ft-react-components
A collection of React/NextJS UI and utility components for Phantom FT sites.
Introduction
Currently implemented:
- FTTracker - Provides a context and hook for easier access to the FTTracker and ReactPlayerTracking tracking functions from @phntms/ft-lib.
- FTCookieMessage - Wrapper loader for the standard FT origami cookie consent popup
- FTFooter - Renders the standard FT partner site footer
- FTHeader - Renders the standard FT partner site header.
- FTPartnerContent - Renders the FT partner header
- ShareButton - used in the FTPartnerContent component
- PermutiveSetup - Outputs the Permutive tracking scripts for FT partner sites.
- PreviewMessage - a component to display a preview mode indicator for sites using Directus CMS.
- BrandMetricsSurvey - A component that loads the BrandMetrics script and survey to the page.
- TrackingPixel - A component for (hidden) tracking pixels.
Installation
Install this package with npm.
npm i @phntms/ft-react-componentsUsage
FTTracker
Add the provider to _app.tsx, pass the site's page content to PageViewData
import { FTTrackerProvider } from "@phntms/ft-react-components";
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return (
<FTTrackerProvider>
<PageViewData pageProps={pageProps} />
<Component {...pageProps} />;
</FTTrackerProvider>
)Construct the pageViewData object from the site content data. use setPageViewData and setTrackingOptions to update the tracker provider. See the Phantom FT partner tracking implementation guide for the full config object schema. TODO - consider moving to this lib with empty/default values and adding Yup validation to console error/eslint when incomplete.
import { useFTTracker, TrackingOptions, ConfigType } from "@phntms/ft-react-components";
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const { setPageViewData, setTrackingOptions } = useFTTracker();
useEffect(() => {
const globals = pageProps.globals;
const article = pageProps.article;
const category = pageProps.category;
setTrackingOptions({
scrollTrackerSelector: "#o_tracker_scroll",
isCustomGTMEvent: true,
sendGTMPageViewYN: true,
});
const errorValue = "404";
if (!setPageViewData) return;
setPageViewData({
advertiserIndustry: (globals && globals.sitewide.industry) || errorValue,
app:
(article && article.content_type) ||
(globals && globals.sitewide.homepage_label) ||
errorValue,
articleName:
(article && article.title) ||
(globals && globals.sitewide.homepage_label) ||
errorValue,
author:
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} as ConfigType);
}, [pageProps]);Video tracking
Video event tracking is handled by the videoTracker instance available from the useFTTracker hook. It is currently only compatible with react-player implementations which is the current standard player implementation for Phantom NextJS sites.
import { useFTTracker } from "@phntms/ft-react-components";
import ReactPlayer from "react-player";
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const { videoTracker } = useFTTracker();
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<ReactPlayer
controls
height="100%"
style={{ position: "absolute", top: 0, left: 0 }}
onDuration={videoTracker?.setDuration}
onEnded={videoTracker?.trackEnded}
onPause={videoTracker?.trackPause}
onPlay={videoTracker?.trackPlay}
onProgress={videoTracker?.trackProgress}
width="100%"
url={fileToURL(article.video)}
light={fileToURL(article.image)}
playIcon={<PlayIconCircle />}
onClick={handlePlayButtonClick}
/>PermutiveSetup
Loads the external permutive scripts, requires Permutive project specific IDs (environment variables) - add to the sites' _document.tsx
import { PermutiveSetup } from "@phntms/ft-react-components";
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// Permutive tracking
const PERMUTIVE_PROJECT_ID = process.env.PERMUTIVE_PROJECT_ID || "";
const PERMUTIVE_PUBLIC_API_KEY = process.env.PERMUTIVE_PUBLIC_API_KEY || "";
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render() {
return (
<Html lang="en">
<Head>
<FontPreloadEmbed />
<FaviconEmbed />
<TrackingHeadScript id={GA_TRACKING_ID} />
<PermutiveSetup
projectID={PERMUTIVE_PROJECT_ID}
publicAPIKey={PERMUTIVE_PUBLIC_API_KEY}
/>
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.FTCookieMessage, FTFooter, FTHeader, FTPartnerContent reuseable components
Render in an appropriate page level component. FTPartnerContent requires 3 props as below to display the site's required partner links. It has optional disclaimer (controls the on/off tooltip state) and author (determines 1 of 4 tooltip texts) props.
import {
CookieMessage,
FTHeader,
FTFooter,
FTPartnerContent,
} from "@phntms/ft-react-components";
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<Container>
<FTHeader />
<FTPartnerContent
siteUrl={globals.sitewide.url}
siteTitle={globals.sitewide.title}
partner={{
title: "Zurich",
url: "https://www.zurich.com/",
}}
/>
{showHero && <CategoryHero />}
<Navbar categories={globals.categories} selected={category} />
<div id="o_tracker_scroll">{children}</div>
<CookieMessage />
<FTFooter />
</Container>Reuseable component styles and icons
NOTE: all 4 components rely on a single global .scss styles file, which needs to be loaded in _app.tsx as a global import:
//load combined FT components styles as global
import "@phntms/ft-react-components/src/components/ft/styles/app.scss";Additionally, some the components use styling from the @financial-times root components, so adding a node_modules sass path to NextJS's next.config.js is required:
module.exports = {
//other config
sassOptions: {
includePaths: [
// Required by the @financial-times/o-<component> sass
path.resolve(__dirname, "./node_modules/@financial-times"),
],
},
};Currently, the partner header icons need to be copied to the NextJS sites' /public/ft/partner-content folder
BrandmetricsSurvey
Implements the placeholder div and initialisation for Brandmetrics surveys.
NOTE: Surveys also require the separate Brandmetrics external CDN script to be loaded and available on window.
import { BrandMetricsSurvey } from "@phntms/ft-react-components";
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{article.brandmetrics_survey_id && (
<BrandMetricsSurvey surveyId={article.brandmetrics_survey_id}
/>
)}TrackingPixel
Renders an img with with display:hidden and height:0
import { TrackingPixel } from "@phntms/ft-react-components";
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{article.brandmetrics_pixel_url && (
<TrackingPixel src={article.brandmetrics_pixel_url} />
)}