Help using subscription forms across multiple websites

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I received the email below discussing the new options, but I don’t see any guide for how to implement them (the pull requests were not helpful). Is there a guide for how to use the subscription forms “across multiple websites.” Also, if I do this, I don’t understand how to use the ACCESS_CONTROL_ALLOW_ORIGINS.

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New features
The AJAX-based subscription forms are now able to function across multiple websites. A new config constant called ACCESS_CONTROL_ALLOW_ORIGINS has been added which is an array where you can put in your different origins you want to allow. Also, a new header “Vary: Origin” has been added to optimize cache control in the case where the array option is used.- thanks to Nepomuk Leutschacher for the implementation. Have a look at the Pull Request. Additionally, now with the AJAX request, you can specify a particular list instead of all lists being used. Thanks to Duncan Cameron for the implementation. Have a look at the Pull Request.

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@keeenone The change is only to do with providing a way to set different values for ACCESS_CONTROL_ALLOW_ORIGIN, instead of as previously only one host or ‘*’.

Take a look at the example in config_extended.php. You need to set either ACCESS_CONTROL_ALLOW_ORIGIN or ACCESS_CONTROL_ALLOW_ORIGINS but not both

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Do you have a link where I can download the latest config_extended.php file? The auto-updater is not updating it. I found no references to anything with access control in my version.

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@keeenone

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Thank you.

Are there any sample forms available for how to set this up on a Web site?

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@keeenone It’s not clear exactly what you mean, but see the section in the online manual for creating an ajax subscribe box
https://www.phplist.org/manual/books/phplist-manual/page/creating-a-subscribe-page

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This is very helpful but I find this note towards the bottom very confusing:

NOTE 5: If test=0 in your phpList config.php file, then all subscribers remain unconfirmed as no confirm mail is sent.

If I set test=1 in my installation it says that NO emails will be sent. Why would I need to set it to 1 to use the AJAX subscribe box on my website? Isn’t this what it is saying?

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Indeed, the subscription form worked, however, it does show that the user is unconfirmed, and I can confirm that the system did not send out a confirmation email. How can I use this AJAX subscribe box AND have a confirmation email sent out?

Also, in NOTE 5 mentioned above, I assume we are talking about this area of the config file, and setting this to 1 would mean that I am running a test installation, and not a live installation, right?

// if test is true (not 0) it will not actually send ANY messages,
// but display what it would have sent
define(‘TEST’, 0);

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That is the wrong way around (TEST = 1 means that emails will not be sent out) but to me seems to be unnecessary advice.

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So I have gotten the AJAX subscribe box script working on my site, however, it does not work for Safari browsers–which is now a huge number of Apple device users. Is there a version of this that works with Safari?

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Correction, I had a small bug in my CSS that was breaking it in Safari, I got it working.

One recommendation would be for you to update the link in your example script here:
https://www.phplist.org/manual/books/phplist-manual/page/creating-a-subscribe-page

From this:
https://installationname.yourdomain.com/lists/?p=subscribe&id=1

To this:
https://installationname.yourdomain.com/lists/?p=asubscribe&id=1

I think it would avoid some headaches for people.

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Sorry about all of the posts. Actually there does seem to be an issue with Safari on iPhones when using this form. I can get this working on the desktop with no issues, but have only got it to work sporadically on Safari. Any ideas?

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Can you run this script twice on the same page? This may be causing me some issues…