Sharing
Providing a quick way for supporters to access to the appropriate community campaign, form, catalog, or item is easy. Your options include:
- a custom Link, aka Redirect URL (print or social share);
- a call to action button or hyperlink in an email, that you back with a DonorPoint merge code that inserts the needed URL (email);
- a QR code (print, social share, or email).
Setting up to Share
The layout of the Sharing tabs in Catalogs, Categories, and Items; Community fundraisers; and single-page Forms are standardized.
Editing a system-generated default URL is simple:
The Sharing options available include:
First published in Devlopment Bulletin 2023-05B; added 2023-05-31 NTK.
QR Codes for Redirect URLs
It’s easy to get a QR code to promote your campaigns and events right from DonorPoint, after you’ve created custom Redirect URLs and saved them!
- Go to the Sharing tab on any catalog, category page, collection page, form, or specific item. (Our example below shows an Event Package item.)
- Scroll to the bottom of the Sharing tab to find three sizes of QR codes, then right-click to save the one you need as a PNG file.
TIP: Save the PNG file with a standard name that includes the Redirect URL itself, e.g., QR_code_RoadmapReview2023Q2.png
- Always test your QR code by scanning it with your phone… make sure it takes you to the correct page.
On a Community Campaign’s Sharing tab, you may see a whole list of Redirect URLs for fundraisers that are hosted within the same the site. In that case,
- Edit the specific URL entry using the pencil icon (e.g., CLA), and scroll to the bottom of the popup for its corresponding QR codes.
- Do not use the default QR code; it doesn’t include any embedded parameters needed for specific fundraisers.
First Published in Development Bulletin 2023-03A; section added 2023-03-23.