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<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nNow for complete flexibility in this personalization criteria, I have taken two input field with the option to add wildcard char \u201c*\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The parameters are <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- OutwardCode<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- InwardCode<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
The combination of these parameters gives us options to do personalization as described in the following table<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Outward Code<\/strong><\/td> Inward Code<\/strong><\/td> Behavior <\/strong><\/td><\/tr> M1<\/td> 4WB<\/td> Personalized content for customer on this postcode only (Same street)<\/td><\/tr> SW1W<\/td> 0*<\/td> Personalized content for customers on the same area, district but different units (So probably customer from nearby streets)<\/td><\/tr> M1<\/td> 4*<\/td> Personalized content for customers on the same area, district but different units (So probably customers from nearby streets)<\/td><\/tr> M1<\/td> *<\/td> Personalized content for customers whose postcode starts with M1 (Manchester city center area)Personalized content for customers in the Manchester area<\/td><\/tr> M*<\/td> *<\/td> Personalized content for customers in the Manchester area<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Getting Customer location.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
There are multiple ways to get your customer (or visitor) postcode. The best way is if a customer is a registered customer and you have an address in a profile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another option is to get visitor\u2019s geocoordinates (visitor\u2019s latitude and longitude) and after that do reverse geocoding to get address and postcode from latitude and longitude. Once we have a postcode, we can use it to apply this personalization criterion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this example, I have a hard coded customer postcode. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Create Personalization criteria<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
UkPostcodeCriterionSettings Class:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
public class UkPostcodeCriterionSettings : CriterionModelBase\n {\n [Required]\n public string OutwardCode { get; set; }\n [Required]\n public string InwardCode { get; set; }\n \n public override ICriterionModel Copy()\n {\n return ShallowCopy();\n }\n }<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nUkPostcodeCriterion Class:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
[VisitorGroupCriterion(\n Category = \"Geolocation\",\n DisplayName = \"UK Postal Codes\",\n Description = \"Personalization criteria based on customer's UK address\")]\n\n public class UkPostcodeCriterion : CriterionBase<UkPostcodeCriterionSettings>\n {\n public override bool IsMatch(IPrincipal principal, HttpContextBase httpContext)\n {\n \/\/user location\n var visitorlocation = GetVisitorPostcode();\n\n \/\/ Wildcard in OutwardCode\n if (Model.OutwardCode.Contains(\"*\"))\n {\n var nOutwardcode = Model.OutwardCode.Replace(\"*\", \"\");\n\n return visitorlocation.OutwardCode.StartsWith(nOutwardcode);\n }\n\n \/\/ Wildcard in InwardCode\n if (Model.InwardCode.Contains(\"*\"))\n {\n var nInwardcode = Model.OutwardCode.Replace(\"*\", \"\");\n\n return visitorlocation.OutwardCode == Model.OutwardCode && visitorlocation.OutwardCode.StartsWith(nInwardcode);\n }\n\n \/\/ no Wildcard\n if (!Model.OutwardCode.Contains(\"*\") && !Model.InwardCode.Contains(\"*\"))\n {\n return visitorlocation.OutwardCode == Model.OutwardCode && visitorlocation.InwardCode == Model.InwardCode;\n }\n\n\n return false;\n }\n\n private Postcode GetVisitorPostcode()\n {\n\n \/\/ToDo: Get Customer postcode\n var postcode = \"M2 2AN\";\n\n var userLocation = new Postcode();\n \n var codes = postcode.Split(new[] {' '});\n\n if (codes.Any() && codes.Length == 2)\n {\n userLocation.OutwardCode = codes[0].ToUpper();\n userLocation.InwardCode = codes[1].ToUpper();\n }\n \n return userLocation;\n }\n }<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n