll admit though that this is getting awfully close to just circling back around to the original chiclet modules. Your list count can, in fact, be directly pulled from our API. But you can still run into the same problem that you’re running into — sometimes, grabbing data can be slow. Speed is relative, and we think our API is pretty fast, given what it’s built for (grabbing your MailChimp data, integrating it with CRMs or whatever). But when you embed stuff on a website, and page load times are at stake, that’s different. So what we recommend to API users (and what we do ourselves for some things) is to pull the data you want from the API, then cache it. Then, pull from that cache. You need the coding chops to do that. For those who don’t, inline JS is the easiest, most universal way to drop stuff like this into websites. One trick you could try is loading the JS into some other page, then loading that iframe into your sidebar instead. I’ll admit though that this is getting awfully close to just circling back around to the original chiclet modules.

]]> By: Mariehttp://blog.mailchimp.com/mailchimp-subscriber-chiclet/#comment-19414 Marie Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:26:31 +0000 http://blog.mailchimp.com/?p=1213#comment-19414 Hi ! Is there any way to display the ciclet without Javascript, i.e. on a sign up page ?Choosing JS isn't very handy because it forces the browser to load the JS function *before* the rest of the page. If the chiclet is displayed in your sidebar, it's quite embarrassing when your browser waits until the JS has loaded before displaying the footer...Ideal solution would be : display the number of subscribers as plain HTML, through the Mailchimp API. Hi ! Is there any way to display the ciclet without Javascript, i.e. on a sign up page ?

Choosing JS isn’t very handy because it forces the browser to load the JS function *before* the rest of the page. If the chiclet is displayed in your sidebar, it’s quite embarrassing when your browser waits until the JS has loaded before displaying the footer…

Ideal solution would be : display the number of subscribers as plain HTML, through the Mailchimp API.

]]> By: Simonhttp://blog.mailchimp.com/mailchimp-subscriber-chiclet/#comment-19122 Simon Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:01:13 +0000 http://blog.mailchimp.com/?p=1213#comment-19122 Hi Ben, Where can we find that chiclet ?Thanks, Hi Ben,
Where can we find that chiclet ?

Thanks,

]]> By: Benhttp://blog.mailchimp.com/mailchimp-subscriber-chiclet/#comment-18986 Ben Thu, 23 Jun 2011 10:52:31 +0000 http://blog.mailchimp.com/?p=1213#comment-18986 Hi Simon (and all), in v6, which we released Monday, we created a version of the chiclet that displays number only. It's a JavaScript snippet that you can embed on your websites, like: "See why over __snippet__ are subscribed to the Acme Newsletter..." Hi Simon (and all), in v6, which we released Monday, we created a version of the chiclet that displays number only. It’s a JavaScript snippet that you can embed on your websites, like: “See why over __snippet__ are subscribed to the Acme Newsletter…”

]]> By: Simonhttp://blog.mailchimp.com/mailchimp-subscriber-chiclet/#comment-18976 Simon Thu, 23 Jun 2011 02:05:41 +0000 http://blog.mailchimp.com/?p=1213#comment-18976 Hi Ben, do you have news ?Thanks Hi Ben,
do you have news ?

Thanks

]]> By: Benhttp://blog.mailchimp.com/mailchimp-subscriber-chiclet/#comment-18474 Ben Wed, 25 May 2011 13:58:18 +0000 http://blog.mailchimp.com/?p=1213#comment-18474 I've passed the suggestion (for number-only-chiclet) on to our team. Thanks! I’ve passed the suggestion (for number-only-chiclet) on to our team. Thanks!

]]> By: Romulohttp://blog.mailchimp.com/mailchimp-subscriber-chiclet/#comment-18461 Romulo Wed, 25 May 2011 02:03:11 +0000 http://blog.mailchimp.com/?p=1213#comment-18461 I'd love to have the same think.. I’d love to have the same think..

]]> By: Jonathanhttp://blog.mailchimp.com/mailchimp-subscriber-chiclet/#comment-18177 Jonathan Thu, 12 May 2011 00:34:23 +0000 http://blog.mailchimp.com/?p=1213#comment-18177 Still no good, can't we just have a simple way to pull the number of subscribers, using PHP, for display on a webpage? Still no good, can’t we just have a simple way to pull the number of subscribers, using PHP, for display on a webpage?

]]> By: Nick Bostichttp://blog.mailchimp.com/mailchimp-subscriber-chiclet/#comment-17614 Nick Bostic Fri, 08 Apr 2011 06:24:19 +0000 http://blog.mailchimp.com/?p=1213#comment-17614 I just wanted to put in my vote for the ability to pull just the subscriber count as plain text for my web site. I just wanted to put in my vote for the ability to pull just the subscriber count as plain text for my web site.

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