One-Time Passwords (OTPs) are unique codes that are generated for one-time use and are widely used in various industries to verify a user's identity. Usual OTP use cases include two-factor authentication (2FA) and password resets, but OTPs can also be used in marketing to verify a subscriber's email address upon, for example, newsletter signup, event …
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Errors and exceptions are inevitable, no matter how defensively you code your CloudPage. There is always a possibility of a human error, for example if the person who creates and sends the email doesn't pass all the parameters to your CloudPage correctly. There are also things that sometimes cannot be prevented, for example Marketing Cloud …
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DISCLAIMER: The Marketing Cloud App component has been designed for use with externally hosted apps. Use any alternative solutions presented in this article with caution. The settings we are going to use are simplified compared to the ones required by externally hosted apps, so make sure that only designated users have access to the apps …
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Spinners are loading indicators that can be shown when retrieving data or performing other operations. We will use a common spinner that Salesforce Lightening users are familiar with - the full documentation can be found here. This spinner is a Lightning component, which means that it cannot be directly used on a CloudPage. My awesome …
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As a Salesforce Marketing Cloud developer, you have certainly been caught up in this loop: Develop the CloudPage > Save and Publish > Wait 2, 3 or even 5 minutes > Check the results. Moreover, if you are not debugging correctly, you can lose a lot of time between looking for the problem and waiting …
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