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The Wordpress Post Emailer (Post Announce) plugin by Worldwide Creations will allow you to notify users who subscribe to your blog when a new article is posted. The default method of adding it to your blog is not user friendly because it requires you to edit the PHP files.

The original instructions are:
1. Upload the post-announce.php file to your plugins directory.
2. Activate Plugin.
3. Change the settings in Options->Post Email Settings.
4. Somewhere in your template (i.e. sidebar.php) add this:

There is another way to do the last step though, using the Widgets in your WordPress Dashboard. Since most widgets will not execute PHP, you can use the form below as a text widget in your sidebar.

Remember to change the items in [square brackets] to yours and the message to entice visitors to subscribe.

<form action="http://[YOUR_URL]/wp-content/plugins/post-announce.php"
method="post">
<span style="font-size:9pt">Be the first to know when new
[ARTICLES, TIPS, ETC] are added.
[You can also use the RSS Feeds.] </span>
Email: <input name="EMAIL" type="text" />
<input name="action" type="hidden" value="subscribe" />
<input type="submit" value="Add Me!" />
</form>

Note that Post Announce is no longer supported. When you visit Worldwide Creations the link to download WordPress Post Emailer links to a plugin called Post Pinger, that updates the RSS feeds instead. You can still get Post Announce here, including the minor modifications we made and additional instructions.

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Jim Hutchinson has studied WordPress from both the user and technical angles and now teaches others how to build their website presence using WordPress. Visit Website Managers for more information on Blog Training
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