How do I include sender name in donation eCard stationary?

Bonnie Schlobohm

I'm creating donation eCards so donors can send notification of a tribute donation. I noticed another organzation who uses Convio has a donation eCard that includes text saying "<Your name here>  made a donation and sent  you this eCard." I cannot find how I add that information to my eCard. Can anyone help?

Ken Cantu

Hmm, not really sure. Can you post a link to that other form? I can take a look at how it was configured.

Bonnie Schlobohm

Ken Cantu:

Hmm, not really sure. Can you post a link to that other form? I can take a look at how it was configured.

Does this link work for you? You have to preview the eCard to see the line I'm talking about.

https://secure2.convio.net/ddfl/site/Donation2?df_id=1920&1920.donation=form1

Ken Cantu

Bonnie Schlobohm:

Does this link work for you? You have to preview the eCard to see the line I'm talking about.

https://secure2.convio.net/ddfl/site/Donation2?df_id=1920&1920.donation=form1

Hmm. Looks like it is in the stationary with just an first name personalizaiton in the phrase. However, I'm not sure if that will actually work when you send the ecard. I tried to test in Test drive mode but it didn't send me the card and the live form requires a donation. I would say give it a go but defnitely test it as both a logged in and logged out constituent who gives to the form, I'm skeptical that it actually populates the name but I'd like to be proven wrong.

Bonnie Schlobohm

Ken Cantu:

Hmm. Looks like it is in the stationary with just an first name personalizaiton in the phrase. However, I'm not sure if that will actually work when you send the ecard. I tried to test in Test drive mode but it didn't send me the card and the live form requires a donation. I would say give it a go but defnitely test it as both a logged in and logged out constituent who gives to the form, I'm skeptical that it actually populates the name but I'd like to be proven wrong.

I just made a small donation, and it did work. Both first and last name. I'll investigate further. Stay tuned.

Bonnie Schlobohm

Ken Cantu:

Hmm. Looks like it is in the stationary with just an first name personalizaiton in the phrase. However, I'm not sure if that will actually work when you send the ecard. I tried to test in Test drive mode but it didn't send me the card and the live form requires a donation. I would say give it a go but defnitely test it as both a logged in and logged out constituent who gives to the form, I'm skeptical that it actually populates the name but I'd like to be proven wrong.

It finally dawned on my that I need to use Personalization rather than a Convio Component to get at the fields I want. I think it will work, but what I don't know how to do is have it display the "<Your name will go here>" part when it previews.

Bonnie Schlobohm

Ken Cantu:

Hmm. Looks like it is in the stationary with just an first name personalizaiton in the phrase. However, I'm not sure if that will actually work when you send the ecard. I tried to test in Test drive mode but it didn't send me the card and the live form requires a donation. I would say give it a go but defnitely test it as both a logged in and logged out constituent who gives to the form, I'm skeptical that it actually populates the name but I'd like to be proven wrong.

I got the code from someone else at Convio. It is:

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