Getting started
Introduction
What Consorm installs on your site, how the pieces fit together, and where to start depending on your situation.
Consorm is a consent management platform: a banner that blocks trackers before consent, a timestamped record of every decision and a dashboard to drive it all. The integration goes through Google Tag Manager: it loads the banner and conditions your marketing tools on consent, without you touching your pages' code.
How it works
- 1When a page loads, a bootstrap script declares a denied by default consent state (Consent Mode v2) and blocks known trackers, before any other tag.
- 2The banner loads from our CDN and renders inside an isolated Shadow DOM: it never conflicts with your styles.
- 3The visitor makes their choice. The decision is stored in the
csm_consentcookie, sent to the consent record, and relayed to your tools through Consent Mode. - 4Authorized tags fire immediately, without a page reload. The others stay blocked.
The two installation methods
Everything starts from your account at app.consorm.com: you add a site by entering its address, then the Installation page offers two methods.
| Automatic (recommended) | GTM template (manual) | |
|---|---|---|
| For whom | You have no GTM container, or you want Consorm to manage everything. | You already have a GTM container your team controls. |
| What you do | Paste two code snippets into your site. | Import a tag template into your own GTM. |
| Who manages the container | Consorm creates, configures and publishes a container for you. | You. Consorm never touches your container. |
| Tag management (GA4, Meta) | From the Consorm dashboard. | In your own GTM. |
| Guide | Automatic installation | GTM template installation |
Your site ID
Each site receives a nine-digit numeric ID (for example 483920175), visible on the dashboard's Installation page. It is what links your site to its banner configuration and its consent record: you will need it for the GTM template method and for any support request.
Going further
- Add Google Analytics or Meta Pixel once the banner is live.
- Customize the banner: appearance, copy, categories.
- Control the banner in JavaScript: reopen the preferences, read the consent state.
- Review the record and produce proof.
- Invite your team with the right roles.
Need help?
The team, in Quebec, answers quickly through the Contact us page. You can also book a guided demo.