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wmflan39
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Usin CTA to pass a HubL variable?

I have ~20 process-related pages, each with a CTA to our contactUs page. On each of these pages, I define the variable 'process' per:

{% set process = "brazing" %} (or soldering, annealing, etc.)

On the Landing page, the form looks for a value for 'lead_origin'

Is there any way to write the CTA URL to carry this page-specific value to the landing page per:

https://www.ambrell.com/contact-us?lead_origin={{process}}

I get an 'unknown' error when I try the above URL

 

Thanks for your time

 

WmFLanigan

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Stephanie-OG
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Usin CTA to pass a HubL variable?

I know you can use parameters on the redirect URL but I think you might need to add in the object for your custom one. 

 

When you click into Developer Info on your landing page (see below): 

 

Developer Info.jpg

 

You should be able to find your custom parameter:

 

Developer Info (2).jpg

 

Then use dot notation to drill down from the top of the tree (content) to the value. I'd say it should look something like this: 

 

{{content.widgets.process.body.value}}

More on this here.

 

Hopefully that should help 🙂

 


Stephanie O'Gay Garcia

HubSpot CMS Design & Development

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wmflan39
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Usin CTA to pass a HubL variable?

Stepanie,

Thanks very much for your help, but...

I tried your suggestion, but on the landing page in question,

https://www.ambrell.com/contact-us 

"process" does not appear in the page (using JSONView, too). I tried viewing 'Developer Info" for this page after arriving from one of my referring pages

https://www.ambrell.com/induction-heating-applications/annealing

and, still, no sign of "process".

I also tried editing the CTA URL per 

https://www.ambrell.com/fr/contact?lead_origin={{content.process}}

as a test, but that, too was rejected, 'unknown error'

 

WmF

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Stephanie-OG
Key Advisor

Usin CTA to pass a HubL variable?

Where are you defining the "process" variable? If it's not appearing in the Developer Info it might not be available on the page. 

 

What happens if you try to print it out? You could temporarily put it in a hidden div or something like this:

 

 

<div style="visibility: hidden; opacity: 0;">{{ process }}</div>

 

 


Stephanie O'Gay Garcia

HubSpot CMS Design & Development

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wmflan39
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Usin CTA to pass a HubL variable?

Stephanie,

Thanks again for your time.

As I mentioned at the start, I define process per

{% set process = "brazing" %} (or soldering, annealing, etc.)

in the head html of each process-related page.

I don't understand the <div> part of your reply.

WmF

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Stephanie-OG
Key Advisor

Usin CTA to pass a HubL variable?

I haven't usually tried variables in the head but mine are also not outputting so I'm not too sure.

Perhaps you could try using a text or choice module with export_to_template_context instead. I tested adding this to the head: 

 

{% text "process", value="brazing", export_to_template_context=True %}

And the {{content.widgets.process.body.value}} to the URL:

 

hublinurl.jpg

 

And that worked: 

 

 redirecturl.jpg

 


Stephanie O'Gay Garcia

HubSpot CMS Design & Development

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wmflan39
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Usin CTA to pass a HubL variable?

Stephanie,

Interseting; I'll give it a try. Thanks!

WmF

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wmflan39
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Usin CTA to pass a HubL variable?

Stephanie,

Again, the CTA URL toll rejects this construction

fault.png

 

Thanks anyway!

 

WmF

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Stephanie-OG
Key Advisor

Usin CTA to pass a HubL variable?

I've found that I have trouble saving personalisation tokens in the redirect URL on the form itself, but it tends to work when you update the redirect URL directly on the template or page module.

 


Stephanie O'Gay Garcia

HubSpot CMS Design & Development

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