how to move newsletter block from footer to left in magento
In app/design/frontend/theme/theme/layout/newsletter.xml
change from:
<reference name="footer">
<block type="newsletter/subscribe" name="footer.newsletter" as="newsletter" before="footer_store_language" template="newsletter/subscribe.phtml"/>
</reference>
To:
<reference name="left">
<block type="newsletter/subscribe" name="left.newsletter" template="newsletter/subscribe.phtml" before="-" />
</reference>