vidmarc Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Trying to export a mailing list but am unable to select the tickboxes on anything other than {$EMAIL_ADDRESS}. If I copy and paste the options required for export {$EMAIL_ADDRESS} {$FIRST_NAME} {$LAST_NAME} also tried {$EMAIL_ADDRESS} <{$FIRST_NAME}> <{$LAST_NAME}> All I'm getting at MailChimp is the email address. Any suggestions? --- Cubecart 6.0.2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsmither Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 I have no answer regarding MailChimp. What I think is being displayed is an "indication" of whether this "macro" is always available. That is, of the "macros" available to be included in the output file, for example: Image of a checked box == The {$EMAIL_ADDRESS} macro will always be available and will always appear in the output file. Image of an unchecked box == The {$FIRST_NAME} macro will not always be available and will appear in the output file only if that email address belongs to a registered customer. It is unfortunate that the programmers chose to use the same image used for a functional form element checkbox, as a simple indicator of what may or may not be available for the output file. A properly formatted To: string is the friendly name enclosed in quotes if that friendly name has commas or any of a few other characters, followed by a space, followed by the email address enclosed in angles if there is a friendly name. So, what you see as an example is wrong. "My Company, LLC" <[email protected]> "{$FIRST_NAME}, {$LAST_NAME}" <{$EMAIL_ADDRESS}> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vidmarc Posted April 2, 2015 Author Share Posted April 2, 2015 "{$FIRST_NAME}, {$LAST_NAME}" <{$EMAIL_ADDRESS}> This seems to have worked better, with names andemail addreses, but it seems to be in a format that won't let MailChimp import the emails. "FirstName, Lastname" <emailaddress> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsmither Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 I can't help with MailChimp. Maybe knowing what format(s) are acceptable? Filetypes (.csv as opposed to .txt)? Just to note, the comma between the FirstName and Lastname generally isn't used: "Abigail, Johnson" But a comma between Lastname and FirstName is typically used: "Johnson, Abigail" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vidmarc Posted April 2, 2015 Author Share Posted April 2, 2015 MailChimp accepts .csv and .txt. So far I've been using .csv. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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