Velocity Link Tracking Issue

Anonymous · ‎04-23-2018

I have created a script that displays specific content for a user based on specific characteristics (I use email address in this simplified example). However, I am unable to track the links created in this script. Knowing that this is quite tricky in velocity, I followed all the instructions I could find but somehow it still doesn't work. Does anyone know how to fix this?

I listed both versions of my script below, as I thought maybe having the links in the if-logic (version 1) broke the tracking, but version 2 didn't work either.

Version 2:

#if($lead.Email == "myemail@mail.com")

#set ($link = 'www.marketo.com')

#set ($image = 'image.png')

#set ($header = 'Title')

#set ($text = 'Text text text.')

#set ($button = 'Click here')

#else

#set ($link = 'nope')

#set ($image = 'nope')

#set ($header = 'nope')

#set ($text = 'nope')

#set ($button = 'nope')

#end

<html>

<table>

<tbody>

<tr>

</tr>

<tr>

<h2 style="margin-top: 0; font-size: 24px; line-height: 145%; font-weight: 300; color: #424242;">${header}</h2>

${text}

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<tbody>

<tr>

<td align="center" bgcolor="#67ca39" style="-moz-border-radius: 500px; -webkit-border-radius: 500px; border-radius: 500px;"><a href="https://${link}" style="padding: 16px 52px; display: block; text-decoration: none; border: 1px solid #67ca39; text-align: center; font-weight: 300; font-size: 16px; font-family: sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #67ca39; -moz-border-radius: 500px; -webkit-border-radius: 500px; border-radius: 500px; line-height: 17px;" class="button pointerCursor"> ${button} </a></td>

</tr>

</tbody>

</table>

</td>

</tr>

</tbody>

</table>

</html>

Version 1

#if($lead.Email == "myemail@mail.com")

<html>

see code above, but with hardcoded $variables (i.e. html code for every if or else possibilities).

</html>

#else

<html>

see code above, but with hardcoded $variables (i.e. html code for every if or else possibilities).

</html>

Update: I have also tried using alternatives to #set, such as #define didn't work, also replacing $link with $url had no effect. No urls at all in velocity scripts seem to be converted to trackable links.