Using Optimized Donation Forms

Salvatore Sciandra

We're trying to use an Optimized Form and have it created but we're a little confused about our options regarding it's “trigger.” So for instance we know we can have the optimized form load from someone clicking a button or a hyperlink on the site, but what we'd really like is for people to simply navigate to our website and once the page loads, the form sits on top of the home page. From there if they want to donate or “x” out the form they can. Is this possible? Can anyone speak to this? THIS is what we have, but we'd rather it launch once someone lands on bfloparks.org.

Samantha McGuin

@Salvatore Sciandra Hi Salvatore, I can try to answer your question but I need more information first. It sounds like you are trying to have the form autolaunch over your home page…do you want any/every visitor to your homepage to have the form launch over it, or just those that you're directing there from a specific link?

Samantha McGuin
Sr. Principal Product Manager
Blackbaud

Salvatore Sciandra

@Samantha McGuin Thank you for your response, Samantha.

I'd like for every person who visits bfloparks.org to see the form overlay on top of the homepage. So if someone Googles our site and clicks on the link to visit our site for whatever reason, they're still prompted to give with this Optimized Form. Does this make sense?

Alex Wong

@Salvatore Sciandra
that's webdev, not really something to do with the options on optimaized Donation form.

you can get your webdev guy to do this on the homepage, are they having trouble?

Samantha McGuin

@Salvatore Sciandra There's a technical way to do this as long as its the same form you're loading every time, you'll need web development expertise to do this. Here's the steps you need to take:

1. Make sure the loader script is on your home page.

2. Then add the html for a button that launches the form on your home page.

3. You'll then need to use CSS on the page to make the button hidden and add some javascript to click the hidden button on page load. See this site for general info on the code needed to do this. https://www.codeproject.com/Questions/1175166/Javascript-auto-click-on-pageload


Give this a try and let us know how it works out!

Anna Cisewski

@Salvatore Sciandra did you ever get this figured out? Trying to get ours to do the same thing!