Tips and Tricks

1. Let beta users of your site transparently use SharedCopy and feedback to you

  1. Login to http://sharedcopy.com
  2. Go to Add-ons page
  3. Select Send E-mail if you haven't selected
    1. Click [+] add preset bookmarklet
    2. Change After saving to Return to original page
    3. Change Settings > Name to something specific to your users, e.g. Report problem
  4. Click Create specialized bookmarklet
  5. Click [=] edit and copy the embed code on the right column of the page
  6. Paste the copied code into your own website and you're done!

Now, when your user is browsing your website, he/she can click on the "Report problem" box and a SharedCopy toolbar will appear for annotations. Upon saving, a few things will happen:

  • The user will be shown an acknowledgement page and quickly redirected back to the original webpage
  • The annotated webpage will be saved - the URL will be kept secret and not published
  • An email will be sent to your email address

Additonal things to note:

  • You can moderate comments from the annotated page.
  • The embed code contains CSS which you can omit or modify to suit your website theme.

Note: In this scenario, we've describe how to do a setup such that all feedback is emailed to you. If you're looking to gather feedback in a Basecamp project, Backpack page or posted somewhere else, please modify the step 3 accordingly to use your Add-on of choice.

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