Engagement tools are often also populated from emails. In this case, we usually already know the data of our contacts and can therefore pre-fill this data for the users. This is easily done by adapting the link.
The following data can be prefilled:
First name
Last name
E-mail address
For Public Supporters pages with zip code enabled: zip code
The customization in the link is done using additional parameters. Sounds complicated, but it is not. A parameter is passed to a link like this:
The parameters to pre-fill the engagement tool pages are as follows:
Data | Parameter |
First name | name |
Last name | surname |
ZIP | zip_code |
For public supporters and user stories, the submission form must be opened first. Prefilling works even if the form is closed, but if you want to open it right away, add #einsenden=1 to the end of the link. So if you want to prefill a public supporters page with zip code, the link looks like this: