When you create a new online donation page, you first must choose the Simple or Advanced designer. The simple designer has a standard layout built for you, the Advanced designer allows more flexibility in the order of the items on the page and the overall color scheme and design of the page. Whichever option you choose, DonorView will walk you through the steps for the setup, divided into tabs at the top of the page.
For the Simple page designer, these steps/tabs include:
- Acknowledgment Info
- Select which designer to use for the setup, Simple or Advanced. Below are the setups of the Simple setup.
- This information will be used for the email that the donor will receive that acknowledges their online donation: subject line, and the sender's name and email address
- Donation Page Settings
- This step allows you to select the many different settings you would like to include on your donation page
- Add a description, image gallery or YouTube video
- Include predefined amounts to donate from
- Enter an email address to send a notification email to when a donation is made
- Include Tribute, matching and memo fields
- Assign a For, Fund, Appeal or Event to each donation made or allow the donor to select one from a picklist
- Style Donation Page
- This step allows you to customize the way that your donation form looks
- Change the colors & fonts used
- Add logos
- Style Donation Button
- This step allows you to customize the way that your donation button looks
- Change the colors & fonts used
- Select the shape of the button
- Use custom text for the name of the button
- Thank You Message
- This step allows you to customize the message that the donor receives both on-screen and through email after making an online donation
- Preview and Publish
- This step allows you to preview the donation form and gives you the tools to direct donors to the donation form
- Preview you the donation form
- Get the code to embed your Donate Button on your website
- Get the link to your Donation Form