Petitions

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On this page:

• Creating a new petition
• To use a container or not?
  • The “Petition Container” Content Block
  • The “Petition Form” Content Block
• NationBuilder Settings for Petitions
  • User Settings
  • Goal Settings
  • SMS Settings

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Creating a new petition

From the CloudCannon dashbaord, click “Petitions” to view all existing petition pages. Click the orange “+ Add” button to create a new petition from scratch, or from a pre-build template.

You can also duplicate an existing petition. To do this, right click the top-right corner of an existing petition you want to copy, and select “clone item”.

To use a container or not?

The “Container” content block will allow you to add a background color or image to a section of your page. To do this, click “Add Content Block” in the left panel, and select “Container”. You can then set the background color and image of the container, along with some margins and padding. You can then add more content blocks inside this container under “Inner Components”

If you would like your content on a white background, you should be able to add content blocks directly to the page without nesting them inside a container. The components will respect the maximum width of the page content. There may be some special circumstances where you would want to use a container even if the background color is white. For example, if you want to customize the padding, or set the width to be extra wide or extra narrow.

The “Petition Container” Content Block

The “Petition Container” functions exactly like the “Container” content block, but it is specifically designed to hold the content for a petition. Inner blocks created for other page types are omitted from the “inner components” options for simplicity.

The “Petition Form” Content Block

The “Petition Form” content block is used to place a petition form on the page. Within the form settings there are two sub-groups. “Form” and “Confirmation”. These two groups allow you to configure the form for before the user has signed the petition, and after the petition is signed.

NationBuilder Settings for Petitions

Click the gear icon in the bottom right corner to open the NationBuilder Settings drawer. These settings will allow you to change how you view the page in CloudCannon, but you will need to also adjust these settings in NationBuilder when you create the live page.

User Settings

These toggle buttons change the view of the page to replicate whether the user is logged in, and if the user has signed the petition. “Sorta logged in” refers to when the user has not actually logged in with their credentials, but NationBuilder can detect the user based on other factors.

In the case of the Petition form, this will likey have no affect.

Goal Settings

“Signature Goal” and “Percent of goal completed:” will affect the way the “Goal” progress bar is displayed. You will need to set the Signature goal in NationBuilder under “Petition Settings -> Basics”. The “Percent of goal completed” will be automatically calculated when the page is live.

“SMS Settings” displays the text “Text ___ to sign” below the submit button. This replicates what would display in NationBuilder if a text keyword is added to the petition. This setting is adjusted in NationBuilder under “Petition Settings -> Text Keywords”. Leave blank to omit.