Bloom Sendy Integration Addon

Bloom Sendy Integration Addon is a WordPress plugin that allows you to seamlessy integrate ElegantThemes’ Bloom email opt-in plugin for WordPress with Sendy newsletter application.

What is Bloom?

Bloom is an email opt-in plugin that was built to help you grow your email list. Bloom works by adding email opt-in forms to your website, each of which can connect to your email marketing or email newsletter software. When someone signs up using the Bloom opt-in form, they get added to your email list. Bloom works with tons of different email marketing software, and allowing you to create different types of opt-in forms that appear on different areas of your website and in different forms (such as pop-ups, fly-ins, or normal inline forms).

What is Sendy?

Sendy is a self hosted email newsletter application that lets you send trackable emails via Amazon Simple Email Service (SES). This makes it possible for you to send authenticated bulk emails at an insanely low price without sacrificing deliverability.

What’s New

Version 1.2.2

• Add support for Divi Email Optin Module.

Features

• Seamless integration between Bloom and Sendy.
• Easy installation with virtually no setup.
• Super easy to use.
• Support multiple Sendy installations. Each optin can connect to different Sendy system if needed.
• Support Bloom v1.1+
• Support Sendy 1.9+ (should work with earlier versions, but haven’t been tested)

Requirements

1. WordPress installation capable of running the Bloom plugin.
2. Bloom plugin version 1.1+
3. Sendy version 1.9+ (note: should run with earlier versions without problems, but we haven’t tested it)

Getting Started

Installation

There are two options to install a WordPress plugin. Choose one of the options below.

OPTION 1: Install via FTP

1. Unzip the package av-bloom-sendy.zip on you computer.
2. Upload the extracted folder the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.

OPTION 2: Install via the Plugin Menu

1. Go to Plugins > Add New menu, then click the Upload Plugin button at
   the top.
2. Upload the av-bloom-sendy.zip file.

Installing Plugin Updates

1. If you’ve made custom changes to the plugin, you’ll need to merge those changes into the new updates. Otherwise it will be overwritten.
2. Go the Plugins > Installed Plugins section of the WordPress admin. Then Deactivate and Delete the current plugin.
3. Follow the instruction for new installation above.

Activate The Plugin

1. Go to Admin > Plugins > Installed Plugins
2. Click the Activate link on the Bloom - Sendy Integration Addon
   plugin.
   

Connect To Sendy

Connecting Bloom to your Sendy email list is very easy. Just follow this step-by-step guide:

Step 1: Create new email list account

In the Admin dashboard, go to the Bloom option page, and select the Email Accounts tab.

Step 2: Select email provider

From 'Select Email Provider' drop down menu, choose Sendy. Bloom will then load fields required to connect Bloom to Sendy.

Step 3: Get your Sendy api key

Go to your Sendy installation and go into your account Settings. There you can find your api key.

Step 4: Fill in the required information

Enter the required information into the corresponding fields. You will need to enter the account name, the URL of your Sendy installation, the api key (from Step 3),  and the hash-id of the Sendy list you want to connect. Then click the 'Authorize' button.

Step 5: You should now see your Sendy list

Congratulations, you have now integrated Bloom with Sendy. For further help in creating your Bloom optins, you can go to the ElegantThemes’ Bloom documentation page.