diff --git a/content/php/confirm.php b/content/php/confirm.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb0dc5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/php/confirm.php
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?php
+// inspired by https://www.mailgun.com/blog/email/double-opt-in-with-php-mailgun/
+
+function AddMemberToDB($recipientAddress) {
+  /*   global $mailingList, $mgClient;
+    $result = $mgClient->post("lists/$mailingList/members", array(
+    'address'     => $recipientAddress,
+    'name'        => $recipientName,
+    'description' => 'Form Opt In',
+    'subscribed'  => true    
+  )); */
+}
+
+
+require("settings.php");
+
+$c = isset($_GET['c']) ? SanitizeInputs($_GET['c']) : NULL;
+$e = isset($_GET['e']) ? SanitizeInputs($_GET['e']) : NULL;
+
+if (isset($c) && isset($e) && CheckConfirmationHash($e, $c) && AddMemberToDB($e)) {
+  header('Location: /newsletter/confirmed.html');
+} else {
+  header('Location: /newsletter/confirm-error.html')
+}
+?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/content/php/contact.php b/content/php/contact.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f54f83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/php/contact.php
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?php
+  //source: https://www.unixdude.net/posts/2017/Nov/29/pelican-contact-form/
+  if(isset($_POST['address']) && $_POST['address'] == ''){
+    //The form was submitted
+    $ouremail = 'kontakt@tobias-radloff.de';
+    // Important: if we add any form fields to the HTML,
+    // and want them included in the email, we will need to add them here also
+    $body = "Diese Nachricht wurde soeben durch das Kontaktformular auf t-r.de übermittelt:
+    Name: $_POST[name]
+    Emailadresse: $_POST[email]
+    Nachricht: $_POST[nachricht]";
+    // From:
+    $headers = "From: $_POST[email]";
+    // send the message
+    mail($ouremail, 'Nachricht ueber das Kontaktformular von t-r.de!', $body, $headers );
+    header('Location: /kontakt/danke/');
+  }
+?>
diff --git a/content/php/settings.php b/content/php/settings.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..61eca0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/php/settings.php
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?php
+// inspired by https://www.mailgun.com/blog/email/double-opt-in-with-php-mailgun/
+
+$domain = 'tobias-radloff.de'; 
+$fromAddress = 'newsletter@tobias-radloff.de';
+$siteURL = 'https://tobias-radloff.de'; 
+$uniqueKey = '***REMOVED***'; // works like password salt  
+
+function SanitizeInputs($var) {
+  return =  htmlspecialchars($var, ENT_QUOTES);
+}
+
+function SanitizeEmail ($var) {
+  $sane =  htmlspecialchars($var, ENT_QUOTES);
+  $pattern = "/^[a-zA-Z0-9_.+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9-]+.[a-zA-Z0-9-.]+$/";
+  preg_match($pattern, $sane, $res);
+  $r = $res[0] ? $res[0] : false;
+  return $r;
+}
+
+function CheckConfirmationHash($confEmail, $confCode) {
+  return (md5($confEmail . $uniqueKey) === $confCode);
+}
+?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/content/php/subscribe.php b/content/php/subscribe.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9a853e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/php/subscribe.php
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?php
+// inspired by https://www.mailgun.com/blog/email/double-opt-in-with-php-mailgun/
+
+function MakeConfirmationHash($confEmail, $confCode) {
+  return md5($confEmail . $confCode);
+}
+
+function SendConfirmationEmail($recipientAddress) {
+  global $domain, $fromAddress, $siteURL, $uniqueKey;
+
+  $hashedUnique = MakeConfirmationHash($recipientAddress, $uniqueKey);
+  $confirmURL = $siteURL . '/confirm.php?c=' . $hashedUnique . '&e=' . $recipientAddress
+
+  // FIXME
+  // use PHPMailer?
+  $to = $recipientAddress;
+  $subject = 'Newsletter-Anmeldung bestaetigen';
+  $body = '<p>Hallo! Bitte bestätige die Anmeldung für meinen Newsletter, indem du auf <a href="' . $confirmURL . '">diesen Link</a> klickst. Viel Spaß mit dem Gedicht!</p><p>Bis bald und viele Grüße<br>Tobias';
+  $headers = 'From: newsletter@' . $domain;
+  $result = mail($to, $subject, $body, $headers);
+  return $result;
+}
+
+
+require("settings.php");
+
+if (isset($_POST['email'])) { 
+  $email = SanitizeEmail(trim($_POST['email']));
+  echo $email; //DEBUG
+  $result = SendConfirmationEmail($email);
+  if  $result == TRUE ) {
+    header('Location: /newsletter/subscribed.html');
+  } else {
+    header('Location: /newsletter/subscribe-error.html')
+  }
+}
+?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/content/php/unsubscribe.php b/content/php/unsubscribe.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f3c4fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/php/unsubscribe.php
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?php
+
+function RemoveMemberfromDB($subscriberAddress) {
+  //FIXME
+}
+
+require("settings.php");
+
+$email = isset($_GET['email']) ? SanitizeInputs($_GET['email']) : NULL;
+if (isset($email)) {
+  $r = RemoveMemberfromDB($email);
+  if ($r) {
+    header('Location: /newsletter/unsubscribed.html');
+  } else {
+    header('Location: /newsletter/unsubscribe-error.html')
+  }
+}
+?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pelicanconf.py b/pelicanconf.py
index 6220be1..b6b998f 100644
--- a/pelicanconf.py
+++ b/pelicanconf.py
@@ -20,15 +20,21 @@ THEME = "theme/"
 PATH = "content"
 ARTICLE_PATHS = ["posts"]
 PAGE_PATHS = ["pages"]
-STATIC_PATHS = ["images", "favicon"]
+STATIC_PATHS = ["images", "favicon", "php"]
 
