Aweber Personalization and Wordpress Success Page

by mitchpowell

Posted: 14 years ago 23 replies

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Please forgive if this has been covered. I've searched exhaustively, but find no results so far.

How do I pass the name and email variables to a "confirm," "success," and "already subscribed" page on my Wordpress blog?

I get 404s every time because Wordpress is looking for
http://mydomain.com/confirm?email=[email]&from=[email]&listname=[etc...]
while the URLs configured in the Aweber interface are:

http://mydomain.com/confirm
http://mydomain.com/success
http://mydomain.com/alreadysubscribed

Aweber didn't have an answer I liked. They told me I'd have to hire a developer.

There's got to be a simple way and I would think this question has come up many times; I'm just not finding an answer anywhere.
I have the scripts in the right places, and the process works fine on static HTML pages, do I need an "execute PHP" plugin?

I made a video that shows what I did:

http://www.screencast.com/t/ZjU4YTM4

I would love it if someone said, "DUH! All you need to do is [this] and [this]..." and then said, "How stupid are you anyway? What were you thinking? :confused:"

Thanks,
Mitch

#aweber #page #personalization #success #wordpress

firstdandy 14 years ago

I guess You should use execute PHP plugin so that You can parse the variable. There's a problem with htaccess in wordpress that prevent the variable to be posted automatically I guess. Sorry but I'm just trying to give idea. I haven't got the same problem before.
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- Bruce Hearder 14 years ago
  
  Hi Mitch,
  
  I tried visiting for success page using some "junk" aweber parameters and the page came up just fine.
  
  Have you tried copying the URL that is sent to your success page, and typing that straight into a browser and see what happens.
  
  Also, could you post the URL of the "Rex" guy's success post, so that we can see what is happening.
  
  The video was great, but I could see the params at the end of the URL
  
  Take care
  
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Bruce Hearder

14 years ago

A quick test has revealled the following :

I signup as :
name : Junke
Email : junk@gmail.com

It sent me to the confirm page with the following URL:

http://gotmehypnotized.com/confirm?e...48&submit.y=30

If I only use a portion of the URL up to the start of the &name parameter, it works just fine. See this URL in action :

confirm?awt_m=&awt_email=&email=&from=&listname=&m eta_adtracking=&meta_message=&meta_required=&meta_ split_id=&meta_tooltip=&meta_web_form_id=&name=&su bmit.x=&submit.y= | Got Me Hypnotized

As soon as you add the name parameter, it stops working:

See the following :

http://gotmehypnotized.com/confirm?e...840&name=junke

Not knowing the ins & outs of your website, my guess is that you have a plugin somewhere that is looking for a $_GET variable called name and this is taking control before the page actually see's the page.

Try deactivating your plugins and see if that fixes things..

Sorry I can't help more..

Bruce

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mitchpowell

14 years ago

Thank you for your help Bruce.

It's really very confusing. Are you saying that, all things being equal, say for example there were no plugins getting in the way, etc., that I should be able to pass the parameters through the URL? I see that you managed to get the email to go where it's supposed to - somehow - but the place where the name is supposed to go is getting the default 'friend' that I put in there as an else default. And how in the world do all those parameters appear there as if they were the title of the post?

I'm confused. Do people do this sort of thing on a regular basis? I mean, do marketers have Wordpress blogs with personalized landing pages? I kinda figured they must, but I can't recall a place where I've seen any. I really thought Aweber would have had a better answer for me.

I can't be sure what your first post was asking for, but I think I'll try deactivating all the plugins and see what happens.

Thank you again,
Mitch

[EDIT: Aha! I had forgotten I titled the confirm page that way to test things! ]

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Bruce Hearder

14 years ago

Mitch.. Did you eventuall;y get it to work?

Bruce

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mitchpowell

14 years ago

No Bruce, I haven't. I have several places I've asked. I wonder what Robert Plank would do? I haven't bothered him with it yet. YET.

I'll be sure to come back to fill anyone else in on the answer when I learn it.

Thanks.
Mitch

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nsp

11 years ago

Originally Posted by mitchpowell

I have created a plugin to handle this [here]

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Bellasys 11 years ago

I see from the above post there is a free plugin to allow for this.

I also have developed the raw .htaccess code to Allow Aweber to integrate Thank You and Confirmation Pages with the new WordPress (v3.3+), and it's working with 3.5.1 as of today.

I like what the plugin does- although I haven't tried it firsthand. Since it says it gives shortcodes as well that's one less step for many WP owners who aren't developers

Having said that, I always advocate simpler code and fewer plugins (although this one doesn't look like it's bloated with code- looks simple enough and may prove invaluable for those who think *ahem* lists are important)

Hit me up if you want the changes for .htaccess in code. Mine does not get overwritten by WP when it updates...
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Ron Killian 11 years ago

Originally Posted by nsp

I have created a plugin to handle this [here]

Regards Sree
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Thanks for the plug-in, I've been looking for a solution for this.

I am using it to pass the email address to my wishlist registration form, so that's good. Sadly, variable names don't match up between services such as autoresponders and membership scripts.

A great feature would be if one could match up form data names. Just a thought, if that's possible.

For some reason though I can't get the rewrite to work for me. My wishlist membership registration url works perfectly, but wordpress pages still come up 404's, so they are not re-writing for me. Unless I am doing something wrong. I've copied and pasted the url, tried ending slashes and without.
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Bruce Hearder 14 years ago

How important is this feature in the "grand scheme of things"

Maybe just ignore it for the moment and keep building your site and driving subscriber to your list.

That's where the money is..

