Welcome to the home of the Call Now Button – the button that makes it easier than ever for prospects to get in touch with you.
And it does make sense if you think about it: if people are viewing your website on their mobile phone, why not take full advantage of that?
I’ll slowly update this website with more information and add extra features to the Call Now Button. Get the latest version now by clicking the button above. For WordPress site owners there’s a plugin available which takes away all the technical stuff and lets you integrate the Call Now Button on your site within seconds!
NOTE: The Call Now Button is only suitable for mobile optimized websites. So is your website responsive or do you have a special version of your site to cater for mobile visitors, than this button is for you!
Hi
I would like to use this for a new site that I am building but want to have a different number for each post. Each post is by a different author and I can make a custom field (preferred) that has the number for that post. Is this possible.
Eagerly await your reply.
Cheers
Marc
Hey Marc,
I like the idea! I might add it as a feature in a next release. Currently this is not unfortunately.
Cheers,
Jerry
Hi,
this is the best call button I’ve found, after spending hours looking through other plugins! The functionality is simple and straightforward, just what I was looking for.
I wasn’t crazy about the size of the call button, however, so I picked a glyphicon and made a few modifications to the CSS to fit the overall look and feel of my site.
background: url(‘http://www.free-qr-code.net/img/glyphicons/glyphicons_163_iphone.png’) no-repeat center center;
border-top: 0 none;
display:block;
width:50px;
height:25px;
position:fixed;
right:-15px;
bottom:0
Let me know what you think!
nate,
greerwebsolutions.com
Hey Nathan,
Great to hear that you like my plugin! Thanks for that! I had a look at your website and you way of implementing the Call Now Button and I see why you changed the looks of it so it better matches the site’s overall style. Generally with CTAs (Call to action buttons) you want to have a certain contrast between the button and the rest of the page – that doesn’t mean that it should be a complete clash with the rest of your design of course! It would be interesting to see the difference in the effectiveness of your button compared to the standard Call Now Button. I’m currently working on a way to track the clicks you get on the button. If that is implemented you could use a service like Google’s website optimizer to do an A/B test and see which is most effective.
As soon as the update becomes available you will get a notification in WordPress. If you’re interested in running that test it would be great if you could share those results on this site!
Either case I hope you get loads of calls because of this!
All the best!
Jerry
Thanks for sharing this!
You’re welcome!
Very nice idea!
Thanks Fawn!
Hi, sounds like a great widget so I downloaded and activated it, but the button doesn’t show up on my site when using mobile- any thoughts?
Hi Aamer,
Thanks for using the Call now button! I’ve checked your website and I do see it appear. It will only be visible on a small mobile screen.
Cheers,
Jerry
I’ve been looking forever for a decent call me widget to replace the flash widget that ios won’t load. This is nice. and simple. and thanks! Just one question: Like Nate above, I need to make a simple mod: either resize it smaller to fit the style of the site, or just post it on the contact me page. Es posible, senor? Gracias!
Hi Alix,
Thanks for your compliments and your feedback! I’m currently working (in my spare time) on an update that allows you to modify the button (size, color, etc). I also like your suggestion of showing it only on certain pages. If I remember I’ll let you know when the update is there!
Adios amigo
the plugin for wordpress is not working. anything going on? or do i need to do anything else to get it to work? thanks.
Hi Justin,
You will only see it on small screen devices like an iphone. If you’re using WordPress you have to enable the plugin first in the settings.
Cheers,
Jerry
Good call to action button for mobile sites thank you.
You’re welcome Martin
Great plugin, really works well. I’m wondering if it is possible to move the click to call icon from the right hand side to the left side of the mobile site. Perhaps a future improvement?
I installed your app but I don’t see the button using my iphone. Help! Azalea
I like the plugin, very good for local businesses. I do work with a lot of one man operations and the one thing that I see is missing is a “click to text” button. Maybe put it on the opposite side of the screen. I have a lot of them getting texts instead of calls once I started putting “Call or Text xxx-xxx-xxxx” I think that adding a click to text will help the small guy that has a mobile number as their business number.
Hi, Thank you so much for the plugin it is such a useful and well made thing but I would like to change the green colour to a light blue if possible. How could I achieve this please? I looked at the plugin files to see if a png could be edited but that is only a handset image with transparent background so I am guessing I need to edit the code but where?
Hey Justin,
Thanks for your suggestion. The ability to change the color of the button will be added to the plugin in the next version!
