Mailchimp intergration in a contact from

I want to create a from that i can add to a side bar widget in word press- this is fairly easy but i need it to integrate with mail chimp, I want exactly what this tutorial is showing
http://www.web-development-blog.com/archives/integrate-your-mailchimp-newsletter-subscription/

I tried this tutorial but its poorly written. I spent hours trying to configure it, but it doesn't work I am looking for a step by step guide or better yet a video tutorial.

Another thing to consider but not really important is that i want to add my own graphic for a button and image for the background of the form, Can I even do this with mail chimp?

Hi,

Maybe the tutorial level is too hard for you? ;)
I think you should use this wordpress plugin for MailChimp.

Don't forget that you need to be able to setup you list in Mailchimp as well. You need to know the "fields and merge tags".

no its not, its written poorly I created a process.php and pasted the html form in my widget, I also copied and pasted my mailchimp API key and list id, I am very familiar with merge tags, they are "they are just like html form field values.

The tutorial is poorly written as after the form is processed there is no thank you page or even validation.

the tutorial is poorly written as you have the code but no directions on how or where to integrate it. of course whe know the html would go into the widget area in word press their is a text box that you can use any code you want and just copy and paste it in there. than you change the settings to the php to include your own and not the dummy settings, you save it as process.php and ftp it up to your server, this is exactly what i did.

guess what? i got a blank page- the tutorial is poorly written because it doesn't explain much, what else could i do with these instructions?

you tell me

i have the wordpress plugin its not what i want, i want a checkbox on my contact form, thats says subscribe to our news letter mail chimp doesnt offer this, they make it very obtrusive that your subscribing to a list i dont want this.

The tutorial code provides the code where the tutorial is about.
You're free to provide your own tutorial / code to the community.

But maybe that's your way to say "thank you" to the author.

Take this from me: Before you judge something, you should to better

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