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Create and manage buttons

Learn how to build your first button, set up sequenced actions, or delete ones you no longer use.

Updated over 3 weeks ago

How to build your first button

Now it’s time to make your first button. To get started, head to the My Buttons dashboard, and click the pink Create New button in the top right.

Step 1: Select Type, Layout and Language

The first step will be to select the type, layout, and language of your button.

  • Type - Controls whether your button contains one action (e.g., just a petition), or multiple actions chained together (e.g., a poll followed by a petition).

  • Layout - Sets the orientation of the button. Choose portrait for a tall narrow layout. Choose landscape for a short wide layout.

  • Language - Controls the language your button will appear in.

Step 2: Select Action

Next, select the action to place in your button. Available actions include Petition, Custom Email Target, Contact Your Lawmakers, Poll, Sentiment Poll, Dial, Quiz, Check Registration, Signup, and Opinion. Learn more about each type of action.

Step 3: Action Details

The next step is to fill-out the Action Details form.

The options vary based on action type, but will typically include: a Title field (for your question, call-to-action, etc), a Description field (for additional details/context), followed by a set of options specific to your chosen action type.

There's also a live preview of the button you're creating. Beneath the preview, you can toggle between the different screens people will see when using your button.

Once you've completed all of the required Button Details fields, click Next to advance to the Finish step.

Step 4: Finish

Here you have the option to customize the button name (private, used in the My Buttons page), the "Created by" name (public, appears above your button's title), and the Language (English, Spanish, etc.) of the button. If your ActionButton account is connected to a NationBuilder account, you'll see some additional settings to control how people's information will flow into NationBuilder.

If you need to make any changes to your button's configuration, you can use the Back button — otherwise click Finish to set it live. You can view button sharing options by clicking on the My Buttons page.


Deleting a button

You can easily delete any button you’ve created at any time. Please note that this will delete your button in all locations where you've embedded it.

If you’d like to delete a button, return to the My Buttons screen. Find the button you want to delete, click and look for Delete in the dropdown. Select that, confirm, and your button will be deleted. To confirm the deletion, you'll be prompted to enter the word DELETE.

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