This document provides instructions for admin users on how to set up and use
Consent Manager
for website cookie banners, cookie scan detection, and cookie maintenance.
The document also covers the legislation and regulation requirements to help website owners know which compliance level to target.
Cookie Consent Manager features:
Custom and accessible branding Design a cookie acceptance banner to meet legislation and regulation requirements. Customize the banner to match the company brand and meet accessibility standards.
Consent analytics Get real-time data about your visitor cookie acceptance trends.
Consent log See a log of visitor consent choices. Visitor consent is properly and anonymously logged and stored, as required by GDPR.
Select this option to access the following fields.
Per category consent: Select this option to give users more control over which cookie categories they can choose to accept. The choices that website users can choose from when this option is selected are:
Marketing: Toggle the switch OFF to reject marketing cookies, or ON to accept marketing cookies.
Select this option for a combination of GDPR and CCPA regulations. See the previous article sections for explanations of the regulations.
Widget design section
Choose an icon: Click to select the appearance of the cookie icon. The choices are:
Chocolate chip cookie
Chocolate chip cookie with a bite taken out of it
Gingerbread cookie
Peanut butter cookie
Choose an Icon shape: Click the drop-down list to select an icon shape. The choices are Circle and Rounded Box.
Select the text color: Click in the input field to select a color with the color picker, or enter the RGB code for the color (usually a color that fits with the website theme).
Tip! The Acquia Color Contrast Checker is a quick way to test the color combinations on websites and pages.
Select the button color: Click in the input field to select a color with the color picker, or enter the RGB code for the color (usually a color that fits with the website theme).
Color contrast ratio: This number shows the contrast ratio of the selected colors for the buttons and the button text. The contrast can be Bad (0-3.99) or Good (4 and above). Bad contrast options cannot be saved, to meet accessibility requirements.
Save the changes.
Copy the script and add it to the website HTML code.
This section provides instructions on how to add the script to your domains.
Create the script. For instructions, read Add the script.
Click Copy Script (icon of two papers) to copy the script that is in the Script section.
Important
The script is unique for each domain. It will not work to copy/paste from one to another. Websites that end with .com and .eu, for example, are considered different domains and you cannot copy/paste the script. The script must be configured separately for each domain.
Configure any other modules that require the script. For instructions, read How to add the script,
Paste the script into the HEAD tag in your HTML editor so that it can detect the cookies.
Add HTML Attributes.
HTML attributes must be added to content elements on your website if you only want them to load after the visitor makes their consent choices. For example, if you are using Google Analytics on your website and only want the script to load after a visitor has accepted Statistics cookies, you need to mark up the Google Analytics script with an HTML attribute.
The Statistics feature normally applies a cookie to the visitor's browser. It is possible to remove this, so that the scan can still track the same data from visitors who refuse statistics cookies through the choices they make on the cookie banner.
For information about cookie acceptance rates by your website visitors, read Acceptance rates.
Note
The timeline becomes more accurate with time, as the first scan may not have much data to show.
Consent log
This page lists IP addresses that interacted with the cookies on the website, shown in chart format. The log is kept on the Acquia servers for two years. For more information, read Consent log.
Cookie overview
The Cookie overview is where the website administrator handles the cookies. For more information about the page fields, read Cookie Overview.
For instructions on how to add, edit, or delete cookies, read How to manage cookies.
Cookie Consent Manager setup
Introduction
This document provides instructions for admin users on how to set up and use
Consent Manager
for website cookie banners, cookie scan detection, and cookie maintenance.
The document also covers the legislation and regulation requirements to help website owners know which compliance level to target.
Cookie Consent Manager features:
Custom and accessible branding Design a cookie acceptance banner to meet legislation and regulation requirements. Customize the banner to match the company brand and meet accessibility standards.
Consent analytics Get real-time data about your visitor cookie acceptance trends.
Consent log See a log of visitor consent choices. Visitor consent is properly and anonymously logged and stored, as required by GDPR.
Select this option to access the following fields.
Per category consent: Select this option to give users more control over which cookie categories they can choose to accept. The choices that website users can choose from when this option is selected are:
Marketing: Toggle the switch OFF to reject marketing cookies, or ON to accept marketing cookies.
Select this option for a combination of GDPR and CCPA regulations. See the previous article sections for explanations of the regulations.
Widget design section
Choose an icon: Click to select the appearance of the cookie icon. The choices are:
Chocolate chip cookie
Chocolate chip cookie with a bite taken out of it
Gingerbread cookie
Peanut butter cookie
Choose an Icon shape: Click the drop-down list to select an icon shape. The choices are Circle and Rounded Box.
Select the text color: Click in the input field to select a color with the color picker, or enter the RGB code for the color (usually a color that fits with the website theme).
Tip! The Acquia Color Contrast Checker is a quick way to test the color combinations on websites and pages.
Select the button color: Click in the input field to select a color with the color picker, or enter the RGB code for the color (usually a color that fits with the website theme).
Color contrast ratio: This number shows the contrast ratio of the selected colors for the buttons and the button text. The contrast can be Bad (0-3.99) or Good (4 and above). Bad contrast options cannot be saved, to meet accessibility requirements.
