Creating Smart Target Promotions using DWT template

Here are the steps to create promotion in Smart Target.

1.       Create Page Template for page

 Here is the below step to create Page Template  

1.1. Add Extract Components from Page TBB.

1.2. Create DWT (Named as ST Region DWT) having content as

1.3. Default Finish Actions

1.4. Open Template Building Block to create Page Template for page (Named as Smart Target PT)

1.5. Drag DWT “ST Region DWT” to PT “Smart Target PT”

1.6. Add Default TBB like below (below are default TBB which will show after installing the Smart target)

1.6.1.   Add SmartTarget Query TBB

1.6.2.   Add Promotions TBB

1.6.3.   Add Show SmartTarget Navigation TBB

1.6.4.   Add Search SmartTarget TBB

1.6.5.   Add Show SmartTarget Items TBB

1.6.6.   Add Apply SmartTarget Settings TBB

1.6.7.   Configure parameter values of above TBB

1.7. Run PT with page and check if it is working fine

1.8. Save and close Page Template.

2.       Create dynamic Component Template for promotion component

Create a dynamic Component Template (named as SendContentToFredhopper) in Template    Builder which uses the “Add to SmartTarget” Template Building Block to send content to Fredhopper.

2.1. Add Default DreamWeaver Component Design DWT

2.2. Add “Add to SmartTarget” TBB

2.3. Add Default finish action TBB

2.4. Save and close CT.

2.5. Add your promotion component schema(Suppose Promotion) as a linked schema

3.       Create promotion component

 Create a component (Suppose “ST Promotion”) with schema “Promotion”.

4.       Create Promotion

 Create a promotion by going to Targeting Tab of CME. Use Trigger as current date.

5.       Create page

 Create a page using PT “Smart Target PT” having component “ST Promotion” and CT “SendContentToFredhopper”.