Adding a Home Page Popup message to your website

Adding a Home Page Popup message to your website

This article shows you how to add and remove Pop Up Messages to/from the Home Page of your website so you can share important updates with your customers e.g. New Opening Hours, Changes to Dine-In or Online Ordering, or Special Promotions etc.

1) In the Command Center, scroll the left navigation down to the "Website" section and click on Site Editor > Popups.


2) On the Pop-Up overview screen you will see your current pop-ups listed in chronological order by start date. If you have an active pop-up it will be highlighted with a green background.    To create a new popup, click on the "Add Pop-Up" button in the top right of the window


 
3) Steps to setting up your message:
  1. Name your popup message,
  2. Select if you would like it enabled or disabled, and then
  3. Choose a time frame (start date and end date) you would like this pop up to be displayed. Please note that if a pop-up is enabled it will only display on the home page during the time frame you have specified, and if you do not specify an end time, it will run indefinitely until manually disabled. 
  4. Choose the number of times you would like the popup to display for an individual site visitor, if left blank it will display every time they visit the home page 
  5. Compose your message in the editor : The editor screen for the popup functions the same as the  drag/drop Email Editor
    1. You can add paragraphs and text.
    2. You can add images by dragging an Image element into the editor, then uploading an image or selecting one from your Media Library.
    3. You can add links to images and text.
    4. You can also add buttons, button groups, headings, lists, list items, tables, cards, custom code, and videos.
  6. Once you have finished creating your pop-up message, select save in the top right. 


4) The next time you visit the website (during the specified time frame) you will see the active popup.




Please note that the pop up uses the built-in styling of your website - if you would like to change the styling of the box itself, please reach out to our support team.