Is there a way someone can subscribe to my blog without having to sign up through a landing page? Can I have something at the bo

Not at the moment. There are a couple of other options, however. One option is to use a series of landing pages with your capture pagei to mimic a blogi, complete with a style template and links to each that you would have to add manually within the text or in a sidebar.

The other option is one that does not yet exist. The idea was scrapped because many people found it to be confusing, but we will be brining it back soon as an advanced option. It would allow you to add a mailing list subscription form to any blog, capture page, image caption, etc. An example would be [[list id=0 fnamer lname]]. In this example, "0" is the mailing list ID, obtainable from your email weblet, "fnamer" means to ask for the first name and require they enter it (the "r" at the end of the word means require), and "lname" means to ask for the last name (no "r" at the end of the word means it's not required). The word "phone" is not included, meaning the phone number field would not be displayed on the form in this example.

We are also going to be upgrading the entire mailing system soon, which will make the system even easier. You will be able to actually export the code (similar to that shown above) from a form without having to manually type it in.