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I think I figured out part of this...

By creating a standalone profile, I can take that HTML and create a new Drupal block.
Does that sound right? Am I on the right path?

Also, the more I think about it, I would like to just add First and Last name to the mailing list sign up page.
I guess that would be another profile just connected to the correct group. Does that sound right?

Thanks!

Techshoptn:
Two approaches - try both and pick the one that fits best for you:

1. Include your CiviCRM Profile in Drupal User Registration forms (w/o reCAPTCHA) by checking "User Registration" in the profile settings "Used For" field. In this case, if the Drupal already has CAPTCHA - you don't need it enabled for the profile.

2. Put links / menu item(s) pointing to a CiviCRM profile which has the Create CMS User setting checked (under Advanced Settings) and reCAPTCHA enabled. You can make this optional or force it. In this case, any anonymous visitor who goes to that profile will be prompted to create a user account - and fill in the contact info in your profile fields. Info on linking to profiles is here:
http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Linking+Profiles

You do NOT want to use the "standalone" HTML cut / paste method since you can't use CAPTCHA in that mode.

Sounds good. Thanks you for your responses!

Since you're not using "clean URLs" on your site - the link format s/b :

http://www.techshoptn.com/?q=civicrm/profile/create&reset=1&gid=2

(note that there is only one question mark allowed in a URL - the elements after the question mark must be separated by ampersands)

I just tried this link and it gives me an input form as expected.

Thanks, Dave. That seems to work, but is there any way to include descriptions of the groups in that form?

Okay, thanks, Dave. I upgraded successfully, and Standalone Version 2.2 does have that functionality I needed (displaying the group descriptions in the signup form).

However, I'm having trouble getting the profile settings right for people to sign up to e-mail lists or edit their subscriptions using the profile.

The URL is:
http://recycleabike.org/crm/standalone/index.php?q=civicrm/profile/create?reset=1&gid=2

As it is now, it tells me, "No fields in this Profile have been configured to display as columns in the listings (selector) table. Ask the site administrator to check the Profile setup."

I went into the profile settings, and saw that indeed, none of the fields were listed as "in selector". When editing them though, I am confused by the options. It seems the only way to make the fields visible is to change the visibility from "User and User Admin Only" to "Public User Pages", then checking the "searchable" box, which ends up displaying an entire list of existing members on the signup form. Obviously, I don't want to show everyone else's info if someone is signing up to join a mailing list.

Basically, I just want to display the form the way it appears in the preview.

Thanks in advance...

Ah, nice. That works.

And where do people go to edit their group subscriptions afterwards?

I tried to simulate it by registering myself with a test account, responding to the auto confirmation e-mail, getting the OpenID, and navigating back to http://recycleabike.org/crm/standalone/index.php?q=civicrm/profile/create&reset=1&gid=2 and clicking the "login here if you have account" link. Sadly, it gave me an error (which I'd come across before in another setting): "You are not allowed to login. Login failed. Contact your Administrator."