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fill="currentColor"/><path d="M21.3 22.7C21.5 22.9 21.7 23 22 23C22.3 23 22.5 22.9 22.7 22.7L26.7 18.7C27.1 18.3 27.1 17.7 26.7 17.3C26.3 16.9 25.7 16.9 25.3 17.3L21.3 21.3C20.9 21.7 20.9 22.3 21.3 22.7Z" fill="currentColor"/></svg><span>Short Link</span></a><a href="#qr-panel" class="pcta-action action-qr banner-item" data-toggle="pcta"><svg width="48" height="40" viewBox="0 0 48 40" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" d="M17 19H21C22.1 19 23 18.1 23 17V13C23 11.9 22.1 11 21 11H17C15.9 11 15 11.9 15 13V17C15 18.1 15.9 19 17 19ZM17 13H21V17H17V13ZM17 29H21C22.1 29 23 28.1 23 27V23C23 21.9 22.1 21 21 21H17C15.9 21 15 21.9 15 23V27C15 28.1 15.9 29 17 29ZM17 23H21V27H17V23ZM25 17V13C25 11.9 25.9 11 27 11H31C32.1 11 33 11.9 33 13V17C33 18.1 32.1 19 31 19H27C25.9 19 25 18.1 25 17ZM27 17H31V13H27V17ZM33 28.5V27.5C33 27.22 32.78 27 32.5 27H31.5C31.22 27 31 27.22 31 27.5V28.5C31 28.78 31.22 29 31.5 29H32.5C32.78 29 33 28.78 33 28.5ZM25 22.5V21.5C25 21.22 25.22 21 25.5 21H26.5C26.78 21 27 21.22 27 21.5V22.5C27 22.78 26.78 23 26.5 23H25.5C25.22 23 25 22.78 25 22.5ZM28.5 23H27.5C27.22 23 27 23.22 27 23.5V24.5C27 24.78 27.22 25 27.5 25H28.5C28.78 25 29 24.78 29 24.5V23.5C29 23.22 28.78 23 28.5 23ZM25 26.5V25.5C25 25.22 25.22 25 25.5 25H26.5C26.78 25 27 25.22 27 25.5V26.5C27 26.78 26.78 27 26.5 27H25.5C25.22 27 25 26.78 25 26.5ZM27.5 29H28.5C28.78 29 29 28.78 29 28.5V27.5C29 27.22 28.78 27 28.5 27H27.5C27.22 27 27 27.22 27 27.5V28.5C27 28.78 27.22 29 27.5 29ZM30.5 27H29.5C29.22 27 29 26.78 29 26.5V25.5C29 25.22 29.22 25 29.5 25H30.5C30.78 25 31 25.22 31 25.5V26.5C31 26.78 30.78 27 30.5 27ZM30.5 21H29.5C29.22 21 29 21.22 29 21.5V22.5C29 22.78 29.22 23 29.5 23H30.5C30.78 23 31 22.78 31 22.5V21.5C31 21.22 30.78 21 30.5 21ZM32.5 25H31.5C31.22 25 31 24.78 31 24.5V23.5C31 23.22 31.22 23 31.5 23H32.5C32.78 23 33 23.22 33 23.5V24.5C33 24.78 32.78 25 32.5 25Z" fill="currentColor"/></svg><span>QR Code</span></a></div></div><div class="pcta-tabs-container"><ul class="tabs" data-tabs id="pcta-tabs" data-deep-link="true"><li><img data-src="logo.svg"></li><li class="tabs-title is-active title-link"><a href="#link-panel" aria-selected="true"><svg width="70" height="56" viewBox="0 0 70 56" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><title>Create a Short Link</title><path d="M40.0833 14.8333C40.5833 14.25 40.8333 13.5833 40.8333 12.9167C40.8333 12.1667 40.5833 11.5 40 11C39 10 37.1667 10 36.1667 11L34.3333 12.8333C34 13.1667 33.5 13.1667 33.1667 12.8333C32.8333 12.5 32.8333 12 33.1667 11.6667L35 9.75C35.8333 9 37 8.5 38.1667 8.5C39.3333 8.5 40.4167 9 41.25 9.75C42.0833 10.5833 42.5 11.75 42.5 12.9167C42.5 14.0833 42.0833 15.1667 41.25 16L39.4167 17.8333C39.25 18 39 18.0833 38.8333 18.0833C38.6667 18.0833 38.4167 18 38.25 17.8333C37.9167 17.5 37.9167 17 38.25 16.6667L40.0833 14.8333Z" fill="currentColor"/><path d="M28.75 16L30.5833 14.1667C30.9167 13.8333 31.4167 13.8333 31.75 14.1667C32.0833 14.5 32.0833 15 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for-pcta-hook-url"></div></label><input disabled="disabled" id="pcta-short-link-submit" type="button" class="btn btn-primary" value="Shorten URL"> <input type="hidden" class="hook_backhalf" id="form-short-link-backhalf" value=""> <input type="hidden" class="hook-type" value="bitlinks"> <input type="hidden" name="rd" value="/default/links"></div></form></div><div class="tabs-panel" id="qr-panel"><form id="pcta-qr" class="pcta-form invalid" method="GET" action="/a/sign_up" novalidate="" autocomplete="off"><div class="pcta-form-content"><h5>Create a QR Code</h5><p><img data-src="code-example.png"><span>Note: This is a standard QR Code preview.