How can I require users to sign up for a newsletter before being able to access a downloadable PDF in Webflow without using Mailchimp?
Published on
September 22, 2023
To require users to sign up for a newsletter before accessing a downloadable PDF in Webflow, you can use a combination of Webflow's built-in forms and interactions. Here's a step-by-step guide on how to achieve this:
- Set up your newsletter form:
- Add a form element to your Webflow project (e.g., a modal or a section on your page).
- Customize the form fields to include at least an email field for users to provide their email addresses.
- Connect the form to a Webflow form submission feature or integrate with a third-party service (other than Mailchimp) to capture the submitted data.
- Trigger the newsletter signup on interaction:
- Add an interaction to the element (e.g., a button or a link) that triggers the newsletter signup form.
- Set the interaction to "Open" the form element you created in step 1.
- Add a conditional visibility rule to the PDF download link:
- Wrap your downloadable PDF link (e.g., a button or text link) with a section/div block.
- Set the initial state of the section/div block to "Hidden" or "Display: None".
- Create an interaction for the section/div block that satisfies the condition for the user to access the PDF.
- For example, the interaction can be triggered by the successful submission of the newsletter form.
- Customize the conditional visibility rule:
- Configure the interaction to "Show" the section/div block containing the download link when the condition is met.
- You can use Webflow's interactions panel to set this up based on form success, custom attribute values, or other triggers.
By following these steps, users will be required to sign up for your newsletter by submitting the form before gaining access to the downloadable PDF.
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