How do I set the date custom field to be hidden and automatically populate in subscriber forms?

vincentpolisi

Is there an easy way to automatically capture the sign up date in an opt-in form without requiring input from the subscriber?

When I add auto responders that don't have the custom date field, I get this screen:

When I add the custom field of "Date", I get this screen with additional options:

So, the question is, how do I edit the opt-in form so that the Date field is hidden (doesn't require subscriber input) and auto populates in Sendy based on the sign up date?

<form action="http://mydomain.com/subscribe" method="POST" accept-charset="utf-8">
    <label for="name">Name</label><br/>
    <input type="text" name="name" id="name"/>
    <br/>
    <label for="email">Email</label><br/>
    <input type="text" name="email" id="email"/>
    <br/>
    <label for="Date">Date</label><br/>
    <input type="text" name="Date" id="Date"/>
    <br/>
    <input type="hidden" name="list" value="c"/>
    <input type="submit" name="submit" id="submit"/>
</form>

Ben

Hi @vincentpolisi,

Set the 'Date' input field as hidden, then automatically populate "today's day" as the input value.

Eg.

<input type="hidden" name="Date" id="Date" value="Jan 21, 2013"/>

Thanks.

Ben

vincentpolisi

If I set value to today's date, is that going to change daily automatically?

In your example, you have:

value="Jan 21, 2013"

What happens tomorrow when it's no longer Jan 21, 2013?

Is this information being pulled from the subscriber's computer based on his/her relation to GMT?

Ben

No, the snippet I provided above is an example.

Your date needs to be dynamic of course, to reflect "today's" date.

vincentpolisi

Forgive my ignorance but I'm not a Java or Curl programmer.

How does one set it to be dynamic?

value="what goes here???"

Ben

Depending on what language you're using. If you use PHP, it will be:

value="<?php echo strftime('%b %d, %G', time());?>"

vincentpolisi

And that, my friend, is yet another reason why you get paid the big bucks for your mad coding skills.

Ben

Thanks.