I am using HTML and using amazon EC2 (Linux free tier). I would like to use CloudFront, but my newsletter won't work. I am not an AWS expert, and I don't have a clue as to why it won't work on CloudFront.
My newsletter form looks like this:
<form id="subscribe" class="form" action="<?=$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post">
<div class="form-group form-inline">
<input size="15" type="text" class="form-control required" id="NewsletterName" name="NewsletterName" placeholder="Your name" />
<input size="25" type="email" class="form-control required" id="NewsletterEmail" name="NewsletterEmail" placeholder="your@email.com" />
<input type="submit" class="btn btn-default" value="SUBSCRIBE" />
<span id="response">
<? require_once('assets/mailchimp/inc/store-address.php'); if($_GET['submit']){ echo storeAddress(); } ?>
</span>
</div>
</form>
and my js file looks like this:
jQuery(document).ready(function() {
jQuery('#subscribe').submit(function() {
// update user interface
jQuery('#response').html('<span class="notice_message">Adding email address...</span>');
var name = jQuery('#NewsletterName').val().split(' ');
var fname = name[0];
var lname = name[1];
if ( fname == '' ) { fname=""; }
if ( lname == '' || lname === undefined) { lname=""; }
// Prepare query string and send AJAX request
jQuery.ajax({
url: 'assets/mailchimp/inc/store-address.php',
data: 'ajax=true&email=' + escape(jQuery('#NewsletterEmail').val()),
success: function(msg) {
if (msg.indexOf("Success") !=-1) {
jQuery('#response').html('<span class="success_message">Success! You are now
subscribed to our newsletter!</span>');
} else {
jQuery('#response').html('<span class="error_message">' + msg + '</span>');
}
}
});
return false;
});
});
and my php file looks like this:
<?php
function storeAddress(){
require_once('MCAPI.class.php'); // same directory as store-address.php
// grab an API Key from http://admin.mailchimp.com/account/api/
$api = new MCAPI('mymailchimpapi');
$merge_vars = Array(
'EMAIL' => $_GET['email'],
'FNAME' => $_GET['fname'],
'LNAME' => $_GET['lname']
);
// grab your List's Unique Id by going to http://admin.mailchimp.com/lists/
// Click the "settings" link for the list - the Unique Id is at the bottom of that page.
$list_id = "myuniqueid";
if($api->listSubscribe($list_id, $_GET['email'], $merge_vars , $_GET['emailtype']) === true) {
// It worked!
return 'Success! Check your inbox or spam folder for a message containing a
confirmation link.';
}else{
// An error ocurred, return error message
return '<b>Error:</b> ' . $api->errorMessage;
}
}
// If being called via ajax, autorun the function
if($_GET['ajax']){ echo storeAddress(); }
?>
The form works when I access it without using CloudFront, but I am worried of the server bandwidth that's why I want to use CloudFront. What happens is that when you click the submit button, the "adding email address" message will just appear for 1 second, and the email address entered is ignored.
