{"id":164,"date":"2017-08-07T20:29:37","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T20:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/help.zoomgrants.com\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=164"},"modified":"2023-01-26T10:34:29","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T17:34:29","slug":"messages","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/help.zoomgrants.com\/index.php\/zgu\/messages\/","title":{"rendered":"Messages"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"messages\">\n<p>Administrators can send emails to custom groups or individual applicants at any time and can add text to the messages automatically sent to applicants when they submit their <a title=\"Pre-Application\" href=\"http:\/\/help.zoomgrants.com\/index.php\/zgu\/pre-application\/\">Pre-Application<\/a> and full applications.<\/p>\n<h2>How It Works<\/h2>\n<p>Admins can add additional text to appear in the application and Pre-Application submission confirmation messages sent automatically to applicants by ZoomGrants. Admins can also build templates for other email communications used throughout the process.<\/p>\n<p>Message templates can include HTML formatting and merge fields so that emails sent are personalized to each recipient. Merge fields pre-populate each message with the relevant data for whichever applicant will be receiving the message. Messages can be used to communicate with applicants at any time, such as to convey decision announcements, provide additional Report reminders, etc.<\/p>\n<h2>How to Set It Up<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #bc6d1a; color: #ffffff;\">Program Setup &gt; Messages Tab<\/span><\/p>\n    \t\t<div class=\"hts-tabs \"  >\r\n    \t\t\t<ul class=\"hts-tabs__nav\" role=\"tablist\">\r\n    \t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t\t<li data-tab=\"#tabs-1\" class=\"hts-tabs__tab hts-tabs__tab--active\" role=\"tab\">Messages Tab<\/li>\r\n    \t\t\t\t    \t\t\t<\/ul>\r\n    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\t<div id=\"tabs-1\" class=\"hts-tabs__content hts-tabs__content--active\" role=\"tabpanel\">\r\n    \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hts-tabs__contentwrap\">\r\n    \t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In Program Setup, click into the <strong>Messages<\/strong> tab to add your custom text to the confirmation messages and to set up your message templates.<\/p>\r\n    \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n    \t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/tabs-1 -->\r\n    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\r\n    \t\t<\/div><!-- \/.ht-shortcodes-tabs -->\r\n    \t\t\n<h3>Adding Custom Text to the ZoomGrants Submit Confirmations<\/h3>\n<p>Before the program goes live, you can add your own text to be displayed in the body of the <strong>Pre-Application Submission Confirmation<\/strong> (if applicable) and the <strong>Application Submission Confirmation <\/strong>sent to applicants as soon as they submit those components. For example, you may want to tell your applicants that decisions will be made by such-and-such date and \u201cplease do not pester us until then\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>If you don\u2019t have anything to add, that\u2019s fine \u2013 just leave those fields blank and applicants will receive the standard ZoomGrants confirmation messages:<\/p>\n \r\n    \t\t<div class=\"hts-accordion \"  >\r\n\r\n    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\t<div class=\"hts-accordion__section hts-accordion__section--active\">\r\n\t    \t\t\t\t<div class=\"hts-accordion__title\">Pre-Application Submit Confirmation Message<\/div>\r\n\t    \t\t\t\t<div class=\"hts-accordion__content\">\r\n\t    \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hts-accordion__contentwrap\">\r\n\t    \t\t\t\t\t\tYour Pre-Application* has been submitted and will be reviewed by an administrator. You will receive an email when a decision is reached. ZoomGrants staff will not be involved in this decision. If it is approved, you will be able to complete and submit the rest of your application.<\/p>\n<p>(*This label will change, based on what you decide to call the Pre-Application section of your program.)<\/p>\n<p>\t    \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\t<div class=\"hts-accordion__section \">\r\n\t    \t\t\t\t<div class=\"hts-accordion__title\">Application Submit Confirmation<\/div>\r\n\t    \t\t\t\t<div class=\"hts-accordion__content\">\r\n\t    \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hts-accordion__contentwrap\">\r\n\t    \t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Success! Your application has been submitted!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here is a link to the Print\/Preview of your application. You can also save your application as a PDF from this link: *link*<\/p>\n<p>We hope your experience using ZoomGrants has been positive, and either way, we would like to hear from you. Would you mind taking two minutes to fill out a short survey based on your experience with THIS application? We take your feedback seriously and would greatly appreciate your input.<\/p>\n<p>Click on this link to complete the survey: *link*<\/p>\n<p>We wish you the absolute best with your application!\t    \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\r\n    \t\t<\/div><!-- \/.ht-shortcodes-accordion -->\r\n    \t\t\n<h3>Creating Message Templates<\/h3>\n<p>You can create up to 10 message templates to use throughout the life of your program, and you can edit or update them at any time. Simply give your message template a <strong>title<\/strong>, then\u00a0type your <strong>message text<\/strong>\u00a0into the large text box to the right.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zoomgrants.com\/Screenshots\/dmessagetemplatetitles.png\" alt=\"Message Template Titles\" width=\"600px\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can use\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/zoomgrants.com\/welcome\/html.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HTML formatting<\/a> and merge fields to further customize each message.<\/p>\n<h3>Using Merge Fields<\/h3>\n<p>Merge fields\u00a0pre-populate each message with relevant data for whichever applicant will be receiving the message. You can use merge fields to personalize each message sent out in a batch so that each applicant receives a unique email with data from their application.<\/p>\n<p>Select the desired merge field from the dropdown near the top of the <strong>Messages<\/strong>\u00a0tab or at the bottom of the <strong>Send Email\u00a0<\/strong>window, then copy and paste the field value into the correct location in your message.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/zoomgrants.com\/screenshots\/dmergefields.png\" alt=\"Merge Field Selection\" width=\"433\" height=\"87\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<h4>Available Merge Fields<\/h4>\n<div class=\"one_half\">\n<ol>\n<li>Contact First Name<\/li>\n<li>Contact Last Name<\/li>\n<li>Legal Name<\/li>\n<li>Address<\/li>\n<li>City<\/li>\n<li>State<\/li>\n<li>Zip<\/li>\n<li>Application Title<\/li>\n<li>Requested Amount<\/li>\n<li>Award Amount<\/li>\n<li>Award Funding Date<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Decisions\" href=\"http:\/\/help.zoomgrants.com\/index.php\/zgu\/decisions-voting\/\">Decision Comment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/help.zoomgrants.com\/index.php\/zgu\/internal-research\/\">Internal Research Question<\/a> Answers<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"one_half_last\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearboth\">\n<h2>Troubleshooting<\/h2>\n<h3>The Sent Email Report shows the merge fields, not the applicant data.<\/h3>\n<div class=\"clearboth\">\n<p><strong>Don&#8217;t panic!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As the system preps each email to your applicant recipients, it finds the relevant data and drops it into the message before sending it. <strong>They will see the proper data from their application.<\/strong>\u00a0On your end,\u00a0in the <em>message confirmation<\/em> window, the <em>Sent Email Report<\/em>, and the <em>Group Messages Sent<\/em> section of the Dashboard, you&#8217;ll see the merge fields as you set them up. Don&#8217;t worry &#8211; your applicants will see the real data, not the merge fields.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Administrators can send emails to custom groups or individual applicants at any time and can add text to the messages automatically sent to applicants when they submit their Pre-Application and full applications. 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