Save the changes.
Copy the script and add it to the website HTML code.
This section provides instructions on how to add the script to your domains.
Create the script. For instructions, read Add the script.
Click Copy Script (icon of two papers) to copy the script that is in the Script section.
Important
The script is unique for each domain. It will not work to copy/paste from one to another. Websites that end with .com and .eu, for example, are considered different domains and you cannot copy/paste the script. The script must be configured separately for each domain.
Configure any other modules that require the script. For instructions, read How to add the script,
Paste the script into the HEAD tag in your HTML editor so that it can detect the cookies.
Add HTML Attributes.
HTML attributes must be added to content elements on your website if you only want them to load after the visitor makes their consent choices. For example, if you are using Google Analytics on your website and only want the script to load after a visitor has accepted Statistics cookies, you need to mark up the Google Analytics script with an HTML attribute.
The Statistics feature normally applies a cookie to the visitor's browser. It is possible to remove this, so that the scan can still track the same data from visitors who refuse statistics cookies through the choices they make on the cookie banner.
For information about cookie acceptance rates by your website visitors, read Acceptance rates.
Note
The timeline becomes more accurate with time, as the first scan may not have much data to show.
Consent log
This page lists IP addresses that interacted with the cookies on the website, shown in chart format. The log is kept on the Acquia servers for two years. For more information, read Consent log.
Cookie overview
The Cookie overview is where the website administrator handles the cookies. For more information about the page fields, read Cookie Overview.
For instructions on how to add, edit, or delete cookies, read How to manage cookies.
Note
This setting is not advised, as some interpretations of the regulations prohibit this behavior.
Consent Manager Language: From the list, select all of the languages that are used on your website. This is the language that the cookie banner shows. The scan detects the page language and displays in the appropriate language.
Default Language: Click the drop-down arrow and select a default language that is used for any page in a language that is not supported.
OFF
to reject Statistics cookies, or
ON
to accept Statistics cookies.
Preferences: Toggle the switch OFF to reject Preferences cookies, or ON to accept Preferences cookies.
Explicit reject option: Select this option to change the text on the banner button from ‘Only Essential Cookies’ to ‘Explicit Reject’.
Link to Privacy Policy: Click in the input field and enter the link to the relevant privacy policy. The link should begin with HTTP:// or HTTPS:// and can not have more than 100 characters.
Cookies are dynamic and often change. Update the cookie policy regularly to ensure up-to-date information.
Cookie Overview: Click Manage Cookiesto add cookies manually. The Include Cookies window opens. See the Manage Cookies section below for full instructions on how to add cookies manually. In the cookie list, an icon of a person pointing indicates a manually-added cookie.
Note
To use the scan to set up cookies with the script, click
Data Privacy
(the lock icon) on the top toolbar of the page to navigate to the Data Privacy module.
Add empty callbacks: Tick to add empty callbacks to the boilerplate (sections of nearly identical code that are reused in many places).
Add empty EventListeners: Tick to add event listeners to the boilerplate (sections of nearly identical code that are reused in many places).
Consent Manager Language: Select all of the languages that are used on your website. This is the language that the cookie banner shows. The scan detects the page language and displays in the appropriate language.
Default Language: Click the drop-down arrow and select a default language that is used for any page in a language that is not supported.
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Note
This setting is not advised, as some interpretations of the regulations prohibit this behavior.
Consent Manager Language: From the list, select all of the languages that are used on your website. This is the language that the cookie banner shows. The scan detects the page language and displays in the appropriate language.
Default Language: Click the drop-down arrow and select a default language that is used for any page in a language that is not supported.
OFF
to reject Statistics cookies, or
ON
to accept Statistics cookies.
Preferences: Toggle the switch OFF to reject Preferences cookies, or ON to accept Preferences cookies.
Explicit reject option: Select this option to change the text on the banner button from ‘Only Essential Cookies’ to ‘Explicit Reject’.
Link to Privacy Policy: Click in the input field and enter the link to the relevant privacy policy. The link should begin with HTTP:// or HTTPS:// and can not have more than 100 characters.
Cookies are dynamic and often change. Update the cookie policy regularly to ensure up-to-date information.
Cookie Overview: Click Manage Cookiesto add cookies manually. The Include Cookies window opens. See the Manage Cookies section below for full instructions on how to add cookies manually. In the cookie list, an icon of a person pointing indicates a manually-added cookie.
Note
To use the scan to set up cookies with the script, click
Data Privacy
(the lock icon) on the top toolbar of the page to navigate to the Data Privacy module.
Add empty callbacks: Tick to add empty callbacks to the boilerplate (sections of nearly identical code that are reused in many places).
Add empty EventListeners: Tick to add event listeners to the boilerplate (sections of nearly identical code that are reused in many places).
Consent Manager Language: Select all of the languages that are used on your website. This is the language that the cookie banner shows. The scan detects the page language and displays in the appropriate language.
Default Language: Click the drop-down arrow and select a default language that is used for any page in a language that is not supported.
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