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How to set up My Interests

2020-10-05 09_30_19-Affino Demo - My Interests
2020-10-05 09_30_19-Affino Demo - My Interests

Overview

 

My Interests is a dedicated channel which sits under My Preferences on the My Account navigation.

 

Users can manage their interests so that they can see personalised content and receive targeted notifications of content which interests them.

 

Users can also choose in what frequency they wish to receive the content alerts based on the interest they have chosen (by default, this will be Off).

Setup the My Interests Profile

Control > Settings > My Interests Profiles

 

This profile allows you to configure your Interest Channel and Content Email Alert.

 

You can select the settings for the screen and the content email alert as well.

 

Interest topics are set up separately on the Demographic Profile.

However, the selected matching topics in the Demographic Profile will also appear as selected on the Interest Channel.

Main panel:

  • Name: Enter the name you wish to call this profile
    • Field type: Text
    • Required: Yes
  • Topic Theme: Select the Parent Topic of the theme that you wish to reflect on the Interest Channel
    • Pop-Up: Select a Topic
    • Field type: Single Selector
    • Required: Yes
  • Sort Order: Select the sort order in which the topics should be listed on the Interest Channel
    • Field type: Dropdown
    • Required: Yes
    • Values: Alphabetical | Topic Theme
    • Default Value: Topic Theme.
  • Show Trending Topics: Select to show your site trending topics on the Interest Channel. It will sit on top of the topic listing
    • Field type: checkbox
    • Default: unchecked
  • Maximum No. of Trending Topic: Enter the number of maximum trending topics to show on the Interest Channel
    • Field type: Integer
    • Default value: 10
    • Validation: only allows values from 1 to 20

Icons panel:

Add

  • Icon Color
  • Background Color
  • Border Color

Added

  • Icon Color
  • Background Color
  • Border Color

Mouseover

  • Icon Color
  • Background Color
  • Border Color

Email Notification panel:

  • Email Profile: Select the Email Profile for sending out messages
    • Field type: dropdown
    • Required: No
  • Channels: Select the Channels from which the user is going to be alerted when new content is published based on their interest
    • Pop-Up: Select Article Channels
    • Field type: Multi-selector.
    • Required: Yes
  • Max. Article Limit: Enter the maximum number of articles to list on the email
    • Field type: Integer
    • Optional: Yes
  • Email Subject: Enter the Email Subject
    • Field type: Text
    • Required: Yes
  • Logo: Upload logo to appear on the email
    • Image uploader
    • Optional: Yes
  • Header: Enter the Introduction text to appear on the email. You can include the dynamic placeholder [_Name_Disclosure_] to add the Name Disclosure Level to the personal message. The Name Disclosure is set on the User Profile
    • WYSIWYG
    • Optional: Yes
  • Show Author: Select to show the author against the article
    • Checkbox
    • Optional: Yes
  • Show Date: Select to show the publish date against the article
    • Checkbox
    • Optional: Yes
  • Show Topic: Select to show the topics against the article
    • Checkbox
    • Optional: Yes
  • Show Section: Select to show the Section name against the article
    • Checkbox
    • Optional: Yes
  • Message: Enter a message text to appear on the email, below the article
    • WYSIWYG
    • Optional: Yes
  • Footer: Enter the footer text to appear on the email. You can use the [_Unsubscribe_] placeholder to link users to the Interest channel
    • WYSIWYG
    • Optional: Yes
  • Design Style: Select a Design Style to be applied to the email. Note: There may be limitations as to what attributes can be applied to HTML emails, depending on the email client
    • Field type: Dropdown
    • Required: Yes
    • Options: Displays all available design styles
  • Thumbnail Alignment: Select the alignment you want for the Thumbnail
    • Field type: Dropdown
    • Required: Yes
    • Options: Left | Top | Right
    • Default value: Left
  • Campaign: Select a Campaign to apply to this email
    • Field type: Dropdown
    • Optional: Yes
    • Options: Displays all available campaigns
  • Campaign Position: Select the Campaign Position on the email
    • Field type: Dropdown
    • Optional: Yes
    • Options: Below 3rd Article | Below 1st Article | Above Message text
  • Permission: Select the permission statement to be shown when a user selects a Frequency Option
    • Pop-up Permission
    • Single Selector
    • Optional: Yes
    • Default value: Off
  • Frequency Options (Select which frequency options to offer the user. Please select at least one
    • Checkbox
    • Required: Yes
    • Options: Real-Time | Daily | Weekly | Monthly

Setup the My Interests Channel

The My Interests channel will be reflecting the configuration based on the Interest Profile for users to follow topics, by adding them to their interest and notifying them when new content is published.

 

Here are some of the key fields, with the Help Text:

  • Name: Enter a name to identify the channel
    • Type: text
    • Required: Yes
  • Channel Title: Enter a SEO enhanced name for your Channel
    • Type: text
  • Parent Channel: Select the Channel you want this one to appear under Language
    • Type: dropdown
    • Required: Yes
  • Details: Enter detailed content to be presented on this channel
    • Type: test
  • Hidden: Option for this Channel's Title to be hidden from view within your website's menus
    • Type: checkbox
  • Hide From Site Search: Select if you do not wish for any of the content of this channel to appear in the Site Search results
    • Type: checkbox
  • Hide From Search Engines: Select if you do not wish for any of the content of this channel to appear in the Google Sitemap and to be excluded from search engines
    • Type: checkbox
  • Keywords: Add Keyword Tags separated by commas that describe this section
    • Type: text
    • Allows for multiple values
  • Skin: Select the Skin that will be the basis of this Channel
    • Type: popup
  • My Interests Profile: Select the Interest Profile for this Interest Channel to use
    • Type: dropdown
    • Required: Yes

The My Interests page

Users can navigate to their My Interests page from the My Account page.

 

The My Interests page layout has several areas, these are:

  • Channel Name
  • Channel Details
  • Frequency options: These options come from the My Interests Profile. Please check which of the following to show:
    • Real-Time | Daily | Weekly | Monthly | Off
    • Default value:Off
  • Select the frequency of your email notifications: This text Item can be changed via the Application Bar
  • Trending Topics: Please check if this is turned on. If on, the whole row will be displayed. The maximum number of trending topics is set in the My Interests Profile. Trending topics can be determined by the users current trending views that are within the Topic List.
    • Optional: Yes
  • All Topics: This Text Item can be changed using the Application Bar
  • Sort By filter: The default filter will come from the Sort Order option within the My Interests Profile
    • Options: Theme | Alphabetical | My Interests
  • Theme view: This will reflect the topic list by the hierarchy which is in the topic list, same as the Topic Channel.
  • Alphabetical view: This will reflect the topic list in alphabetical order, ignoring the parent and child topic relationship
  • My Interests view: This will show an additional row on top of the topic list with the users interests already selected

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