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DESCRIPTION
Like doing custom work and playing with code? Learn how to create some of the most-requested custom reports, and get some tips on how to use the SalsaScript API to create some cool custom items.TRANSCRIPT
Interactive Training – Hot Salsa
Jake PatoskiTraining and Online Learning Coordinator
webinar contents
- custom content items- sign-up pages- donation pages
- conditional content in emails- custom reports
- donors who gave >$50 and <$100 in 2010- total number of actions taken in a group in 2010- Number of opens and CTs in the past 6 months
getting started
Login to your own account (in order to use real data)
OR login here: https://hq-salsa.wiredforchange.com/salsa/hq/login.jsp
Email address: [email protected]: salsatraining
CAVEAT
Salsa Support on the following features is LIMITED.
The Support staff may provide recommendations but generally cannot be expected to provide a complete resolution to custom solutions as covered in this webinar.
custom content items
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custom content items
Add any one-step Salsa pages here: Sign-ups, Donations, Petitions
custom content items – donation pages
Must create a donation page to serve as a template.This allows you to set the merchant gateway, among other important factors likeTracking codes, allowed values, and base user info.
custom content items – sign-up pages
Can create a sign-up page as a template, or create from scratch:<form method="POST" action="http://sample.nodeurl.tld/dia/processEditValues.jsp"> <input type="hidden" name="organization_KEY" value="YOUR+ORGANIZATION+KEY" /><input type="hidden" name="table" value="supporter" />Email Address: <input type="text" name="Email" /><input type="submit" value="Join Mailing List" /></form>
custom content items
Have to include all <form> code:
Configuring redirects and autoresponses in custom content:
<input type="hidden" value=”--" name="redirect" />
<input type="hidden" value=“--" name="email_trigger_KEYS" />
conditional content
Conditional content options:- Merge fields- Group membership- Donation history- Custom options
conditional content
conditional content – merge fields
conditional content – merge fields
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Put brackets around the API name, insert into email
conditional content – merge fields
conditional content – group membership
conditional content – group membership
To add an additional group membership clause, edit the Salsa Script by viewing the source, then add the highlighted section:<? var groupList=supporter.getObjects('groups'); var groups=new Object(); for each (g in groupList){groups[g.groups_KEY]=true;}
if (groups['42199']!=null){?>Dynamic content for Group A<?
} else if (groups[‘51815’]!=null) { ?>Second group content<?
}else{?>All other groups.<?
}?>
conditional content – donation history
conditional content – custom options
Read more: http://salsacommons.org/o/8001/p/salsa/website/public2/commons/dev/docs/lang/embedsjs.sjs
State:<?var supporterInfo=supporter.getObjects("supporter");for each (s in supporterInfo) { if (s.State=='VA') { ?>Viginia state supporters ...<? } else if (s.State=='DC') { ?>DC residents should...<? } else { ?>we don't have state information for you please update your profile<? }
}?>
Zip code:<?var supporterInfo=supporter.getObjects("supporter");for each (s in supporterInfo) { if (s.Zip=='22003') { ?>Viginia state supporters ...<? } else if (s.Zip=='20009') { ?>DC residents should...<? } else { ?>we don't have zip information for you please update your profile<? }
}?>
Others?
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1. donors who gave >$50 and <$100 in 2010
2. total number of actions taken in a group in 2010
3. Number of opens and CTs in the past 6 months
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