In this article:

1. Creating and customizing a goal tracker
2. Embedding a goal tracker on your website

Using the goal tracker, you can set a fundraising goal and show real-time progress toward this goal as donors pitch in. You can even embed a tracker on your website. Try adding a goal tracker to your form if you’re fundraising on a deadline and want to communicate this urgency to your donors. Here’s an example:

Creating and customizing a goal tracker

Go to the Contribution Forms tab of your Dashboard toolbar and click the “Edit” button next to your form’s name to open the editor.

Click on the “Goal tracker” tab of the form editor.

Click the blue “Create a goal” button.

A live preview of your goal tracker will appear on the right side of your screen.

In the “Goal tracker” tab, pick either “Donations” or “Dollars” to track. Then, enter your goal.

 

You can customize the title of your goal tracker. The title will be the title of your contribution form by default, but you can change it in the “Title” field.

 

 

You can choose some additional stretch goals so that when you hit your initial goal, your tracker will automatically update with a new higher goal. Enter these in order, separated by commas with no spaces in between (for example, 2000,3000,4000).

 

If you want to start tracking your goal on a date different from the date you created your form, enter that date in the “Start Date” field.

 

You’ll have to publish your changes before seeing the total of the money you’ve raised since your intended start date.

You can change the preset raised amount to reflect money you’ve raised from other sources.

 

Finally, you can change the bar's color and font. If you know the hex codes of colors in your group’s branding, feel free to use those.

 

Don’t forget to publish your changes to save your goal tracker.

Please note: If you change a form’s language to Spanish, the ActBlue-provided text within the goal tracker will translate into Spanish. Any embedded goal trackers from that form will also translate.

Embedding a goal tracker on your website

To embed your goal tracker on your website, publish your changes and click “Generate Embed.” The resulting pop-up will have the code you need to paste into your webpage's source code (HTML) – insert it wherever you want your goal tracker to appear. Our engineers added helpful information in this pop-up for those new to editing HTML.

Once you embed your goal tracker on your website, it will link to your contribution form.

If you have any questions, please contact our support team using the email address you use to access your ActBlue account.