Creating a sign up form

Newbi here seeking support.
So I have a simple one page video squeeze page with a sign up form. I'm trying to figure out how to create the code to plug into the source file inorder to collect my site visitors name and email address. I'm using a template and the sign up section ask for the visitor to enter there name in one box their email address in another. Then below a sign up button below those two boxs. The end result for me is to collect their contact information and start an email response campaign.
The join my mailing list doesnt give me the option to create what I want. I'm guessing the api will just not sure how to create it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I can be reached at fhaadvisor@yahoo.com or here of course.
Thank you so much

Depending on how knowledgable

Depending on how knowledgable you are with PHP or ASP.NET, the sample forms we have here will provide you with everything you need to implement the sign up process you're looking for.  These sample forms come with guides to getting started with them and are well documented for enhancing and modifying them.

Dave B Support Engineer, Constant Contact

Whilst you say the forms come

Whilst you say the forms come with guides for getting started and are well documentd, I'm afraid I can't find these guides. I have some knowledge of php and have set up my sign up forms using AddAContact.php and Contact.php but this seems to be no longer working. Please point me in the direction of the giudes and documentation, because what I have found so far is sorely lacking and assumes a level of programming skill which is well beyond mine.
I've reworked the form to show only the fields I require, but I still do not know which php file I need to point the form tag to  - it's confusing to say the least - any help appreciated.....

If your talking about the

If your talking about the forms action tag that does not need to be changed, the form submits to itself so it can be left blank eg. action=""
Can you describe the problem you see, do you get an error or does the subscriber simply not get added to your list?
 

James Benson, PHP Developer.
Constant Contact Services: http://integrationservic.es/

Slowly,

Slowly, slowly....
http://www.laquintagolfoffers.com/add_contact.php
this is where I'm at - having trouble....

Did you look at the

Did you look at the documentation at http://developer.constantcontact.com/samples/upload_forms/phpdoc and follow the instructions there?
Have you specified your account username, password and API key in cc_class.php file?
Also, you have errors on missing files, specifically states.txt, countries.txt and header.php that come with the zip file for the sample forms.  Did you unzip them all into the same directory or did you just take add_contact.php?  You need the all the files from the zip file for the sample forms to work properly (there are a few files you can selectively have, but it's easier to just put them all into a single directory.)
 
 

Chang Suh
Product Manager, Constant Contact

ok - have uploaded all the

 
ok - it now looks like it's working - but I'm not getting the success message and the new user is not being added to the CC database
thanks for your help..... it's now on http://www.laquintagolfoffers.com/PHP_Sample_Signup_Forms/add_contact.php
 

Hi, I'm glad you were able to

Hi,
I'm glad you were able to get rid of all the visible errors.
1. Perhaps you want to move all your files up a directory so your customers wouldn't see "PHP_Sample_Signup_Forms" in the URL. =)
2. How did you specify which list the contact is added to?  I see that you removed all contact lists from the form.  If you do that, you need to modify the code so that a contact list is selected in a hidden input field.

Chang Suh
Product Manager, Constant Contact

what would the name of the

what would the name of the hidden field have to be?
and wouldd the value simply be the name of th elist I wanted the contact added to? Could I select two lists?

Would you be willing to re-do

Would you be willing to re-do some of the formatting work that you've done to the form?  To accommodate users like you, we just modified the sample form today so there is only one place you have to modify in order to:
1. Remove the listing of contact lists
2. Specify one or more lists to which the contact is automatically added
 
With these new forms, you should only have to:
1. Specify credentials
2. Type in the name of lists you want to add a contact to
3. Apply the formatting, like colors and fields you want to display
 
I'll be updating the documentation to show how you can do this with the new versino of the sample form soon, and once I'm finished with updating the documetnation, I'll post again in this thread.

Chang Suh
Product Manager, Constant Contact

That would be great - I've

That would be great - I've had to get the forms working on the site so I've just set up a simple email form script so I get the details by email and I'll input them manually into CC.
so yes - anything you can send me which might be easier that what is there at present will be most welcome.
I'll happily be your test rabbit - let's face it - If I can get it working anyone can!! It'll be a good test....
I must admit - I'm no expert at php, but I can usually get things working. The documentation in this instance is sadly lacking and I feel it is something you need to address. It assumes a pretty deep knowledge and even then I think there'd be gaps.
I'll check back every so often and let you know how I get on once the new forms are available.
Thanks again for your help.

The updated PHP example Chang

The updated PHP example Chang mentioned is found here, you will find the ReadMe file explains where the modifications need to be made.  The styling of the forms can be done in the various associated files or via a css sheet with classes included, however that HTML customization is up to the end user.  Hope this helps!

Dave B Support Engineer, Constant Contact

Sorry it took a little while

Sorry it took a little while to update the code and documentation.  We were trying to make the new sample as easy to use as possible.
Please take a look at the documentation, which has been updated with the new feature, found here:
http://developer.constantcontact.com/samples/upload_forms/phpdoc
You want to pay special attention to Section 2, which explains how you can customize contact lists in the sign up forms.

Chang Suh
Product Manager, Constant Contact