How to Set Up Form Notifications
Learn how to set up and customize email notifications for your forms. Follow this step-by-step guide to manage internal alerts and reader confirmations.
Setting up notifications ensures that the right people, whether members of your team or a reader filling out a form, receive an email confirmation as soon as a form is submitted.
Follow these steps to configure your notification settings.
Locating Your Form Settings
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Go to the Forms menu in your dashboard and select Forms from the dropdown options.
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Search for the specific form you wish to edit.
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Hover your mouse just below the form name to reveal the action menu, then select Settings.
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rom the Settings dropdown, select Notifications.
Creating a New Notification
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Click the Add New button to start a new notification profile.
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Choose the Recipient Type:
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Internal Notifications: If you want the alert to go to your team, select Send to Entered Email and type the specific email addresses in the "Send to" field.
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Reader Confirmations: If you want the alert to go to the reader who filled out the form, choose Select a Field and pick the corresponding email field from your form.
Tip: We recommend selecting a Required email field to ensure the notification always has a valid destination.
Customizing the Content
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Enter a From Name (e.g., your company or publication name) and a Reply-to Address.
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Write a clear Subject Line and compose the body of the email in the Message field.
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Scroll to the bottom of the page and select Update Notifications to set your changes live.