# XT Cookie Consent Banner

This chapter covers the use of the XT Cookie Consent Banner (opens new window) component for Joomla!™ -powered websites.

# Introduction

XT Cookie Consent Banner is a light and manageable module, which will allow your users to decide which cookies will be installed when they visit your website.

XT Cookie Consent Banner - Demo

The module is an implementation of the GDPR Cookie Consent banner for Joomla!. A vanilla JS implementation of a compliant GDPR banner. It is implemented with a simple Tailwind CSS design, simple styling cases; and everything overridable.

# Benefits

  • Regulations compliant.
  • Flexible and powerful.
    • Geolocation
    • Customizable
    • Responsive design

# Examples & Demo

Check our live demo at https://demo.extly.com (opens new window)

The module is also used on our site: https://extly.com (opens new window). To test it, if you have already accepted the cookies, you can visit the site as a Browser Guest or reset the cookies of the domain.

# Configuration

This is the main configuration screen:

XT Cookie Consent Banner - Configuration

  • Learn More Link: Define the Learn More Link to describe the usage of the cookies.
  • Privacy Statement Link: Define the Privacy Statement Link to describe the privacy statement of the site.
  • EU Countries: List of ISO countries codes considered as EU to render the consent banner. The GeoLite2-Countrymmdb must be copied into media/lib_xt-gdpr-cookie-consent-banner/GeoLite2-Country.
  • Analytics Scripts: Define the scripts to be loaded when the user accept the Analytics Scripts. OnlyJavaScript. NO HTML."
  • Fallback Scripts: Define the scripts to be loaded when the user doesn't accept the Analytics Scripts. OnlyJavaScript. NO HTML."
  • Default Scripts: Define the scripts to be always loaded. Only JavaScript. NO HTML.

# About the GeoLite2 Country Database

The GeoLite2 Country Database is a free IP geolocation database. It is not provided with the module. The GeoLite2-Countrymmdb must be copied into media/lib_xt-gdpr-cookie-consent-banner/GeoLite2-Country.

You can get the database from the author here: https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/geoip2/geolite2/ (opens new window)

Last Updated: 3/18/2024, 10:36:18 AM