Manual User Location Selection

Allow users to override the location detected by our IP-to-location service by selecting a different location. Dynamic content will be displayed based on their selection.

For example:

• The user enters from Israel —> Dynamic content is served based on our IP-to-location service (the geolocation condition).
• If the user selects a different location –> Dynamic content is served based on a cookie, regardless of the user’s actual location.

Live example

How does it work?

The location override functionality requires the Trigger Events extension in order to work. Click here to download the extension.

The dynamic content

To create the override option, you will need to create two versions of the content you would like to display for each country:

1. A cookie-based version that will be displayed to users who selected a location using the form.
2. A geolocation-based version that will be displayed to users who see content based on our IP-to-location service.

The versions should be ordered so that If-So will first check the cookie condition so that if the cookie exists, the content will be displayed based on the cookie.

The location selection form

The location selection form can be created using a shortcode. It generates a cookie automatically once the user selects one of the options. The cookie name is chosen by you as part of the shortcode, while the cookie value is a by-product of the location name (as entered in the shortcode).

The following screenshot shows a trigger with 4 dynamic versions:

Versions A & B: Cookie-based content. These versions will be displayed if the user selects “Brazil” or “Mexico” from the locations list.
Versions C &D: Location-based content. These versions will be displayed if the user is located in Mexico or Brazil and doesn’t select a location from the list.
Default version: Will be displayed if the user doesn’t select a location and is not located in Mexico or Brazil.

The Location-slection form

Setting up the selection dropdown is done using the following shortcode:

[ifso_geo_selection type="select" options="Brazil, Mexico" cookie_name="country-cookie" default-option="Country" button="Select"]

The shortcode above will add a dropdown with all the countries in the world. If you want to display only some countries or different locations like cities or states, you can set it up using the “Options” parameter.

The “options” parameter

The Options Parameter is the place to set the values that will be displayed in the dropdown. These values will also be the values of the cookie that is created when the user selects an option. Possible values for the options parameter:

• “all-countries” – displays a list of all the countries in the world. If you choose to use this option, the value of the cookies will be the countries’ ISO codes.
• “all-us-states” – displays a list of all the states in the USA.
• Manual selection – add values separated by commas. The values will be the value of the cookie that will be added once the user selects the option.

cookie_name: The name of the cookie that is created when the user selects an option.

type: select / radio

button (optional): Include the Button parameter if you want the form to be submitted upon clicking the button.

[ifso_geo_selection type="select" options="New York,Paris, London"  cookie_name="NAME-YOU-CHOOSE" default-option="Your Location"]

Setting up the location override when you have a lot of locations to include

If you have a large number of locations, we highly recommend using the CSV extension. It can be set up as follows:

1. Create a bulk with a geolocation condition.
2. Create a bulk with a cookie condition (and simply copy and paste the content from the geolocation condition).
3. Add the shortcode of the Geolocation Bulk as the default content of the Cookie Bulk.

The result: If the cookie exists, the content will be displayed based on the cookie. If not, the geolocation condition will be checked (and the content will be displayed accordingly).