If your Text Box contains both text and images, you can ensure that the text wraps around the image like this:
First, click the image to activate it. When the image is activated, a small ‘edit’ button will appear in the center of the image.
When you click the ‘edit’ button this screen will appear:
Choose either ‘left’ or ‘right’ from the ‘position’ menu as shown below:
Then click ‘Save’
For a background image to fit perfectly on a page, the image should have the following dimensions:
Width: 816px
Height: 1056px
Once your opt-in form has been up and running you can view any of the submitted leads via the Lead Capture dashboard.
Select ‘View Leads’ from the edit dropdown menu as shown here:
Note that you may need to scroll across to see the edit button:
You can download these leads as a .csv file by clicking this download button:
The General Data Protection Regulation lays down rules relating to the protection of people’s personal data and also includes rules relating to the free movement of personal data.
GDPR seeks to protect fundamental rights and freedoms of people and in particular their right to the protection of personal data.
Data Protection Officer
Kevin McGrath has been appointed as the company’s Data Protection Officer.
Updated Privacy Policy
We have updated our Privacy Policy so that it is GDPR compliant.
Ensure Right to be Forgotten
We have undertaken substantial changes to the way in which we store user’s data so that when someone requests that their account is deleted we can ensure that all data is permanently erased.
Ensure Right to Access
Any Beacon customer will be able to request a copy of any personal data we store for their account.
Email Communications
We occasionally send emails to Beacon users with information about product updates and special offers. As part of GDPR we have made it easier for people to choose which type of emails they wish to receive via our email updates page.
Beacon’s Lead Capture feature enables our customers to collect email addresses from their readers. When our customers use this feature they will become a ‘Data Controller’ according to GDPR.
To ensure that our customers can maintain full compliance with GDPR we are making the following updates to the Lead Capture feature:
Informed Consent Checkbox
According to GDPR, anyone who submits their email address to you should be fully aware of what they are signing up for and you should be completely transparent about what you use their email address for.
We have added a checkbox feature to the Lead Capture and Resource Library opt-in forms so you can better inform your readers of what they are subscribing to.
Storing Proof of Consent
When someone opts-in to your Lead Capture or Resource Library forms you should be able to prove their location and also what they consented to. We will record this information for you in .csv format so that is easy to export.
If you wish to delete your Beacon account, please send an email to kevin@beacon.by
If you could include a reason for why you want to delete your account that would be very helpful.
If you are curious about what personal data Beacon holds about your account you can request a copy of this information by emailing eoin@beacon.by with details of the email address that you use to log in to Beacon.
We will ensure that this information is made accessible to you within 30 days of receiving your request.
If you no longer wish for Beacon to store any data about your account you can ask us to delete your account and all associated information.
To request that we delete your account please email kevin@beacon.by with details of the email address that you use to log in to Beacon.
We will ensure that your account and all associated information has been deleted within 30 days of receiving your request.
Please note that once your account has been deleted we are unable to retrieve any information that was previously stored. This includes the content of any publications that you previously created.
To link an image to another web page you first need to add the image via a Text Card:
Once you drag the Text Card onto the page, click inside the text area and you will be able to upload an image via the formatting toolbar:
When you click the image an edit button will appear. Click this button:
Finally, enter the URL of the webpage you want to link to and click save:
To add imported content to an existing publication, click the ‘add page’ button in the Beacon editor.
Select the ‘import’ option.
Paste the web address of your blog post and click ‘import’
In 2017 we decided to completely rebuild Beacon from the ground up.
This isn’t a decision that we took lightly as many of our customers loved Beacon just as it was.
Honestly, we had pushed the old version of Beacon as far as it could go and we needed to start fresh in order to achieve two main objectives for our customers:
The old version of Beacon was built in 2013 and the internet has changed quite a bit since then. The code that was cutting edge then was now somewhat dated and this resulted in an increasing number of bugs that slowed the old editor down and made for an inconsistent user experience.
The new version of Beacon is not only faster but provides a much more stable platform for our customers to work on.
The internet isn’t the only thing that has changed since 2013. Beacon is a different company now and we have a much clearer idea of who our customers are and what functionality they need. As much as we tried, we just couldn’t make the old version of Beacon do what our customers needed.
In the new version of Beacon, we are able to offer much more control over the little things like text size and alignment. But we can also offer control over the bigger things too. We have introduced drag and drop functionality so you can create your own page templates quickly.
We understand that many of our customers will have started projects in the old editor that they need to finish. For this reason, you will still be able to continue editing projects that were started with the old version. However, it is no longer possible to create new projects with the old editor.
Is it possible to convert old publications into the new version?
Unfortunately not. The new editor is built on a completely different technology stack and as such the two editors are not compatible. The best option here is to manually recreate the old publication in the new editor.
How long will the old editor be available for?
For publications that were made on the old editor you will always be able to view them using the original version of Beacon.