Preview

NOTE: To use the Preview widget, you must first set up the Preview Plugin in delivery. For more information, see the Preview plugin page.

The Ninetailed's Preview widget allows you to display and test your content behavior based on Audiences and Experiences in your development environment before it is pushed to production. You can view personalized content from within your web page for multiple audiences.

NOTE: This feature is meant for creators to preview configurations before it goes live. As such, we only recommend using it in development or staging environments.

Select your audiences

When you first open the Preview Widget, all your available Audiences are displayed. Depending on your configurations, your profile, and your location, you might already qualify for some of your Audience segmentations, which are marked with a green indicator.

If you want to force a specific view as a user, override each Audience state by toggling one of the following switches:

Default

The "default" state deletes any overrides and naturally selects the Audience that the current user profile qualifies for. This state is particularly useful if page views or certain events on your site trigger the eligibility for an Audience, in which case an Audience would be naturally turned on. The green indicator shows whether the Audience is turned on or off.

On

The "on" state forces an Audience to be turned on, even if the current user profile would not be eligible for it. Turning on an Audience enables you to also select variants.

Off

The "off" state forces an Audience to be turned off, even if the current user profile would be eligible for it.

Selecting Variants

If an Audience is turned on (either naturally or by forcing the on state), you are able to select what variant shall be displayed. Selecting a variant works similarly for both Experiments and Personalizations.

For Personalizations, the "baseline" shows, what users would see when they are chosen for the holdout group. The percentage indicates the natural distribution that you have set in the Experience configuration.

For Experiments, the "baseline" shows the control group. Similar to Personalizations, the percentage indicates the natural variant distribution of your Experiment.

Reset your profile

While you are testing your site, you might trigger certain events and page views, which enrich your user profile. Depending on your configuration, you might trigger certain Audiences with your newly added traits and events. Just like you would expect with a normal user, your user profile is persistent across sessions. Therefore, if you would like to start fresh and see what Audiences you qualify for naturally from the beginning, click Reset Profile.