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How To Edit Your Dollar Handles

Dollar handles are clickable buttons/boxes which automatically fill the ‘Amount’ field in the donation form. This feature is mainly used by charities to suggest an amount to donate to supporters who aren’t sure how much to give.

For example: $50, $200, $300

Dollar handles

Dollar handles are available to be used on the ‘Quick and Easy’, ‘Advanced’ and ‘Giving Day’ templates. 

How to change the dollar handle feature background

  1. 1
    Log in to the GiveEasy platform and navigate to My Appeals > Manage Appeals and click edit on the relevant donation page to launch the page editor.
  2. 2
    Once in the page editor scroll down to the dollar handles feature and click the settings cog in the top left hand corner of the element as seen below.
Edit Dollar Handles
  1. 3
    The following pop up will appear with the option to set the feature’s background colour. Click the colour swatch and set your background colour.
Edit Dollar Handles
  1. 4
    Once you are done click the close X button on the pop up. Your changes will be automatically saved. 

How to hide the dollar handle feature

  1. 1
    Once in the page editor scroll down to the dollar handles feature and click the settings cog in the top left hand corner of the element as seen below.
Edit Dollar Handles
  1. 2
    The following pop up will appear with the option to hide the element on mobile and desktop. To remove the feature completely tick hide on mobile and hide on desktop options. 
Edit Dollar Handles
  1. 3
    Once you are done click the close X button on the pop up. Your changes will be automatically saved. 

How to change the dollar handle amounts

  1. 1
    Once in the page editor scroll down to the dollar handles feature and click the pen icon in the top left hand corner of the element as seen below.
Edit Dollar Handles
  1. 2
    Edit the button text to the amounts you wish to display.
Edit Dollar Handles
  1. 3
    Click the tick button once done to save your changes. 
Edit Dollar Handles

Please note this only changes the text of the button next you will need to change the amounts of the buttons in each of the button’s settings.

  1. 4
    Hover over each specific button and click the settings cog in the top left hand corner of each button 
Edit Dollar Handles
  1. 5
    Here a pop up will appear allowing you to set the new dollar handle amount. 
Edit Dollar Handles
  1. 6
    Click the close ‘X’ button once done. Your changes will be automatically saved.
  2. 7
    Repeat this process for all other dollar handles.  

How to change the dollar handle button colours

  1. 1
    Hover over the specific button you wish to change the colour of and click the second settings cog in the top left hand corner of the button as seen below.
Edit Dollar Handles
  1. 2
    The following pop up will appear allowing you to set the buttons background colour.
Edit Dollar Handles
  1. 3
    Click the close ‘X’ button once done. Your changes will be automatically saved.
  2. 4
    Repeat this process for all other dollar handles.