Basic AE Connect Installation

1. Log into your AE dashboard and open AE Connect

Log in to your AE dashboard. Every customer has their own dashboard address, for example yourcompany.theappreciationengine.com. From the dashboard home page, click the AE Connect tile.

2. Manage the application you want to install AE Connect on

AE Connect is set up per application. On the AE Connect page, click Manage on the application you want to set up. If you don't have one yet, click Add new application, enter a name and click Add App. The new application opens on its edit page.

3. Open the Install AE Connect tab

On that application's edit page, click the Install AE Connect tab.

4. Allowlist your domain before anything else

The Install AE Connect tab walks you through setup in order, starting with Step 0: Allowlist your domain. This is for security reasons, to prevent other people from using your unique code on unauthorized websites. Add your site's domain under the Privacy & Permissions tab before testing any snippet on your website. The signup forms won't work until this is done.

5. Choose a platform

Under Get Started Quickly, pick the card that matches your site (Custom HTML, WordPress or Squarespace) for guidance on where to paste the snippet.

6. Choose Email + password or Email-only, then copy the signup snippet

Depending on how you want members to sign up, choose Email + password or Email-only, then copy the full snippet shown. This single snippet includes both the AE JS framework embed and the AEJSReady callback function.

7. Add social sign-in options

Once your email signup flow is live, add connected social apps from the Helpful next steps section's Social sign-in tab.

8. Use AE JS Data Tags for popup or per-service register links

The Social sign-in tab shows ready-to-use AE JS Data Tag examples: a popup register window, and register links for specific services such as Facebook and Spotify. See the full list of AE JS Data Tags for more.