Action Widget

This feature available on All Plans (except where noted)

Contents

Widget Settings
Setup
Visibility
Special Considerations

Overview 

The Action Widget provides a simple way to configure "if this, then that" (sometimes referred to on the web as "IFTTT") situations in your campaigns. It does so by providing a list of all of the events that the widgets on your campaign can initiate, and allows you to set up actions to take when these events occur.

The list of events and actions available to the Action Widget depends on the widgets already on your campaign, which means it's generally best to configure any Action Widgets last, after adding and configuring all of the other widgets you’re going to use.

To add one of these widgets to your campaign, click the Action Widget icon in the Add Widgets Panel, or click and drag the icon into your preview area.



Note: Action Widgets are never visible in your live campaign, so feel free to place them wherever works best for the organization of your campaign.

Widget Settings

The widget settings popup is where you'll make any needed changes to your Action Widget. To change the widget name, click on the pencil icon in the top-left (next to the name) then type your new name.



You will also see the CSS ID (starting with a #) of your new widget listed in the top-right corner of the popup.



You'll want to move through each item in the menu on the left side to make sure you've completely customized the Action Widget in the way you'd like. You can navigate through these sections using the Back and Next buttons at the bottom.



When you're finished making changes to your widget, click the blue Save and Exit button.

Setup

There are two things you'll want to consider when setting up your Action Widget; the IF (the event[s] that has to happen to trigger the action) and the THEN (what action[s] is triggered). You'll set these both up in the Setup section.

IF

In the IF section of Setup, you'll choose the event that has to occur for your action to be triggered; by default, Triggered by another widget is automatically set up for you - this allows you to trigger this Action Widget with a few of the other widget types, like the Buttons Widget. This trigger is required, so you won't be able to delete it; but to remove any other triggers you may have added, click the trashcan icon on the right.



Click Add Trigger to see your other options for adding a trigger - the Create New Trigger window will pop up.


Configuration for your new trigger is broken up into three sections:

• Trigger When: Here there are two options - to trigger the action when the campaign has finished loading, or to trigger the action when a widget does something. If you choose the latter, you will need to finish configuring the trigger in the Trigger Configuration section.
  
  
  
  
• Trigger Configuration: If you've selected when a widget does something, this is where you'll select the "widget" and the "something". Use the Widget dropdown to select an eligible widget from your campaign, then use the Event dropdown to select what action must occur in that widget to trigger the action. Each widget type has its own unique set of events, and not every widget type has events available for use.
  
  
  
  This is also where you'll configure some of the more advanced triggers; more on that below.
  
  
• Advanced: Options dealing with Points for Actions and eTokens are included in this section.
  
  
  
  If you select the Points were awarded option (available only if you're using Advanced Points for Actions), you'll also need to select the Form Widget in which APfA is enabled, as well as the specific Action label.
  
  
  
  Note: The Advanced Points for Actions feature is currently only available by request. For more information, reach out to our sales team.
  
  If your visitor arrives at your campaign using an eToken link, these two triggers allow you to take actions based on that eToken.
  
  
  
  The first trigger is required if you wish to show protected content only to validated eToken visitors. The eToken will be validated against either all the entries in your account (the Any List option in the Trigger Configuration section), or one specific list - click the Any List link to open a popup where you'll be allowed to select a specific list from your account.
  
  
  
  

  The second trigger is optional and would be configured in a separate Action Widget from the first trigger. Use this when you want to prevent users from sharing their eToken links with others. If another user arrives at your campaign using the same eToken, you can use this trigger to invalidate the first user by hiding the protected content.
  
  Note: For more information on the eToken feature (available on the Agency Plan or higher), check out our eToken help doc.

When you have your trigger configured the way you want, click Save. Your new trigger will then display in the widget settings.

THEN

Once you have your trigger event established, you'll need to decide what action (or actions) is executed. To get started, click the Add Action button.



A pop-up will appear that allows you to configure your new action.



Configuration for your new trigger is broken up into three sections:

• Widget: Use this dropdown to select the widget on which you'd like to focus your action. The list of widgets appears in much the same fashion as it does in the Edit Widgets Panel, with indentations used to show which widgets are nested in containers. This makes it easy to find the specific widget you're looking for.
  
  
  
  
• Action: Click the radio button next to the action that will apply to your selected widget. These options will be different depending on which widget was selected.
  
  
  
  
• Effect: If your chosen action has any customizable effects, they will show in this panel. Click to check the box next to the effect you'd like to apply, then configure that effect using any fields that appear once the box has been checked.
  
  
  

Once you've finished tweaking your action, click Save in the bottom corner.

If you wish to have more than one action triggered by the same event, it's not a problem. Simply click the Add Action button again and set up your new action in the pop-up - you can add as many actions as needed.



The actions will be performed in the order in which they appear on the list, top to bottom - make sure to keep this in mind when troubleshooting any potential issues. To change the order of an action , click on the  icon and drag the action up or down into its new position.

To delete an action entirely, click the icon.

When you're done setting up your actions, take a step back and look at the widget settings as a whole. It should be pretty easy to decipher exactly what actions are being triggered, and what event is triggering the actions.

Visibility

Visibility works slightly differently for Action Widgets. Since they are invisible on live campaigns by default, the options are to have the widget normal (active) or inactive. If you set a date or country-specific settings, those settings will determine when/where the Action Widget is active. More information about these settings can be found in the Widget Visibility help doc.

Special Considerations

As previously mentioned, the order of the actions makes a difference in more advanced configurations. For example, consider an Image Widget that's set to Starts Hidden. The Action Widget can be configured to both show the Image Widget and scroll to the Image Widget, but if the Action Widget attempts to scroll to the Image Widget before it has been shown, the browser may not scroll to the expected location.