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  1. Hi ladies! I love your site, your themes, your support, and all your blog tips! This was very helpful. Can you share how to do the CSS edits to make the form pretty? I hate that my subscribers get put through to a form that doesn’t match my site. Is there a way to match the colors and font to my site so I don’t have to create my own landing page? I suspect its something I could paste into that “CSS” place in the form settings? Thank you!

    1. Lauren Dierschke says:

      Hey Anna! You would actually have to do specifically targeted CSS changes for each section.

  2. Hi Courtney,

    Thanks for sharing this. I was thinking about investing in Convert Kit and was wondering how easily it can be integrated with the e-news extended plugin. I am using Mailchimp right now and had to figure it out initially as well (using the naked URL and stuff). Glad that I landed here. Btw love the blog’s design!

    Thanks!

  3. Thank you for this!!!! I was wracking my brain trying to figure this out. You rock!

    1. Restored316 says:

      Yay! So happy this helped you! You’re so very welcome!

  4. I followed these directions exactly as you have them, but it\’s not working. I am switching from MailChimp to ConvertKit. Even though I have put in the code from ConvertKit, when I test it, I am still getting sent to my MailChimp form. Am I missing a step somewhere?

      1. Restored316 says:

        Sarah, Glad you got it working!!

  5. Thank you for the information. I just signed up for Active Campaign, Do you know the process for Active Campaign? Also, if I only want First Name and Email, does the CSS code have to be changed or is it ok?

    1. Restored316 says:

      Hi Sheila, I have never set one up with Active Campaign, but I did a quick search and found this that may be helpful for you! On the CSS, it depends on what theme you’re using. If you’re having trouble just let me know!

  6. Hi I am trying to set up my ConvertKit and have followed you directions. When I put in an email to test it out it sends me to the ConvertKit login page. Any ideas?

    1. Restored316 says:

      Hi Donna, Hmm.. double check that the unique number that identifies your form is correct.

  7. hello!
    thanks for all your convertkit tips! I just recently switched and am a little overwhelmed with some of the coding required 🙂

    For this one, it seems so straightforward… yet I’m not receiving a confirmation email when I try to sign up to test it and I sometimes get this message (why it worked once I don’t know…): “This app.convertkit.com page can’t be found on the page” instead of the confirmation page!

    Seriously couldn’t be easier to implement so assuming I’m missing something obvious!!

    1. Lauren Dierschke says:

      Hi Kate! When you pasted the link in your Genesis Enews Extended widget, did you make sure to put /subscribe.html at the end?

      1. Lesley, I’m not really sure. Sometimes when all else fails, starting over with a fresh new form may work. If not I would email ConvertKit and see if they have any insight.

  8. Hi, Lauren!
    I just got my Darling theme today for my birthday and I’m loving it! Thank you!
    I’m having the same problem setting up the Genesis enews plugin with Convertkit. I’ve followed the instructions step-by-step several times and it keeps taking me to https://app.convertkit.com/users/login.
    Can you please help me?

    1. Hi Ana, what is the exact link you’re using in the Genesis Enews Extended Form action code field?

    2. ana did you ever gt yours fixed? Mine is doing the same thing.

  9. Lynn Doak says:

    I get the page redirected to login to convert kit also.

    1. Hi Lynn,

      Hi Lynn! When you pasted the link in your Genesis Enews Extended widget, did you make sure to put /subscribe.html at the end?

      1. I’m having the same issue also. I tried several times and made sure to put the /subscribe.html at the end, but I couldn’t get it to function. Any other thoughts on why that’s happening? Thank you!

          1. Hi Lesley! I just tried it again before sending you screenshots, and I found the issue! The 6-digit number on mine is followed with extra characters – ?v=6. Since the last one was the “6”, I assumed it was part of the number sequence. Once I deleted those last 4 characters, including the last 6, it worked!
            Thank you!

          2. So glad you found it. That was the issue with other’s as well. I’ve edited the blog post so that we can hopefully prevent this!

  10. I cannot get convertkit to do anything but send me to there login page after testing the form. I addedc /subscibe.html and nothing.

    1. Hi Ashley, Can you send me a screenshot of your genesis e-news extended widget so I can help you? Please email it to lesley@restored316.com. Thank You!

  11. I was having the same problem where it will take me to the login page, but I found this article from ConvertKit and it worked for me! Just make sure to only copy the form ID (the digits only) highlighted area (in the article under the “Form Action” section. )

    For example: if your ID is 12345?v=6 in the view mode, only copy the 12345, so the whole link for the form action will be https://app.convertkit.com/landing_pages/12345/subscribe.html.

    https://help.convertkit.com/article/90-genesis-enews-extended

      1. Same here 🙁
        I found this guide much more helpful than Convertkit’s one, but I am still having problems with setting it up. I have already sent an email to ConvertKit asking for help. Let’s see….

        1. Hi Nat,

          I just updated this tutorial to make a bit more sense so try that again and let me know if you’re still having trouble!

  12. Thank you so much! I just redesigned my website, and I’ve been trying to figure out how to do this. You saved me tons of time 🙂

    1. That’s great Jennifer! We are so glad it helped!

  13. This was extremely helpful! Thank you for posting! I couldn\’t get mine to work until I found your tutorial.

    1. Lani Padilla says:

      Glad it helped Kendall!

  14. Thanks for these tutorials! They have been so helpful with everything else but I can’t seem to get this to work and I can’t figure out what’s wrong. I think I have done all the things listed above but am still getting sent to this page after hitting submit: https://app.convertkit.com/forms/867742/subscribe.html
    I emailed ConvertKit but haven’t heard back from them and don’t know what else to do. Any ideas? I have the Captivating theme if that makes a difference.
    Thank you!

    1. Lani Padilla says:

      Hi Elizabeth,

      For the email field (under form action field), only use email, not email_address.
      Hope this helps!

    1. Lani Padilla says:

      Hi Connie,

      Go ahead and submit a ticket on this please!

  15. Hello,

    I just created a landing page in ConvertKit and cannot figure out how to have it pop up on the screen when someone enters my site.
    Can you please help?

    Thank you,
    Elizabeth

    1. Lani Padilla says:

      Hi Elizabeth,

      You’ll want to embed the code for the popup in your header script. If using a Genesis theme you can add it in Appearance > Customize > Theme Settings > Header/Footer Scripts > Header field. If using a Kadence theme, install and activate the Insert Headers & Footers by WPBeginner plugin, and add the code in the Header field.
      Hope that helps!

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