Format output email summary

  • Resolved d3fin3d

    (@d3fin3d)


    9 years, 3 months ago

    Is there a way to adjust the email summary that’s received?

    At present the summary looks like this:

    Question 1: This is an example of content filled out in the Question 1 field. As you can see the answer seems to merge with the title making readability difficult.
    Question 2: This is an example of content filled out in the Question 2 field. As you can see the answer seems to merge with the title making readability difficult.
    Question 3: This is an example of content filled out in the Question 3 field. As you can see the answer seems to merge with the title making readability difficult.

    While I’d much prefer the formatting to look something like this:

    Question 1:

    This would be the ideal way to display Question 1 content, for me.

    Question 2:

    This would be the ideal way to display Question 2 content, for me.

    Question 3:

    This would be the ideal way to display Question 3 content, for me.

    Is there any way to tweak the summary stylisation? Is it possible for the plugin be tweaked via the editor to accommodate for this?

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  • Thread Starter d3fin3d

    (@d3fin3d)

    So I realised I could just build my own custom email by recreating the form output using %slug%’s.

    This method takes a while for larger forms, but the end result is worth it!

    I’m looking into this too, d3fin3d – could you perhaps share your code ?

    Thread Starter d3fin3d

    (@d3fin3d)

    @photomaldives

    I just recreated the form output within the email message window under “Mailer”. I used the following question/%slug% format:

    Title: %title%
    Surname: %surname%
    First Name: %first_name%
    Second Name: %second_name%
    Address: %address%
    Postcode/Zip: %postcode%
    Country: %country%
    Mobile: %mobile%
    Email: %email%

    Question 1:

    %question_1%

    Question 2:

    %question_2%

    Question 3:

    %question_3%

    <strong>Title:</strong> %title%
<strong>Surname:</strong> %surname%
<strong>First Name:</strong> %first_name%
<strong>Second Name:</strong> %second_name%
<strong>Address:</strong> %address%
<strong>Postcode/Zip:</strong> %postcode%
<strong>Country:</strong> %country%
<strong>Mobile:</strong> %mobile%
<strong>Email:</strong> %email%

<strong>Question 1:</strong>

%question_1%

<strong>Question 2:</strong>

%question_2%

<strong>Question 3:</strong>

%question_3%

    Just copy over the question titles (if needed) and embolden them then place the %slugs% next to/underneath.

    I advise having two windows open, one for the Mailers email message window and one with your Layout view so you can easily copy/paste the questions/%slugs% from layout to email message.

    Using this method though, you’ll need to remember to update the email message code if you ever add/remove elements within the form layout.

    Hope this helps!

    That’s great, d3fin3d – thanks so much for your detailed reply. ?? I can’t wait now to give this a try !

    Caldera Forms is a very satisfying plugin to use, with lots of different uses – the more I experiment, the more I like it !

    BIG THANKS to David & Josh for their great work.

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