Re: Setting a boolean value to Yes/No for subscription management confirmation

Anonymous · ‎03-08-2017

Hi. We would like to be able to put a Yes/No next to each preference center option when it is presented in the Confirmation landing page. I've tried the script below without success. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

#if (${lead.pCMarketingCommunications} == 1 )

#set ($pcMarketingCommunications = "Yes,")

#if (${lead.pCMarketingCommunications} == 0 )

#set ($pcMarketingCommunications = "No,")

#END

SanfordWhiteman · ‎03-08-2017

Sarah, you can't use VTL (Velocity Template Languagee) on LPs. Velocity is for email personalization. On LPs, you use JavaScript. But it's not clear why you'd need any kind of scripting for this, since Marketo forms natively handle booleans.

Anonymous · ‎03-08-2017

The native boolean capability is working great. But for the confirmation landing page, I was hoping to put something more friendly than the 1 or 0 you get if you just use the token. Below is the mock up (please pardon the ugliness its a non styled test). Going to look into using javascript. Thanks!

SanfordWhiteman · ‎03-08-2017

To do that simple display manipulation you can use CSS only.

Output the tokens into an HTML data-attribute, like <span data-checkbox-value="{{Lead.Marketing Communications}}"></span>.

Then go like this: http://codepen.io/figureone/pen/e025a2ebfe19e8400deccdf03ababa14/

Michael_Oslin · ‎03-09-2017

Sanford, what/how do you "Output the tokens into an HTML data-attribute"

So for instance we capture a checkbox on the form for "Company Events" that is then stored on the Lead(person) object as seen below.

How does that get turned into an HTML data-attribute?

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html >

<head>

<title>HTML :: data-attr to after</title>

</head>

<body>

</body>

</html>

Where does the line go?

Sorry kinda new to all this, trying to get my bearings.

And thanks for your explanations.

SanfordWhiteman · ‎03-09-2017

<span data-checkbox-value="{{Lead.Marketing Communications}}"></span>

Yes, like that.

You're injecting a "1" or "0" into an HTML attribute, that's all.

Michael_Oslin · ‎03-10-2017

Tried it with no luck. This is what I have (just testing for one value currently):

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html >

<head>

<meta charset="UTF-8">

<title>HTML :: data-attr to after</title>

<style>SPAN {{lead.PC-Manhattan Events:default=}}="1"]:after {

content: "Yes";

}

SPAN {{lead.PC-Manhattan Events:default=}}="0"]:after {

content: "No";

}

</style>

</head>

<body>

<p>Test Area</p>

<div><span data-checkbox-value="{{Lead.Manhattan Events}}"></span></div>

</body>

</html>

You can see the LP's here

using test@test.com for email address

Submission Landing Page URL: http://na-sj19.marketo.com/lp/561-BRX-192/OP-Preference-Center_OP-Preference-Center-Landing-Page.htm...

Confirmation Landing Page URL: http://na-sj19.marketo.com/lp/561-BRX-192/OP-Preference-Center_OP-Preference-Center-Confirmation.htm...

Thank you-

SanfordWhiteman · ‎03-10-2017

I don't know what you're trying to do in that CSS, but there's no way it's going to match your <SPAN>.

Please take a closer look at how my demo CodePen page works. You should be placing the {{lead.token}} only in the HTML, not in the CSS. The value is output into the data-checkbox-value attribute on the SPAN. You don't place it in the CSS: the CSS is static.

Michael_Oslin · ‎03-13-2017

My mistake - I copied the wrong CSS in the previous example.

It looks like this:

<style>

SPAN[data-checkbox-value="1"]:after {

content: "Yes";

}

SPAN[data-checkbox-value="0"]:after {

content: "No";

}

</style>

<p>Test Area</p>

<div><span data-checkbox-value="1"></span></div>

<div><span data-checkbox-value="0"></span></div>

<div><span data-checkbox-value="{{Lead.Manhattan Events}}"></span></div>

SanfordWhiteman · ‎03-13-2017

And what's the resulting HTML when that {{lead.token}} is interpolated? Go into view-source or Dev Tools and paste the output.

Michael_Oslin · ‎03-14-2017

<div id='lpeCDiv_1367' class='lpeCElement Marketing_Communications___myMarketingCommunicationsdefaultedit_me__'><span class='lpContentsItem richTextSpan'><div>Thank you. Your communication preferences have been saved and are confirmed below</div>

</div>

</div>

</div>

</div>

</body>

SanfordWhiteman · ‎03-14-2017

OK, so the token isn't appearing in the output (it isn't related to the styling). I assume the {{lead.token}} isn't being output anywhere. Are you spelling it right? Are you sure the lead's web session is associated (being able to output any tokens would confirm this)?

Michael_Oslin · ‎03-17-2017

Thank you Sanford. We have a Marketo Technical person looking at it.

I'll let you know what we find out or do as a workaround.

SanfordWhiteman · ‎03-17-2017

Did you try outputting other lead tokens like I said? An associated web session has access (on Marketo LPs) to all lead tokens. If this isn't working for you, it's very troubling because it suggests a bug affecting other users (though I can't reproduce it).

Josh_Hill13 · ‎03-08-2017

Yes, that use case requires javascript/jquery to convert that to a human language.