</span></p><label>Enter your QR Code destination<br><input type="url" class="pcta-hook-url" placeholder="https://example.com/my-long-url" id="pcta-qr-long-url"><div class="errormessage for-pcta-hook-url"></div></label><input disabled="disabled" id="pcta-qr-submit" type="button" class="btn btn-primary" value="Create QR Code"> <input type="hidden" class="hook_backhalf" id="form-short-link-backhalf" value=""> <input type="hidden" class="hook-type" value="qrcodes"> <input type="hidden" name="rd" value="/default/qrcodes"></div></form></div></div></div></div></div>  <script> // This experiment shows the PCTA for users chosen to be in variation 1 // No action if user is NOT in experiment or in control https://puffer.atlassian.net/browse/HB-1449 // endpoint [server url]/data/experiments/decide/:flag/action/:action var optFlag= "cp_persistent_cta_experience"; var optAction= "mkt_pcta_impression"; var optLoadEvent = "mkt_pcta_impression"; var allowProd = true; // jQuery(document).ready(function($) { // only run in test extension = location.hostname.split('.'); tld = extension[extension.length-1]; if(tld=='net'||tld=="org"||allowProd===true) { //console.log('experiment ON: ' + tld); // setup token if not present var _xsrf = document.cookie.match("\\b\_xsrf=([^;]*)\\b"), _xsrf = (_xsrf ? _xsrf[1] : undefined); endPointURL = "https://"+location.hostname+"/data/experiments/decide/"+optFlag+"/action/"+optAction; trackEndPointURL = "https://"+location.hostname+"/data/experiments/track"; // check if user is in experiment var options = { url: endPointURL, cache: false, timeout: 12000, dataType: 'json', traditional: true, beforeSend: function(XMLHttpRequest) { XMLHttpRequest.setRequestHeader('X-XSRFToken', _xsrf); }, success: function(res) { //console.log(res); try { variation = res.variation_key; } catch (error) { variation = 'none'; } //console.log(variation); if(variation == 'variation_1') { execute_variation(); } else { $('body').addClass('page-loaded'); // execute test //execute_variation(); } send_tracking_event(optLoadEvent); }, error: function(res) { $('body').addClass('page-loaded'); send_tracking_event(optLoadEvent); } } $.ajax(options); function send_tracking_event(event){ //console.log('send: ' + event); var trackOptions = { url: trackEndPointURL, type: 'POST', contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8", dataType: 'json', data: JSON.stringify({event_key: event}), beforeSend: function(XMLHttpRequest) { XMLHttpRequest.setRequestHeader('X-XSRFToken', _xsrf); }, success: function(res) { //console.log('done'); }, error: function(res){ //console.log(res); } } $.ajax(trackOptions); } function execute_variation(){ $('body').append('<link rel="stylesheet" id="pcta-css" href="https://docrdsfx76ssb.cloudfront.net/static/1738884222/pages/wp-content/themes/JointsWP-CSS-master/assets/scripts/pcta/pcta.css" media="all">'); $('body').append('<script src="https://docrdsfx76ssb.cloudfront.net/static/1738884222/pages/wp-content/themes/JointsWP-CSS-master/assets/scripts/pcta/pcta-line.js" id="pcta-js" template="pcta.html">'+'<'+'/script>'); $(document).on('keydown','.pcta-form .pcta-hook-url', function(event) { if (event.keyCode == 13) { event.preventDefault(); $(this).parents('.pcta-form').find('.btn').trigger('click'); } }); $(document).on('click touchend', '.action-link', function(e) { send_tracking_event('mkt_pcta_activation_shortner'); }); $(document).on('click touchend', '.action-qr', function(e) { send_tracking_event('mkt_pcta_activation_qr'); }); $(document).on('click touchend', '#pcta-short-link-submit', function(e) { send_tracking_event('mkt_pcta_submit_shortner'); }); $(document).on('click touchend', '#pcta-qr-submit', function(e) { send_tracking_event('mkt_pcat_submit_qr'); }); } } }); </script> </body> </html>