Pathfora supports A/B testing on a global level as well as on a targeted audience. You can split a pool of users to show some proportion of them a group of modules "A" and the other portion a group "B".

var moduleTest = new pathfora.ABTest({
  id: 'ab-test-id',
  type: '50/50',
  groups: [
    [moduleA],
    []
  ]
});

pathfora.initializeABTesting([moduleTest]);
pathfora.initializeWidgets([moduleA]);

ABTest

Pathfora has a special configuration method for A/B Testing. This configuration is then used as a parameter for initializeABTesting.

ABTest settings object
Key	Type	Behavior
id	string	unique identifier for the A/B Test
type	string	the proportional split between A/B (currently only 50/50, 80/20, and 100 is supported)
groups	array	jagged array defining the A/B groups that each module belongs to

Global

For a global A/B test, some proportion of all users will see module "A" while the remaining will see module "B".

In the example below roughly half of all users will be shown a gated form (A) and the other half will see a form modal (B).

All Users Form/SiteGate Test - Live Preview

With Audience Targeting

A/B Testing can be combined with audience targeting to divide an audience into a 50/50 split.

In the example below module "A" will be displayed to roughly half of the users in the smt_new audience, while the other half of the audience will be shown module "B".

New Users Message Test

var moduleA = new pathfora.Message({
  id: 'message-a',
  layout: 'slideout',
  msg: 'Message A'
});

var moduleB = new pathfora.Message({
  id: 'message-b',
  layout: 'slideout',
  msg: 'Message B'
});

var ab = new pathfora.ABTest({
  id: 'targeted-ab-test',
  type: '50/50',
  groups: [
    [moduleA],
    [moduleB]
  ]
});

var widgets = {
  target: [{
    segment: 'smt_new',
    widgets: [moduleA, moduleB]
  }]
};

pathfora.initializeABTesting([ab]);
pathfora.initializeWidgets(widgets);

Testing

To determine which group a user should be assigned to, Pathfora generates a random value the first time they visit the page. This value gets saved as a cookie PathforaTest_[id] so that Pathfora knows which group the user is in on return visits. Since anyone visiting a page that contains A/B test modules should only see the modules from one group, there is no immediate visual way for developers to verify that both groups are working as expected.

However, you can attempt to test that both groups are showing correctly by finding and deleting the cookie named PathforaTest_[id] and refreshing the page. It may take a couple tries to show the other group since you are randomly assigned to a group each time. Feel free to try this on the global example above.