To view a more detailed guide with screenshots, please refer to the link below:
To set up your cookies banner, first start at your Platform Manager homepage. At the top of the page, you’ll see a notification highlighting that the new cookie solution is available.
Select the hyperlinked text labelled get started now.
Take a moment to read the FAQs.
Select the checkbox to show you have read and understood the FAQs.
Click Get started.
Enter all of your charity details.
These details will appear on your new cookie policy which will be automatically generated.
Select the checkbox to confirm you have understood how these details will be used.
Click Submit.
At this point, your cookie management solution is being set up.
Once complete, follow the link in the email to complete the set up.
We'll scan your website every couple of weeks and let you know if any new cookies are found.
Navigate to cookies within your website manager
Click Settings, then select Set-up and click Cookies.
You'll see a list of your cookies listed under their classification.
We'll automatically classify cookies that we know about, especially if they're from the website's core functionality. You'll need to check any cookies applied by third parties that you might have implemented on your website.
Your cookies should be organised under the URL of the website they belong to.
In this example it's YouTube:
Copy and paste the cookie name into a search engine.
Navigate to the relevant search result.
YouTube is owned by Google so this is the most relevant in this case
Use Ctrl+F to search for the cookie.
There might be many cookies with similar-looking names, so searching for the exact match is recommended.
Back in the manager, click Edit cookie.
Configure the cookie details as you need.
Click Save.
Click the toggle at the top right of the page to turn on your new cookie banner.
This will automatically replace your old banner if you were using our previous version.
If you have a third-party banner implemented, you will need to contact support to have that code removed.
Head to the front end of your website to view your new banner.
Select preferences to see what your end users will see
For those of you on our Enterprise tier, we're able to match the branding of your website. Please raise a support ticket and we'll get that actioned for you.
Your website users can choose to opt in or out of categories as they wish. Only those that have been classified as 'Essential' are not configurable by the end user.
Website users can manage their preferences at any time via a link that will appear at the bottom of the footer.