General Donation - Widgets (Thermometer, Social and Google Analytics)

In the Widgets section, you can enable Social Network Settings as well as Google Analytics.

To enable any of these widgets, click on the Manage button under the respective categories.

Thermometer

This will enable a thermometer on the home page that shows the percentage of the fundraising goal that has been completed. Remember you will need to have a goal in your event settings in order for this to appear as well as turn on the Thermometer.

Select manage, then click on 'Disabled" to take you to the ability to turn on the Thermometer. 

You can then choose to enable the thermometer from the drop down, choose which style you would like to use by selecting the appropriate radio button. Hit Submit once you have chosen your settings. 

Social Network Settings

This allows you to enable Social Network sharing and Facebook connect, to allow your supporters to share your cause on social media sites.

The AddThis Settings let donors share your cause on their social media accounts. You can customize the messages that will populate these boxes.

 To Enable the AddThis Setting:

• Click Enabled under the Add This Settings section.
• If you have an AddThis account ID, you can enter it here (optional).

Once you have enabled the AddThis setting, you can customize your messages that will be prepopulated when your supporters share your cause on certain social media sites.

Under the section AddThis for Twitter, create a unique message that friends of your supporters will see online. This message will be included along with a link to the page.

Under the section AddThis for Facebook, create a unique message that your supporters will see when this link is shared on Facebook.

Under the Title, add in your organization’s name. Key words like %EventName% or %OrganizationName% will automatically fill in with your event or organization name. No need to do the work yourself! Under the Description, think of a short sentence that will help inspire others to donate to your cause. You can add an image that will appear in this link as well. The recommended image size is 200 x 200 pixels.

 Don’t forget to click Save when you are finished!

 Additional Facebook Settings. 

You have the option of keeping these great Facebook Settings enabled.  The descriptions are listed below for you (as well as in the product).  To turn this off, select the drop down box "Enabled" and Disable it and click save.  

Google Analytics

Setting up this feature enables you to link your event websites to your Google Analytics account. This allows you to track information about people who visit your website in order to optimize your Google AdWords.

For example, you can learn the number of visitors, visitor path, conversion rate, and more. You can also learn what kind of browsers your donors are using and see where they are arriving from. This is how your website traffic information might appear on an easy-to-use Google dashboard accessed through www.google.com/analytics.