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Anonymous
April 25, 2016
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Free-Form "Insert Elements" positioning.

  • April 25, 2016
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Hi, I need some light-shed on the current matter.

I am very new to Marketo and our marketer wants a template where one can drag and drop "Insert Elements" onto a free-form page template.

How does this work? I mean I add (for instance) a Form control onto the page and it's default position is wherever you put it on the page with a "Left" attribute of x pixels from the left of the browser window.

How does one insert any of the "Insert Elements" into a specific container of a template so that it is positioned correctly?

I have this misconception of dragging an "insert element" from the right and dropping it into a div element and setting its position properties according to the the div element. Is it not done this way? Should I rather create a guided landing page and let the marketer send me specifications to add to a template myself? What are the free-form templates for then?

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Grégoire_Miche2
Grégoire_Miche2
Level 10
April 25, 2016

Hi Ervin,

There is no possibility to make sure that elements will be positioned correctly on a free form template (unless you are ready to invest significantly in some development, and even though I am not sure it will be possible to do something really bullet-proof). The positioning is done by the user and is an absolute positioning, making it very ill-suited for mobile (although a mobile version can be created, but it has nothing to do with responsive design).

I feel you should consider looking into guided landing page templates. See

-Greg

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    Anonymous
    April 25, 2016

    Thanks for the reply. I have already gone through those pages and built a few GLPTs, thus my concerns about the Free-Form templates. The whole drag and drop onto the form seems quite silly regarding that it is absolute positioned. So the only way (I guess) is for me to add in all the necessities (like images and forms) where needed.

    SanfordWhiteman
    SanfordWhiteman
    Level 10
    April 25, 2016

    What Greg said.

    I have some clients that use JS to make Free-Form templates more "guided-like" . But all of those workarounds date from before the debut of Guided Templates proper.  Now, you should just use GLPTs.

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    Anonymous
    April 25, 2016

    Hi, so for what type of scenario would one actually use the free-form templates?

    Grégoire_Miche2
    Grégoire_Miche2
    Level 10
    April 25, 2016

    Honestly, only for LP's that are old enough to have been created before GLPT came to production and the GLPT technology was mastered by vendors such as hoosh or knak, making it easy to access by anyone, even without a skilled web developper

    -Greg

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      Anonymous
      April 26, 2016

      Thanks for clearing things up guys!

      Grégoire_Miche2
      Grégoire_Miche2
      Level 10
      April 26, 2016

      Hi Ervin,

      Pls mark it as answered, so that it gets out of the radar.

      -Greg

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      Anonymous
      April 28, 2016

      It is also important to remember to add these 'insert elements' to a relative positioned container whereas these 'insert elements' are absolutely positioned.

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