Adding Thermostat to Donation Form

Andrea Martinez
Andrea Martinez
Fourth Anniversary Kudos 1 Name Dropper Facilitator 1
in Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT®: General Discussions

Hi all! Has anyone experimented with adding a donation thermostat to the top of a donation form?

RE NXT gives us the ability to generate a donation thermostat to track our progress towards a goal, and it also gives us the HTML to add the thermostat to a webpage.

I don't really have experience embedding HTML into webpages, and I'm wondering if anyone has experimented with adding the thermostat to the top of a Donation Form also generated by Blackbaud.

I'm hoping to not have to create separate webpages to put both of these on, so I'd love to get the thermostat directly on the donation form where they can donate to the campaign.

Please let me know your thoughts. Thank you!

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  • Candy Reichert
    Candy Reichert
    Tenth Anniversary Kudos 2 Name Dropper Participant

    I use the Web Component goal bar on a couple pages. I just copy the code for the form and add it before the donation code. It works well. This includes the goal bar: https://www.southern.edu/advancement/give/wsmc-give-now.html

  • Alex Wong
    Alex Wong Community All-Star
    Ninth Anniversary Kudos 5 Facilitator 3 Raiser's Edge NXT Fall 2025 Product Update Briefing Badge

    both donation form and website components can be embedded to a single webpage, like what Candy said.

    Assuming you are not also handling your org's website, you should provide the 2 embed code to the department that handles your website's content, they will know what to do with it.

  • Samantha McGuin
    Samantha McGuin Blackbaud Employee
    Tenth Anniversary Kudos 5 Name Dropper Participant

    Also just a note, if you are using Optimized Forms you can turn a goal meter on directly from the form's branding card which will include the thermometer as part of the branding card.

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