Hosted Page
The hosted Preference Center is an external page that recipients are redirected to where they can customize and set their preferred notification delivery methods.
A recipient can select to opt-in or out of a notification (depending on the subscription topic default state) as well as select the preferred delivery channel for a notification (business-tier feature) from this page.
Preference Center Link
When using a notification template, users can attach a Courier Preference Center hyperlink that will provide an auto-generated link. This link will open the hosted Preference Center; the recipient will be able to establish their notifications preferences at this page.
In order for a recipient to successfully set their preferences from a notification, you must include to.user_id in the Send request. This is because the user_id ties the recipient profile to their set preferences. If no user_id is present in the request, the preferences method will not register. For send v1, the user_id can be mapped to the recipient parameter.
Adding Preferences Link To Notification Text
Add text to the notification template, highlight it, and select the create link icon.
In the hyperlink modal, add {$.urls.preferences} inside the URL form.
The resulting link will look like this.
Adding Preferences Link To Brand Footer
Edit footer text, highlight it, and select the create link icon.
In the hyperlink modal, add {$.urls.preferences} inside the URL form.
The resulting link will look like this.
When you use this brand when using a notification, the hyperlink will be shown like this.
Preference Center Branding
Just like with email templates, the Preference Center can be customized to fit your branding style. The Preference Center will use the the specified default brand.
Previewing the Preference Center
You can see a preview of the Preference Center from the Preferences tab in the Courier designer.
Sending a preview email will attach a mock URL instead of the preference hosted page.
To preview the Hosted Preference Page, navigate to the Preference Designer and click on Preview Page.
Customizing Delivery Channels
If a notification template has multiple delivery channels configured, a recipient will be able to customize and set their preferred delivery channel from the Preferences Page.
Delivery Channel customization is a Courier Business feature. Please contact our Product Experts for more details.
Once a recipient receives a notification with a link to the Preference Center, they will have the option to select their preferred delivery channel method. Any further notifications sent to this recipient will adhere by the delivery rules set going forward.
Removing Powered by Courier branding
Developer and Business tier customers have the option to remove Courier branding from the Preference Center.
- Go to the workspace settings
- Toggle Powered by Courier Footer to
Hide - Republish hosted page in Preference Center