Documentation Campaign Campaign Classic v7 Documentation

Also applies to v8

Static elements in a web form

Last update: April 11, 2024

Applies to:
Campaign Classic v7

Topics:
Web Forms

You can include elements with which the user has no interaction in the pages of the form; these are static elements such as images, HTML content, a horizontal bar, or a hypertext link. These elements are created via the first button in the toolbar, by selecting Static elements.

The following types of field are available:

Value based on previously provided answers (in the context of the form) or on the database.
Hypertext link, HTML, horizontal bar. See Inserting HTML content.
Image saved in the resource library or on a server accessible by users. See Inserting images.
Script executed on client side and/or server side. It must be written in JavaScript and be compatible with most browsers to ensure correct execution on the client side.

NOTE
On the server side, the script can use the functions defined in Campaign JSAPI documentation.

Insert HTML content

You can include HTML content in a form page: hypertext links, images, formatted paragraphs, videos, etc.

The HTML editor lets you enter the content to insert into the form page. To open the editor, click Static elements > HTML .

You can enter and format your content directly or display the source code window to paste in some external content. To switch to “source code” mode, click the first icon in the toolbar:

To insert a database field, use the personalization button.

NOTE

The strings entered in the HTML editor are only translated if they are defined in the Texts sub-tab. Otherwise they will not be collected. For more on this, refer to Translating a web form.

Insert a link

Fill in the fields in the editing window as shown in the following example:

To add a hypertext link, go to Static elements > Link.

The Label is the content of the hypertext link as it will be displayed on the form page.
The URL is the desired address, e.g.: https://www.adobe.com for a website, or info@adobe.com to send a message.
The Window field lets you select the display mode for the link in the case of a site. You can decide to open the link in a new window, the current window, or another window.
You can add a ToolTip, as shown below:
You can choose to display the link as a button or an image. To do this, select the type of display in the Type field.

Types of links

By default, the links are associated with a URL-type action, so that a link destination address can be entered in the URL field.

You can define other actions for the link, so that the user can click the link to do the following:

Refresh the page

To do this, select the Refresh page option in the drop-down box of the Action field.
Display the next/previous page

To do this, select the Next page or Previous page option in the drop-down box of the Action field.

You can hide the Next and/or Back buttons if they are to be replaced by a link. Refer to this page.

The link will replace the Next button used by default.
Display another page

The Enable a transition option lets you display a specific page associated with the outgoing transition selected in the Transition field.

By default, a page has only one output transition. To create new transitions, select the page and then click the Add button in the Output transitions section, as shown below:

In the diagram, this addition will look like this:

NOTE
For more on page sequencing in a Web form, refer to Defining web forms page sequencing.

Personalize HTML content

You can personalize the HTML content of a form page with data recorded in a previous page. For example, you can create a car insurance Web form whose first page lets you provide contact information and the brand of the car.

Use personalization fields to re-inject the user name and selected brand into the next page. The syntax to use depends on the information storage mode. For more on this, refer to Using collected information.

NOTE

For security reasons, the value entered in the <%= formula is replaced with escaped characters.

In our example, the first and last name of the recipient are stored in a field of the database, while the brand of their car is stored in a variable. The syntax of the message personalized on page 2 will be as follows:

<P>Welcome <%= ctx.recipient.@firstName %> <%= ctx.recipient.@lastName %>,</P>
<P>To start your customized study, please select your car <%=ctx.vars.marque%> and its year of purchase.</P>

This produces the following result:

Use text variables

The Text tab lets you create variable fields which can be used in the HTML between the <%= and %> characters with the following syntax: $(IDENTIFIER).

Use this method to easily have your strings localized. See Translating a web form

For example, you can create a Contact field that will enable you to display the “Date of last contact:” string to the HTML content. To do this, follow the steps below:

Click on the Text tab of the HTML text.
Click the Add icon.
In the Identifier column, enter the name of the variable
In the Text column, enter the default value.
In the HTML content, insert this text variable via the <%= $(Contact) %> syntax.

CAUTION
If you enter these characters in the HTML editor, the < and > fields will be replaced with their escaped characters. In this case, you need to correct the source code by clicking the Display source code icon of the HTML text editor.
Open the Preview label of the form to view the value entered in the HTML:

This operating mode lets you define the text of Web forms only once, and manage translations using the integrated translation tool. For more on this, refer to Translating a web form.

Insert images

For images to be included in forms, they must be saved on a server that is accessible from outside.

Select the Static elements > Image menu.

Select the source of the image to be inserted: it can come from the public resource library or be stored on an external server accessible from outside.

If this is an image from the library, select it in the combo-box of the field; if it is located in an external file, enter the access path. The label will be displayed by passing the cursor over the image (coincides with an ALT field in HTML), or when the image isn’t displayed.

The image can be viewed in the central section of the editor.

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