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Published inJan 2017
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Cedric F. Jacob
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Cedric F. Jacob, before starting his own business as a customer service consultant, writer, and Zendesk admin for international companies, began his career as a customer service representative, from where he progressed to senior, team leader, and management roles. Working for clients such as Runtastic and Lovoo, he focuses on creating highly customized, scalable structures, utilizing his acquired customer service experience and broader passion for IT, which ranges from software and game development all the way to cyber security and hardware.
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Zendesk apps


Whenever we miss a functionality in Zendesk, our minds should wander off towards creating a custom app. Let's review a few app ideas without going into too much detail.

Custom tagging app

Zendesk tags are very useful. However, adding and removing tags can be a tricky process, known to be prone to error. Too easily can we remove or misspell a tag without noticing.

If adding and removing tags plays a part in your workflows, creating an app for it can make a huge difference.

We can use a simple HTML script to display two buttons on our layout:

Some CSS magic can add the final touches, making the buttons look less boring:

The end product is not very impressive. I will leave the final design touches to you:

Let's move on to the JavaScript part of the app. The structure would look something like this:

We start by listing our events and assigning a function to each one of them. The functions themselves are only placeholders outputting some text. After displaying our app and clicking...

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Cedric F. Jacob

Cedric F. Jacob, before starting his own business as a customer service consultant, writer, and Zendesk admin for international companies, began his career as a customer service representative, from where he progressed to senior, team leader, and management roles. Working for clients such as Runtastic and Lovoo, he focuses on creating highly customized, scalable structures, utilizing his acquired customer service experience and broader passion for IT, which ranges from software and game development all the way to cyber security and hardware.
Read more about Cedric F. Jacob