Question 1

Do I have to pay extra to brand or customise the look and feel of Malcolm?

Accepted Answer

No - all plans include extensive branding options. We want to make it as easy as possible for you to integrate Malcolm! and reflect the existing look and feel of your business.

Some of the branding options include:

Upload your logo
Change fonts
Change colours
Change favicon
Configure header and background images
Choose from a range of icons or upload your own
Show / hide / configure page elements
Configure excerpts
Configure suggested search
Change button labels
Configure number of search results returned per page
Configure filters
Featured Box and Promo management
Footer management
Configure 404 page
Choose different Workflow layouts
Configure SEO options
....and lots more!

If you need a hand creating logos, headers or other graphical assets we do offer a service that can help - see here for more information.

Question 2

Do you support Google Tag Manager?

Accepted Answer

Yes, we support Google Tag Manager. You put Google Tag Manager, and the subsequent tags and behaviours you configure in GTM on all your user facing pages. See this FAQ for further details.

You can also put Malcolm! content into an external site using our widget and Google Tag Manager. See this FAQ for further details.

Question 3

Can I password protect my Hosted Hub?

Accepted Answer

Yes, you can password protect your Hosted Hub. You can also password protect individual FAQ's or Workflows.

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Read more about password protection of content on Malcolm! here.

Question 4

How do I set up my Hosted Hub?

Accepted Answer

Every instance of Malcolm! comes complete with a Hosted Hub that you can configure and customise.

You can find out more about the Hosted Hub here and if you want to turn if off you can find out how to do that here.

In MyMalcolm if you click "View Live" towards the top the screen you'll see what your Hosted Hub currently looks like.

The two things you are probably most likely to want to change are the URL the Hub is on and the Hub's look, feel and content. Here is how to configure each of those areas.

1. Configure the URL

In MyMalcolm, go to the Settings section, then select "Custom Domains" from the vertical left hand menu. In this area you can change the URL your Hosted Hub will use. It's possible (and no extra charge) to use your own external domain or sub-domain.

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2. Change your Hub's look, feel and content

You can extensively customise your Hosted Hub to suit your own requirements. To do this, go to the Brand section of MyMalcolm, clone an existing theme, then choose the edit icon on your cloned theme.

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In the edit theme area use the left hand vertical navigation to see all the custom options you have.

Question 5

Can I stop or suppress certain FAQs and/or Workflows from contributing to dynamic listings?

Accepted Answer

Malcolm! auto generates certain listings of FAQs such as most helpful, most popular, recently added and trending. If an FAQ is hidden (see here for more info it won't be included in these listings but sometimes you may wish to exclude a regular non hidden FAQ from these listings.

You can do this via in MyMalcolm via the individual FAQ's visibility settings (FAQs / Library / Configure / Visibility):

Question 6

Can I put the Facebook Pixel on my workflows/forms/FAQs/content?

Accepted Answer

You can easily add the Facebook Pixel to any content you create in Malcolm! such as Workflows and FAQs.

There are two ways you can do this.

The first is to add the Facebook Pixel code directly into the settings area of MyMalcolm - for more details see this FAQ.

The other way is to use Google Tag Manager. You add your GTM container id in the settings area of MyMalcolm and then add your Facebook Pixel via the Google Tag Manager interface.

Question 7

Why is my embed not showing?

Accepted Answer

If you've set up an embed but can't see it check these things:

Have you implemented the tags correctly? Double check the tag install instructions
Is the embed published? If it’s not published it won’t show
If you are using them check your URL rules - the rule type could be too strict (e.g. URL is exactly xxx rather than URL starts with xxx) - if you are testing on a dev or test URL you can add this within the URL rule section
Check the scheduling - if there’s a schedule to only show the embed on certain days and/or between certain times that may be having an effect
If you are testing on mobile check you've not disallowed the emded showing on mobile

If you are still having problems please open a support ticket and we'll help!

Question 8

What are Tags in FAQs?

Accepted Answer

Tags are a way of describing your content and allow an alternate way for your customers to browse FAQ's aside from search and categories.

You can add and manage the tags that are attached to each of your FAQs via the "configure" area.

You may also be interested in invisible tags.

Question 9

How do I create a Frequently Asked Question (FAQ)?

Accepted Answer

Within MyMalcolm go the FAQ Section and click "Create a FAQ" towards to the top right of the screen.

This will bring up the "compose your question and answer" dialogue. Here you can input the question, an optional brief summary answer (used in search and browse results) and your full answer. For tips on how to write a good FAQ click here.

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When composing your FAQ you can use the formating controls in the "full answer" box or directly enter Markdown. Markdown is a great way of quickly adding formatting to textual content. If you've not used it before it can take a minute or two to get used to it but it's very fast to work with once you have got the hang of it. You can click the "Need help with Markdown?" button bottom left anytime for a quick reference Markdown guide.

You can see what your FAQ will look like to your users by pressing the "Preview" button top right. When you have written your content press "Next: Configure" to move onto the configuration options for your FAQ.

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In this area you can control various things about your FAQ such as whether an author is shown, what the URL is, your choice of tags, whether the feedback form is enabled and the category or categories the FAQ lives in. You also have various options around whether the FAQ can be seen by search engines, is password protected or not and can be found or not via the Malcolm! search/browse capability. You can even set the FAQ (or versions of it) to publish and un-publish automatically at certain dates and time in the future.

Watch a video guide to creating an FAQ below.

Question 10

How do I change my rating elements from percentages (%) to stars?

Accepted Answer

In addition to the default "Did this help you? Yes/No" percentages style of rating you can now alternatively switch to a star rating system where your users can rate content from 1 to 5 stars.

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The system used is set in the Settings section of MyMalcolm under FAQ or Workflows - look for the "Feedback ratings" area. You can switch between the two methods of rating whenever you wish and you can also use different rating systems for FAQs and Workflows.

Because rating content 1 to 5 stars is a bit more linear than a simple yes/no in response to "Did this help you?" we apply some logic behind the scenes when switching between rating styles. A "Did this help you? - No" is equivilent to 2 stars and a "Did this help you? - Yes" is equivilent to 5 stars, which slightly upweights positive feedback.

Don't forget you can change the colours of your rating elements too. See here for more details on how to do this.