WHAT IS DIVI/BLOOM?

Divi isn’t just a WordPress theme, it’s a complete design framework that allows you to design and customize every part of your website from the ground up. You have control over everything down to the finest detail. Create the perfect websites for you and your clients. 

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 1.3.4

• Fix compatibility issues with Divi 4.1.

FEATURES

• Seamless integration between Bloom and Sendy.
• Supports Bloom/Divi Custom Fields.
• Supports for EU GDPR compliance.
• Captures IP address, and referrer url.
• Support Divi Email Optin Module.
• Easy installation with virtually no setup.
• Super easy to use.
• Support multiple Sendy installations. Each optin can connect to different Sendy system if needed.

REQUIREMENTS

1. WordPress
2. ElegantTheme Bloom plugin
3. Sendy

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-premium.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-premium.zip file.

INSTALLING PLUGIN UPDATES

Starting version 1.3.0, when an update is available you will receive notice in your WordPress dashboard. Just click on the update link.

ACTIVATE THE PLUGIN

1. Go to Admin > Plugins > Installed Plugins
2. Click the Activate link on the Bloom - Sendy Integration Addon plugin.    
3. Enter your license key in the license box.

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.

How To Setup GDPR Custom Field

To capture user’s consent for GDPR, you need to add a custom field (with special ID: gdpr) to your optin form. Follow these steps:

1. Add a Checkbox custom field to your Bloom optin form. See this page on how to manually add a custom field.
2. Set the custom field ID to: gdpr
3. Set the other parameters of the custom field as appropriate.

How To Setup Other Custom Fields

If you need to capture custom fields in your optin form, you need to add custom fields to the optin forms with the same ID as defined in your Sendy list. Follow these steps:

1. Create the custom fields in your Sendy list.
2. Add Bloom custom fields in your optin. Set the ID of the custom field the same as you have set in Sendy.
3. Set the other parameters of the custom fields as appropriate.