Adding mailing list signup box above sidebar ads without needing HTML
Back in mid-August 2014, I was able to get my signup box above the ads in the sidebar WITHOUT having to use Ezoic's widgets. I'd positioned the signup box inside my WordPress dashboard (in their widgets section) - and it subsequently appeared in the Ezoic template where I wanted it.
Then in September 2014, this all changed, and my signup box is now under a sidebar ad. As you may not be aware - for maximum exposure and signup potential, the best recommended position for a mailing list signup box is on the top right of any web page. Look at any online business for proof. It also relates to heatmaps and how we read across the page.
I use an external WordPress plugin for my signup box, as well. This plugin gives me a variety of signup box templates I can select from and I can also upload an image to it of my mailing list ebook. So my signup box can only be displayed with this plugin.
But when I looked in your sidebar widgets, I discovered that I can't actually just add this plugin as a widget so it shows up above the ads. I was told by my rep I could only insert the API code related to the mailing list for that. Which is silly advice - because all doing that will do is display the following in the sidebar:
<first name>
<email address>
… but it will not present the signup box itself, its copy or its images.
No self-respecting business is going to present their signup box like that, especially when that box is crucial to getting subscribers onboard. It looks amateur.
And before you ask: no, there is no HTML code for my WordPress plugin that I can just copy into that box. In WordPress, you simply install your plugin and it appears on your site; it doesn't come with any HTML code.
So what I'm asking for is a way anyone can add their mailing list signup box to their website without having to do the "add a widget" feature you currently have. Like I said, I didn't have to do this before.
Right now, I want my signup box back in the top right of my site, above the ads, where it was before. And now I can't, for some bizarre reason that Ezoic has never bothered to inform us publishers about.
Davos
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Ask SNB
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Can i create these types of content using HTML and css - https://bbbootstrap.com/snippets/job-card-sidebar-57391737
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Russell Deasley
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It might not be perfect if you want a side-bar signup but I had this same issue until I started using the plugin "MailChimp Popup with Exit Support" by MailMunch, it syncs with Mailchimp and I have seen a massive increase in sign-ups using the top bar method, plus it works well with ALL Ezonic templates including mobile ones! Well I thought I would say even if it isn't what you wanted.