Cheers Jerry
How would I go about changing the color of the button? It currently doesn’t match the color scheme of our website.
Hi Alex, the next version will have the ability to change the color of the button! Thanks for your feedback!
Cheers Jerry
Thrilled to have stumbled upon your plugin after client says “I want a ‘click to call’ button. And I go “err…what?” ;^) Do you develop any other plugins?
Hey Tom,
Thanks for your message. I currently have one other plugin, the Simple Events Calendar. Quite useful for people that run courses or workshops and want to advertise those on their website. Check it out and let me know what you think!
When will you be releasing the next version? Is there any special code that I can maybe add in order to give it a different colour?
Hi Alex, the update will come as soon as I have some time on my hands to work on this. For the mean time, if you wish to change the color yourself, you can do this in the file called ‘call-now-button.php’ inside ‘/wp-content/plugins/call-now-button/’. If you open that file and go to line 67, find the following text: #090. This is where the green color of the button is set. You can change this to any color code you want. If you also like to change the border color, look for #0C0 in the same line and change that as well. Good luck!
Hi Jerry,
Will you take a look at my site and let me know if the call button is working? The owner, Don, likes the call button showing on all of the pages.
Thanks,
Zena
Hi Zena,
Your site has to be mobile friendly for the Call Now Button to work. This is not the case for your site so unfortunately this button will not work for you…
Jerry
Hi Jerry,
Can you take look at this mobile site http://modelgarageberkeley.com/m to see if the button works for you?
Thanks,
Zena
Works perfectly!
Hi Jerry,
Thanks for looking. I now am using Weaver II and two people with iPhones get error loading message when trying to use the Call Button. Is this a cashing issue with their phones? Do you have an iPhone you can test with?
thanks,
Zena
Hi Zena,
The plugin does not contain any javascript or any other scripts – it’s plain html and css so there’s no way that the plugin can cause an error on your iphone. If it does – it either means there’s a conflict with another plugin you’re using or you mistyped the number and your iphone doesn’t understand it…
Jerry,
I had that incorrect web site. Thanks for seeing if the call button is working.
Zena
It would be good also to have some sort of analytic stats. To be able to measure how many people have press the button.
Hi Madalina,
I’m currently finishing an update for the WordPress version which includes Event Tracking via Google Analytics. So if you’re using Google Analytics for your site you should be happy with the upcoming changes!
Cheers,
Jerry
Great. Can’t wait for the update.
Hi Jerry! I have installed, but can`t se the button on our page?
Hi Peter,
Thanks for your message. Unfortunately your website is not optimized for mobile phones – this is essential for the button to function.
Jerry
I just installed it on a clients site, they are using a drag and drop theme so I was sckeptical that this plugin would work, but you are a genius and therefore it works
Lol, thank you Ryan!
hey Jerry,
this plugin is great but I can’t get it to display on my client’s website. http://www.malenydairies.com. (A site built in wordpress v3.5.1)
any chance you can look at it and see whether you can see it or not??
cheers sg
Hi sg,
You’ll need a mobile optimized website in order for the the plugin to appear on mobile phones. In more technical terms, in needs to be responsive so that the layout adapts to the size of a screen. When you look at your website on a mobile phone it will appear zoomed out. That means your site will stay in its original (desktop) form but just appear smaller.
If you switch to a responsive theme it will work for sure.
Cheers,
Jerry
hi Jerry,
does your plugin work on mobile phones other than iphones?? Just wondering if that’s why I can’t see it – I’m using a Samsung S2, with android.
cheers sg
Hi Sg,
As I mentioned before, the plugin will work on any mobile device but depends on the responsive capabilities of the theme you’re using.
Cheers,
Jerry
installed call now and the button doesn’t show up. The site redirects to mobile but call button doesn’t show.
Hi Adrian,
The site needs to be responsive for the call now button to work. Your website is not responsive but it redirects traffic that looks at your website on a mobile to duda which is a completely different site. You should either see if you can add the button code to duda or make your full website responsive.
Cheers,
Jerry
I seem to have ads with the button. Some quite distracting. Is there any way to remove the ads. Thanks.
Hi Les,
The Call Now Button does not show any ads. So whatever you’re seeing is coming from something else.
Jerry
Thank you for making this plugin!
Based on what I’ve read about your planned update, it will be best click-to-call plugin out there, can’t wait!
Hi Donny,
Thanks for your message! Really appreciate that
The update is in its final stage so shouldn’t be long!
Cheers,
Jerry