 DIRECT_TEMPLATES = ['index', 'tags']
 IGNORE_FILES = ['**/.*', '__pycache__', 'favicon-from-svg.sh', '*.metadata']
 
 EXTRA_PATH_METADATA = {
     'favicon/favicon.ico': {'path': 'favicon.ico'},
+    'php/settings.php': {'path': 'settings.php'}, 
+    'php/subscribe.php': {'path': 'subscribe.php'}, 
+    'php/confirm.php': {'path': 'confirm.php'}, 
+    'php/unsubscribes.php': {'path': 'unsubscribe.php'}, 
+    'php/contact.php': {'path': 'contact.php'}
 }
 
+
 PAGE_URL = '{slug}/'
 PAGE_SAVE_AS = '{slug}/index.html'
 ARTICLE_SAVE_AS = '{category}/{slug}.html'
diff --git a/theme/static/css/custom.css b/theme/static/css/custom.css
index 9415b26..367681a 100644
--- a/theme/static/css/custom.css
+++ b/theme/static/css/custom.css
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Helvetica, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif,
     var(--pico-font-family-emoji);
   --card-height: 300px;
+  --smallest-width: 350px;
 }
 
 /* don't underline links by default */
@@ -238,6 +239,22 @@ a {
   margin-right: 0;
 }
 
+/* style newsletter subscription form */
+.newsletter-form {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-flow: row wrap;
+}
+  
+.newsletter-email {
+  flex: 1 0 var(--smallest-width); 
+  min-width: var(--smallest-width);
+}
+
+.newsletter-submit {
+  flex: 0 1 content;
+}
+
+
 /* Main content */
 #main-header h1,
 #site-footer p {
@@ -265,8 +282,8 @@ a {
   }
 
   p {
-    flex: 0 1 350px;
-    font-size: 2em;
+    flex: 0 1 var(--smallest-width);
+    font-size: 1.5em;
   }
 }
 
@@ -348,7 +365,7 @@ a {
   
   .klappentext {
     flex: 0 0 calc(50% - var(--pico-block-spacing-horizontal));
-    min-width: 350px;
+    min-width: var(--smallest-width);
   }
 
   .featured-image {
@@ -358,7 +375,7 @@ a {
 
   img {
     max-height: calc(var(--card-height) * 2);
-    min-width: 350px;
+    min-width: var(--smallest-width);
     max-width: 100%;
     aspect-ratio: auto;
     padding: var(--pico-spacing); 
diff --git a/theme/templates/contact.html b/theme/templates/contact.html
index 55a057b..dcafa12 100644
--- a/theme/templates/contact.html
+++ b/theme/templates/contact.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {% extends "page.html" %}
 {% block content_body %}
-<form id="contact-form" method="post" action="/theme/static/contact.php">
+<form id="contact-form" method="post" action="{{ SITEURL }}/contact.php">
   <fieldset>
     <label>
       Name
diff --git a/theme/templates/includes/subscribe.html b/theme/templates/includes/subscribe.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca04327
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theme/templates/includes/subscribe.html
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<hgroup>
+  <h2>Abonniere meinen Newsletter!</h2>
+  <p>Erfahre zuerst von Neuerscheinungen, Lesungen und allem anderen. Mein Dankeschön: ein unveröffentlichtes Gedicht.</p>
+</hgroup>
+<form class="newsletter-form" method="post" action="{{ SITEURL }}/subscribe.php">
+  <input class="newsletter-email" type="email" name="email" placeholder="Emailadresse" autocomplete="email" aria-label="Emailadresse" required/>
+  <input class="newsletter-submit" type="submit" value="Abonnieren" />
+</form>
diff --git a/theme/templates/includes/unsubscribe.html b/theme/templates/includes/unsubscribe.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27e6ef3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theme/templates/includes/unsubscribe.html
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<hgroup>
+  <h2>Newsletter-Abmeldung</h2>
+  <p>Komm bald wiederm okay?</p>
+</hgroup>
+<form class="newsletter-form" method="get" action="{{ SITEURL }}/unsubscribe.php">
+  <input class="newsletter-email" type="email" name="email" placeholder="Emailadresse" autocomplete="email" aria-label="Emailadresse" required/>
+  <input class="newsletter-submit" type="submit" value="Abonnieren" />
+</form>