msos/newsletter-signup.md at 5d50604af4e0e5e1fb93e3304c8f2cda5313e2ce

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Status: established convention — follow it on every page that should collect email subscribers. Audience: anyone (human or AI agent) adding a newsletter signup to this site.

This documents the one and only way we add a "subscribe to our newsletter" form. It is already wired to MailerLite through main.js; you do not write any JavaScript. You only paste HTML.

1. How it works (read this once)

All subscribe forms are handled centrally by setupNewsletter() in main.js (section 7).
On page load it finds every form.subscribe-form and form.subscribe-form-bottom, and:
- forces the input to type="email", name="fields[email]", required,
- inserts a live status message element after the form,
- on submit: validates the email, then POSTs to MailerLite's JSONP endpoint,
- shows a localized success / error / "sending" message (EN / SI / MK).
MailerLite uses double opt-in: the subscriber gets a confirmation email. The success message intentionally says "check your inbox to confirm".

MailerLite config lives in one place — main.js, setupNewsletter():

const ML_ACCOUNT = '1253161';
const ML_FORM    = '194374752800868123';

To point the whole site at a different MailerLite audience/form, change those two values only. (They come from MailerLite → Forms → Embedded forms → your form → the subscribe URL https://assets.mailerlite.com/jsonp/<ACCOUNT>/forms/<FORM>/subscribe.)

2. Two non-negotiable requirements

The page must load main.js. Without it the form is dead. Check for:
```
<script src="{{PREFIX}}main.js"></script>
```
just before </body>. If a page has its own script (e.g. news-filter.js), load main.js as well, before it. (This was the exact bug on the News hub page — it shipped without main.js, so its form — and its header dropdowns — didn't work.)
Use the exact class names. subscribe-form-bottom (full band, the default) or subscribe-form (compact hero). No other class is auto-wired.

3. The snippet (default — full "band" CTA)

This is the standard block shown above the footer on content pages (News, articles, projects, get-to-know…). Paste it just before </main>.

<section class="newsletter-cta">
    <div class="container">
        <div class="cta-content">
            <h2>{{HEADING}}</h2>
            <p>{{SUBTITLE}}</p>
            <form class="subscribe-form-bottom">
                 <div class="input-wrapper">
                    <input type="email" placeholder="{{PLACEHOLDER}}">
                 </div>
                <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary-orange">{{BUTTON}}</button>
            </form>
            <p class="privacy-note">{{PRIVACY_TEXT}} <a href="{{PREFIX}}{{LANG}}/privacy-policy/">{{PRIVACY_LINK}}</a>{{PRIVACY_SUFFIX}}</p>
        </div>
    </div>
</section>

Styling is already defined in css/pages/_article.css (.newsletter-cta, .subscribe-form-bottom, .privacy-note) and is globally available via main.css. Nothing to add.

Compact variant (hero)

When you want it inline under a page hero (as on the get-to-know pages), use the smaller form — same wiring, no band wrapper:

<form class="subscribe-form">
    <input type="email" placeholder="{{PLACEHOLDER}}">
    <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary-orange">{{BUTTON}}</button>
</form>
<p class="privacy-note">{{PRIVACY_TEXT}} <a href="{{PREFIX}}{{LANG}}/privacy-policy/">{{PRIVACY_LINK}}</a>{{PRIVACY_SUFFIX}}</p>

4. `{{PREFIX}}` — the relative path to the site root

Count the folders between the page and the repo root; that's how many ../ you need.

Page location (example)	`{{PREFIX}}`
`en/index.html`	`../`
`en/news/index.html`	`../../`
`en/news/proof-of-means-updated-2026/index.html`	`../../../`

So the privacy link on a depth‑3 article is ../../../en/privacy-policy/, and the script tag is ../../../main.js. Get this wrong and the link/JS 404s.

5. Copy — fill the placeholders per language

Always ship all three languages (en/, si/, mk/) — the site is fully mirrored.

Honest copy only. Do not reuse the legacy "Join 2,000+ subscribers" heading that still appears on some older pages — we don't have that many subscribers. Tailor the heading to the page. The values below are the current News-section standard:

Field	EN	MK	SI
`{{HEADING}}`	Never miss an MSOS update	Не пропуштајте ниту една новост од МСОС	Ne zamudite nobene novice MSOS
`{{SUBTITLE}}`	News, announcements and open calls — straight to your inbox.	Вести, соопштенија и отворени повици — директно во вашето сандаче.	Novice, obvestila in razpisi — naravnost v vaš e-poštni predal.
`{{PLACEHOLDER}}`	Enter your email	Внесете ја вашата е-пошта	Vnesite svoj e-mail
`{{BUTTON}}`	Subscribe	Претплати се	Naroči se
`{{PRIVACY_TEXT}}`	We care about your data in our	Ние се грижиме за вашите податоци во нашата	Skrbimo za vaše podatke v naši
`{{PRIVACY_LINK}}`	privacy policy	политика за приватност	politiki zasebnosti
`{{PRIVACY_SUFFIX}}`	(empty)	(empty)	`.`

Change {{HEADING}} / {{SUBTITLE}} to fit the page's purpose; keep the rest as-is for consistency.

6. Checklist before you call it done

Block pasted before </main> (band) or under the hero (compact).
{{PREFIX}} correct for the page depth (privacy link and the main.js script tag).
Page loads main.js (added before any page-specific script).
All three languages updated (en/, si/, mk/).
Copy is honest (no fake subscriber counts).
Tested locally: on load the input gets name="fields[email]" and a .subscribe-status element appears after the form; an invalid email shows the "valid email" error. Do not submit a real address while testing — it lands in the live MailerLite audience.

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Standard: Newsletter signup (MailerLite)