Take care, and pls keep us updated on your quest for a solution

And best of success with the site..

Bruce
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mitchpowell 14 years ago

You don't know how right you are, Bruce. I've done this sort of obsession all my life and this is a very good example of my putting off the harder things (harder for me anyway,) and using a thing like this as an excuse for not moving forward and past it.

Thank you for that reality check.

By the way, the hypnosis site isn't even the project I was going to use this feature for. But if I do get it working, I'll likely use it on all my WP blogs.
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- LibertyUnc 14 years ago
  
  After taking a look ( with the extra "thename" variable ), here is what I get:
  
  The "Confirm" page works properly, showing both the correct name and email address while the "success" page still fails on the name.
  
  The first thing that I would check is that you added "thename" as a variable to be passed on via the redirect issued when a user confirms their subscription. I did not see it in the url...and when I added &thename=Whatever the page properly displayed the name.
  
  As to the original issue, I am betting that you have a plugin (or wordpress itself...I don't recall all of the built in variables it processes) with the use of the variable "name"...and so your using "thename" instead gives you some success.
  
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  mitchpowell 14 years ago
  
  That's awesome Tony!
  
  Thanks for checking it out. Having deactivated all the plugins, I tried to rule out that possibility, so, yes, it probably is in the Wordpress itself. I just couldn't figure out why Aweber didn't have a whole section treating this in their FAQs.
  
  I'll experiment a little further when I can get some time.
  
  LOVE the Privateer theme too! (Going back to it soon. So much work to do!)
  
  Mitch
  
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VeitSchenk 14 years ago

yep, have the same problem, tried it with a virgin wordpress installed with no plugins, it appears to be wordpress itself that's messing it up.

so, for me it's not using personalization for the time being (the temptation is soooo huge to really dig into it and figure out what's going on, but as Bruce says, that's not where the bulk of the money is...)

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zaclondon 14 years ago

I am having the same issue. I played around with the 'success page' query string, and it seems the 'name=' key conflicts with Wordpress. The link without 'name=..' works fine for me.

Now we know the real culprit, I'll post on WP's forum to see if there's a workaround. Will post any forthcoming solution here.

Another option is to have Aweber use another variable for 'name=', but the variables don't seem to be configurable.
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- zaclondon 14 years ago
  
  OK, I've found a workaround.
  
  Add some mod_rewrite code to your .htaccess BEFORE Wordpress's mod_rewrite code.
  
  The two together looks like this:
  
  Code:
  
  # For Aweber's 'success page', rename 'name' parameter to 'fullname' to avoid Wordpress conflict RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^name=(.*)$ RewriteRule ^subscribed/$ /subscribed/?fullname=%1 [R,NC,L] # WordPress permalink RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
  
  My success page is called 'subscribed/'. You'll need to rename this to the name of your page.
  
  As stated in the comment, what this code does is it renames the conflicting query parameter 'name' to 'fullname'. You will also need to change the corresponding code on your page that reads the 'name' parameter to read 'fullname'.
  
  Hope this helps. If it does, a Thank is much appreciated.
  
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VedoMedia 14 years ago

hmmm i think this works... been having similar problems...
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- zaclondon 14 years ago
  
  I had to alter the mod_rewrite code to this:
  
  Code:
  
  RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (.*?W)name=(.*)$ RewriteRule ^subscribed/ /subscribed/?%1fullname=%2 [R,NC,L]
  
  Again replace 'subscribed' with your own page name.
  
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PCRoger 14 years ago

For me aweber is passing ALL of the fields. I only really want one of them and "name" is not what I want.

Do I have to include all the parameters they send in the rewrite code?

thanks.
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PCRoger 14 years ago

Turns out it was a mod_auth_rewrite issue for me, hostgator whitelisted the domain and now it works.
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- HappyHeart 14 years ago
  
  @zaclondon
  
  I couldn't make your workaround work, but after lots of digging around, I stumbled upon a different way of coding it, that did work for me. Don't ask me how - it has something to do with stripping the variable from the URL, but the result is OK.
  
  Code:
  
  RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} . RewriteRule ^losse-verkoop/opvoeden-in-verbondenheid/bedankt-voor-je-bestelling(.*) /losse-verkoop/opvoeden-in-verbondenheid/bedankt-voor-je-bestelling/? [L]
  
  You can check it if you past this link in the browser address bar:
  
  Code:
  
  http://www.educare.nl/losse-verkoop/opvoeden-in-verbondenheid/bedankt-voor-je-bestelling?custom%20adres=YourAddress%20101&custom%20betaling=Machtiging&custom%20datum=26%20september%202010&custom%20exemplaren=1&custom%20geslacht=Mrs.&custom%20land=CountryName&custom%20organisatie=YourOrganisation&custom%20plaats=YourTown&custom%20postcode=3333%20AZ&custom%20rekeningnummer=testing%20the%20form&custom%20telefoon=0900-123456789&email=myname%40gmail.com&from=myname%40gmail.com&listname=aweberlist&&name=Firstname%20Lastname&name%20%28awf_first%29=YourFirst&name%20%28awf_last%29=YourLast&submit=Verzenden
  
  Referenced sites:
  .htaccess tricks and tips.. part two: url rewriting with mod rewrite.
  Learning to Use Regular Expressions
  
  In any case, thank you for putting me on the right track looking / finding this solution!
  
  Patricia
  
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brandasaur 14 years ago

this is a pretty old posts...maybe the op got it fixed it already
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Jason Clay 12 years ago

This solution doesn't seem to be working with the latest version of WordPress (3.3.x). Does anyone know how to pass the AWeber variables to this latest version of WordPress?
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