MailChimp Form Set Up

Signup for a MailChimp Account or login to an existing one and follow the steps below to obtain the MailChimp ID and security code.

• Click the "Create" button
• Choose "Signup Form" from the popup
• Select your site if you have more than one and click BEGIN
• In the form options, click on "Show only required fields"
• Click in the code field and copy - command + c
• Open a new file TextEdit.app in plain text mode and paste the code into it
• Click the "MailChimp Code" bar below to open the accordion
• Identify the ID code - marked in red - in your own code and copy it to your clipboard
• Paste this code into the "MailChimp ID" field in the widget settings
• Identify the security code - marked in blue - ii your own code and copy it to the clipboard
• Paste this code into the "Security" field in the widget settings
• Save a copy of the ID and Security codes in case they are required in the future

Google Custom Search

• Scroll down to Site search for your website and click on the GET STARTED link.
• Scroll down and click the link to create an instance of a Custom Search Engine.
• Click the link for using the Control Panel
• Add your site and then click on its name
• Set up the search engine
• Look for "Search engine ID " and click the "Copy to clipboard" button
• Paste this ID into a file with info about your Google Account and save it in a secure place
• Paste the ID into the "Search ID" box in the widget settings