Web Services

Overview

The Web Services help you gain insights into user behavior, promote content sharing, and maintain compliance.

Analytics and Integration

Use analytics services to monitor website performance and better understand visitor behavior.

Google Analytics

To use the service, you need to register your website with Google Analytics and obtain your Web Property ID (Google tag).
For detailed information about setting up and managing Google Analytics, visit the Google Marketing Platform website: https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/.

After obtaining your Web Property ID, add it in picturemaxx Drupal CMS:

  1. Navigate to Configuration > Web Services > Google Tag.
  2. Enter the Web Property ID (Google Tag ID), then save the configuration to activate Google Analytics tracking.

Matomo Web Analytics

As an alternative to Google Analytics, you can use Matomo Web Analytics, which provides full data ownership and supports compliance with privacy regulations such as GDPR and CCPA.

If you choose to work with Matomo, please contact us. We can provide and configure a Matomo tracking key for your website.

Almost no website can do without a Cookie Banner anymore. To comply with privacy regulations, picturemaxx Drupal CMS supports two consent management platforms: Consent Manager and Usercentrics.

To use Consent Manager, create an account with Consent Manager and get a Consent Manager ID there.

After obtaining your Consent Manager ID, add it in picturemaxx Drupal CMS:

  1. Navigate to Configuration > Web Services > Consent Management > Consent Manager Settings.
  2. Turn on the Enable “Consent Manager” integration toggle.
  3. Enter your Consent Manager ID.
  4. Click Save Configuration.

Usercentrics

To use this service, create an account with Usercentrics and copy your Settings ID from the Usercentrics Admin Interface.

Then enter the Settings ID in picturemax Drupal CMS:

  1. Navigate to Configuration > Web Services > Consent Management > Usercentrics CMP Settings.
  2. Turn on the Enable Usercentrics integration toggle.
  3. Enter your Usercentrics Settings-ID.
  4. Specify the consent names for Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager.
  5. Click Save Configuration.

Shariff Sharing Buttons

Shariff is a privacy-compliant open-source sharing solution that allows visitors to share website content on social media without being tracked automatically. Unlike standard social media share buttons, Shariff establishes a connection to social networks only when a visitor actively clicks the share button.

Important

Shariff sharing buttons work for News Article only.
To make sharing buttons available across your entire website, add them within Block Layout to display them on all pages.

To configure Shariff, go to Configuration > Web services > Shariff sharing buttons and define the required settings. For details about the available configuration fields, see Field Reference below.

Field Reference

Activated Services
Select the social media services to display them as a button.

Theme
Choose a layout option for the buttons.

CSS
Select a CSS variant to style the share buttons. Font Awesome is used to display the service icons.

Button Style
You can choose to display an icon only, an icon with counter, or the social media service name with counter (Standard).

Note

To display counters, you need to provide a valid Shariff backend URL. Contact us at support@picturemaxx.com if you need this feature.

Orientation
Vertical will arrange the buttons vertically. The default setting is a horizontal display.

X Via User
Enter the Twitter/X username to link the Tweets.

Mail link
Specify the target URL for the mail sharing button. Keep the default "mailto:" to let users choose an email recipient.

Mail subject
This text is used as mail subject, if a "mailto:" link is provided in Mail link.

Mail body
This text is used as the mail body, if a "mailto:" link is provided. If you leave the field empty, the page title is used.

Referrer track code
Add a string to the share URL. Leave the field empty to disable this feature.

Backend URL
Enter the URL of your Shariff backend service. If left empty, backend functionality and share counters are disabled.

Media URL
Specify the media URL used when sharing content on Pinterest.

Shariff Information URL
Enter the URL of the information page displayed by the Shariff Info button.

Shariff Information Page Display
Select how the Shariff information page should open.

WhatsApp/X Share Title
Defines the text used when content is shared via WhatsApp or X. If left empty, the system uses the page's metadata (DC.title, DC.creator) or the page title.

Canonical URL
Specify the canonical URL to be used for sharing. If left empty, the system uses the page's canonical URL, the og:url value, or the current page URL.