Facebook iOS 14 changes with ActBlue

With the recent privacy changes with iOS 14 and Facebook we have a solution to track your conversion events with Facebook using our Forms.

Now edit the Thank You Page with your custom message and add a HTML Block with the Javascript code below. Make sure you have already added your Facebook Pixel ID in your setting.

Copy paste the code below in. The /100 is from ActBlue as they pass the value over as total Cents not as a dollar amount, so $21.21 would be 2121 as the amount.

function() {
const actblueParams = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
fbq("track", "Purchase", { currency: "USD", value: actblueParams.get("amount")/100 });
})();

For the Javascript developers, we poly-fill the URLSearchParams for Internet Explorer users which makes the code a lot easier to read than parsing out the location.search parameter by hand.

Now redirect your http://act.campaigndeputy.com/thankyou/{formname}?amount={{amount}}&refcode={{refcode}}&name={{name}}

What about custom domains?

Glad you asked, talk to your account manager to get the DNS entries needed. Depending on your account there may be a small up-charge. Someone from your team will need to apply the DNS entries. If you are using SquareSpace, Wix, Weebly or Campaign Partner the DNS change likely will need to be made in those systems. If not, ask who registered the domain at a place like Name.com (preffered), Google Domains, Godaddy, 1&1 or Gandi.

Email Editor Updates

We have made several updates to our email editor based on feedback from our community. About 9 months ago we wanted to move to a more advanced template option beyond a find and replace that was used when it was first launched. One of the major drivers for the change was our Call Time Manager. The first email editor lacked the sophistication that we wanted for all types of donor communication. .We settled on an open source tool that allows us to customize a template, add new features to it over time and is fast so we can send out emails to those large groups. We also wanted to keep the look and feel of the industry standard Liquid templates that seem to be everywhere.

Autocomplete for Liquid Fields

Type { and the list of available fields show with type ahead

We have added location information and donor history to the email merge fields. This allows for some great ideas for customizing your emails.
{{if city='Louisville'}} RSVP to our event {{else}} RSVP to our Zoom event {{end}}
{{if lifetime_contributions>10000}} thank you for being huge supporter over the years{{else}} we appreciate every donation {{end}}
{{if zip}} be one of the {{math.random 10 25}} supporters in {{zip}} {{else}} we need 76 supporters by midnight {{end}}

Restricted Domains

We have a range of clients, from school board to Governor, PACs, non-profits and even one law firm. Historically, you could ask our support team to put in a block for a specific domain name based on your needs. (Looking at you .us school systems). Now those options are available for you in Account Settings. It’s also tiered in that you can block all .gov and .us or you can say .gov and .jeffersonkyschools.us to be exact for those local agencies that don’t use a .gov domain.

Upcoming Features

We still have more features in the works for our email system. We have a few people Beta testing our AB Testing, new segment filters and a GIF countdown timer. The GIF countdown timer is the biggest upcoming feature as generating 10,000 GIFs on open was a fun challenge for our team. We will be deploying that in both a West Coast and East Coast datacenters once we do a week long verification.

Pennsylvania Approved Campaign Finance Vendor

Campaign Deputy is now an approved Campaign Finance Vendor for Democrat and Progressive Political Campaigns and PACs for the state of Pennsylvania. You can now electronically file your campaign finance reports with the reports Campaign Deputy generates.

Filling reports is similar to our other states as we provide a list of reports for your campaign, the ending period date and the due by date. You also have the option to amend a previous report. Once a report is generated, you can download the report and use that to upload it to Pennsylvania’s Campaign Finance system at PA Campaign Finance Online . You will need a login which the Department of State can provide.

Generate Campaign Finance Reports

This is in addition to our FEC electronic filling for Federal Campaign and Federal PACs in Pennsylvania. This expands Campaign Deputy to bring affordable donor management and campaign finance solutions to the state of Pennsylvania.

Sign up now for a demo at https://campaigndeputy.com/lp/free-trial-14/