What a button can do
Every “When tapped” choice, from opening a link or pop-up to calling, texting, emailing and showing a PDF.
Buttons, banners, cards, slides, heroes and images all have a When tapped setting. Pick what should happen, then fill in the boxes that appear under it.
All the choices #
| When tapped | What happens |
|---|---|
| Open a link | Goes to a web address. Tick “Open in a new tab” for sites outside your church’s. |
| Open page in pop-up sheet | Opens a web page in a sheet that slides up over your DoorStep page, so people don’t lose their place. See Pop-up sheets below. |
| Open one of my pop-up menus or lists | Opens a pop-up menu you made, a connect card in a pop-up, or an RSS feed list set to open in a pop-up. |
| Show a photo or PDF (full screen) | Opens a file, like this week’s bulletin, in a full-screen viewer with its own buttons. See Photo and PDF viewer. |
| Copy text to clipboard | Copies text, like the Wi-Fi password or a mailing address, and shows a short message such as “Copied!”. |
| Call a phone number | Starts a call on a phone. |
| Send a text message | Opens Messages with your number filled in, plus an optional starting message. |
| Send an email | Opens a new email to your address, with an optional subject. See Email buttons. |
| Scroll to a block | Jumps down the page to another block. The block needs an anchor name first; see Advanced editing. |
| Share this page | Opens the phone’s share sheet so people can send your page (or another link) to a friend. |
| Does nothing | For a card or photo that’s just for looking at. |
Pop-up sheets #
A pop-up sheet shows another web page, like your prayer request form or giving page, inside a panel over your DoorStep page. People close it and they’re right back where they were.
- Pop-up title is the heading on the sheet. Leave it blank to use the button’s label.
- Some websites refuse to be shown inside another page, and appear blank in a sheet. To fix that, set up your own pop-up worker. See Fix blank pop-ups.
- Until your page has a pop-up worker, pop-up links open in a new tab instead, so they always work.
Email buttons #
Email buttons open the visitor’s mail app. Many phones and computers don’t have one set up, so if nothing opens, DoorStep offers Open in Gmail, Open in Outlook and Copy email address instead.
Email addresses are written into your page in a scrambled form that spam robots can’t read, and that website services like Cloudflare don’t rewrite. Visitors don’t notice anything different.
Which taps are counted #
Every button tap is counted in tap stats under the button’s label. Short, clear labels like “Plan a visit” make your stats easier to read than “Click here”.
Related guides #
Still stuck? Ask whoever set up DoorStep for your church, and mention this article: What a button can do.