Edit the new idea email template

Change the subject line and the body of the email you get when a visitor submits a new idea.

Step by step

  1. In the WordPress admin menu, click SimpleBoards > Settings.
  2. Open the Notifications tab.
  3. Find the Notify Admin section, and the row labelled New idea submission.
  4. Make sure the Enable this notification box is ticked. If it is not, no email is sent.
  5. Click Customize email template to open the editor.
  6. Edit the Subject field. This is the email subject line.
  7. Edit the Body field. This is the message text.
  8. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click Save Changes.

Tags you can use

Type any of these inside curly braces and SimpleBoards swaps them with real values when it sends the email.

Tag What it becomes
{site_name} The name of your WordPress site.
{title} The idea title the visitor typed.
{description} The idea description the visitor typed.
{name} The submitter's name (or "Guest" if not signed in).
{email} The submitter's email address.
{admin_ideas_url} A link to the Items list in the WordPress admin.

Default text

If you want to go back to the original template, paste these values in:

Subject

[{site_name}] New idea submitted

Body

A new idea has been submitted.

Title: {title}
Description: {description}
Submitted by: {name} ({email})

View all ideas: {admin_ideas_url}

What changed

The next time a visitor submits an idea, the notification email uses your subject line and message text. The tags you used are filled in with real values.

See also