Membership Forms - Magic Links

Magic Links allow you to control how membership levels and membership gifts display when a constituent clicks a link from a web page to a membership form. This is done by simply appending a parameter to the URL of the membership form.

With Membership Magic Links, you can configure which membership levels display, add the "Give as a gift" option to membership forms, and configure which membership level is selected by default along with the "Give as gift" option.

Guidelines for Configuring Magic Links

  • Separate Magic Links from the URL with a question mark (?): www.organization.org?BBMembershipSelected=24

  • Separate multiple Magic Links with an ampersand (&): www.organization.org?BBGiveAsGift=1&BBMembershipSelected=24

  • If the URL you are adding the Magic Link to already has a URL parameter, do not add another question mark. Separate the Magic Link with an ampersand from the other parameter. The entire URL can only have one question mark and it must come at the beginning of the parameters.

    Correct - www.organization.org?BBGiveAsGift=1&BBMembershipSelected=24

    Incorrect - www.organization.org?BBGiveAsGift=1?&BBMembershipSelected=24

    Incorrect - www.organization.org?BBGiveAsGift=1?BBMembershipSelected=24

  • Magic Links cannot be used to reduce the number of memberships that display, to show two instead of five, for example.

  1. On the That's it tab, click the What are Magic Links button.

  2. Click Links for my memberships.

  3. Click Copy next to a level that you want to display on the membership.

  4. Open the web page that contains the link to the membership form in an HTML editor.

  5. Add the parameter to the end of the URL with no space in between.

  6. To add another membership level, return to the Magic Links tab and copy the parameter for another level.

  7. Open your web page in an HTML editor and add the parameter to the end of the URL.

    Note: You can add another parameter, be sure to only have one question mark between the URL and the parameters, and separate each parameter with an ampersand (remove any question mark between parameters).

  1. On the That's it tab, click the What are Magic Links button.

  2. Click More cool tricks with Magic Links.

  3. Click Copy next to Pre-select the gift of membership options.

    Note: You will only see the gift of membership parameter if you have selected the Allow gifts of membership option on the Extras tab.

  4. Open the web page that contains the link to the membership form in an HTML editor.

  5. Add the parameter to the end of the URL with no space in between.

  1. On the That's it tab, click the What are Magic Links button.

  2. Click More cool tricks with Magic Links.

  3. Click Copy next to Pre-select the gift of membership option for a specific membership.

    Note: You will only see the gift of membership parameter if you have selected the Allow gifts of membership option on the Extras tab.

  4. Open the web page that contains the link to the membership form in an HTML editor.

  5. Add the parameter to the end of the URL with no space in between.