Hi, I'm interested in having a slide where you can click to call or click to e-mail a user.
It's super easy to get the e-mail to work (because it's programmed that way) As for getting a clickable phone number, I think the only way would be to execute a JavaScript
Has anyone dealt with this and know some code I could copy and past for the numbers?
Would like to make a phone number clickable so that when a user selects the number, they are taken directly to the phone app (rather than to a page with a link), just like one can do with an email addressees. Does this functionality exist in Storyline 360 yet? Is there a workaround that doesn't involve adding a page that contains the link? Etc.? Thanks ahead of time!
It's not a feature of Storyline to link to a phone app, but a lot of browsers include that functionality if the learner has a phone app (such as Skype) installed on their device or as a browser extension.
Glad that adding the phone number in is working for you!
Thanks for the suggestion! It worked for me, so it's a perfect solution! On my windows computer, it asked which app I wanted to use to dial the number (Skype) and on my phone it asked to dial the number. In both scenarios, I was able to place a call.
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This is the html code for calling a phone number.
<a href="tel:12121234567">click here to call if you are on a smartphone</a>
I think you could make a very simple html page with this code and include it as a web object.
I hope that helps.
Russ
I've seen this all over the interwebs... but how do you use Articulate Storyline 2 to invoke this on an iPhone?
Here is an example with code and web object included.
Russ
Just realized you said storyline 2. I don't have that anymore. But this is the page to embed as a web object into your storyline.
And this is an example of it published.
https://360.articulate.com/review/content/28935ad8-1062-4612-aaf5-c99b1b33fa89/review
Can we get an update on this from Articulate?
Would like to make a phone number clickable so that when a user selects the number, they are taken directly to the phone app (rather than to a page with a link), just like one can do with an email addressees. Does this functionality exist in Storyline 360 yet? Is there a workaround that doesn't involve adding a page that contains the link? Etc.? Thanks ahead of time!
Actually, for the file, simply add
tel:2121234567
without the html in the File field of the Trigger Wizard and the link becomes active.
Hi William,
It's not a feature of Storyline to link to a phone app, but a lot of browsers include that functionality if the learner has a phone app (such as Skype) installed on their device or as a browser extension.
Glad that adding the phone number in is working for you!
Hi William
Thanks for the suggestion! It worked for me, so it's a perfect solution! On my windows computer, it asked which app I wanted to use to dial the number (Skype) and on my phone it asked to dial the number. In both scenarios, I was able to place a call.
Kind regards
Ray
This worked for me, thanks for sharing.