Ability to Create Custom Values that Update Like Universal Elements
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Kenneth Jensen
I'd love a way to create custom values in ClickFunnels so I can change text, dates or times in a custom value and then get a code I can paste on a page or an email that will automatically update if I update the custom value.
For example, if I create a custom value for a time and date fx "November 9th at 6.00PM CST", it would replace the code in the email or the pages where I'm using this custom value with the time and date. When I later update the date, it would automatically update across all pages and emails.
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David Lamoureux (Product Support Analyst)
Hey Kenneth Jensen Thank you for your feedback and adding this request. That's a cool idea. It sounds like you are asking for something like this request, universal sections to be used in emails
https://feedback.myclickfunnels.com/feature-requests/p/universal-sections-for-workflow-emails
You can already use universal sections across all your pages, and when you update it, it updates everywhere. If we added this ability in the emails, this would solve your end goal.
I'll give you some time to respond here and let me know if you are looking for something else, otherwise, I'll merge this request in with the before mentioned request.
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Kenneth Jensen
David Lamoureux (Product Support Analyst) Hi.. It sounds good with universal sections in emails but to me it sounds more like something you would use as the "footer" of your email or like..
What I'm looking for is a code just like {{contact.first_name}} but custom so I can create my own custom values.
Fx. We are launching a workshop for the third time and instead of having to update the date and time on all funnel pages, emails and text messages, I want to be able to create a custom value of my choice like {{workshop.date.time}}. I can then update the value with a new date and time every time we launch a new workshop and it automatically updates the date and time across all funnel pages, emails and text messages.
GHL has created custom values and I think that is the best feature they have ever launched. I would love if CF had the same choice to create as many custom values as I want.
I use custom values for dates, links, color codes, promotion names, price, discounts and so much more. So if I want to change the color on one of my funnels I just update the custom value and just like that ever button, background, border, etc. updates automatically where I entered the custom value instead of a color code.
If I update a link, I just do it in the custom value and it updates across all pages, emails, calendars and more right away where I used this custom value code.. Genius..
That's what I'm looking for :)
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David Lamoureux (Product Support Analyst)
Kenneth Jensen: Gotcha! Thank you for your detailed response. The best thing we can do here is leave this feature request open and see the votes come in. You can encourage others to vote on it.
In the meantime, while we don't have that exact feature, what you are trying to do can be accomplished by a few of our currently existing features.
Colors: Colors can be updated across all your pages by the use of your Style guides. As long as the page/funnel has the style guide assigned to it, and as long as you have selected one of the 8 color slots available, they will all sync when you make updates.
Dates/times: This sounds like like our Countdown Events app. You can create an event, then attach it to a funnel page, set the timer to sync with the event and it will update when you change the event. It also comes with an email embed code so a timer will show in the email.
Universal elements: In addition to headers and footers, even elements and rows can be saved as universal. You could also create a flex element, then add whatever you want inside, then save the flex as a universal, essentially creating your own element. I could see you using this when updating dates, buttons or links.
I hope this helps!