We have an iframe form setup on a landing page with both English and French language preferences. I want to get the URL parameter that shows Language type and write that value to a Data Extension upon form submission.
Can the above be done using SSJS? Is jQuery a better option than Ampscript to do it?
Just answering my own question :)
I solved it by passing an Ampscript variable, setting it up as a hidden field on form submit, and calling it during Post passing the subscriber's language to the data extension.
Something like this:
Sign-up page:
(Ampscript)
%%[
set @formlang = "en-CA"
set @formlang = "fr-CA"
]%%
(HTML)
<input type="hidden" name="formlang" id="formlang" value="%%=v(@formlang)=%%"/>
Confirmation page - on POST
(Ampscript)
%%[
set @formlang = RequestParameter("formlang");
UpsertData ('lang', @formlang)
]%%
if you have an alternative to the above, share it here - thanks!
In your example, the language it's going to be always "fr-CA" as you are overwritting the @formlang variable (remember the code iscompiled top-down).
If you want the user to choose the language, insert a select option instead of the hidden. If you want to autoselect the preferenced language for the user, first retrieve the language value from the data extension: a) and update the option with the selected attribute. (to allow the user to modifiy the value) b) print the value in your hidden field %%v=()=%%
