collective.chimpfeed 1.1

Plone-integration for MailChimp RSS-campaigns.

Overview

This package makes it easy to designate content into one or more named feeds, suitable for creating automated newsletter content.

It extends the base content schema for any Archetypes-based content which lets editors easily manage which feeds (if any) that a given item should be listed under.

Designed for the MailChimp internet service, the package also includes a subscription portlet that optionally lists a subset of interest groups.

Compatibility

Tested on Plone 4.0 - 4.2

Getting started

1. First, install the product using Plone’s add-on control panel.

   This register a control panel, and adds a number of required indexes and columns to the catalog.

2. Visit the “MailChimp RSS” control panel to define one or more feeds.

3. Enable one or more feeds for your content by clicking “Edit” and selecting from the “Feeds” option.

Optionally,

4. Configure a MailChimp API-key (also available in the control panel).

5. Add one or more subscription portlets.

Localization

The product is currently localized into:

• Danish

Contributions are welcome!

Author

Malthe Borch <[e-mail]>

Changes

1.1 (2012-03-08)

• Added simple approval system where items are explicitly made available after some date, and separately approved (guarded by a custom permission).

  To upgrade, you must run the “catalog” setup step and perform the require indexing.

1.0 (2012-01-18)

• Initial public release.