Now that we know how to create a basic subscriber page, we may want to capture more information about our customers when they sign up. In this example, let's assume we'd like to know their name and movie genre preferences.
While we can take advantage of the built-in attributes, we can also create our own attributes to further personalize our e-mails. Let's create a new, optional attribute for the movie genre preference:
1. On the main admin page, click on the attributes link:
2. Click on Add a new one to create a new attribute:
3. You are hyperlinked to the bottom of the page for the new attribute form. Enter a name for the attribute (Movie Genre) and an attribute type. In this case, checkboxgroup was chosen, because our readers may have more than one genre preference. Unless you want the attribute to be mandatory, remove the check from the checkbox next to Is this attribute required?. Click on Save Changes to create the new attribute:
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