ConfiForms use cases
Create custom announcements in Confluence with ConfiForms
Explore the building blocks, follow the example and adapt it to your team’s process.
Here is the list of tutorials to help you to setup announcements and notifications forms with ConfiForms
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Creating embedded form with ConfiForms to send emails directly from Confluence — In this tutorial we will create a simple embedded form and show how to use IFTTT macro to send emails based on the data entered into the form
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Sending an email with attachments from Confluence with ConfiForms app — In this tutorial you will learn how to include your ConfiForms File fields into the email as attachments and send it out
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Sending email from Confluence with ConfiForms IFTTT macro conditionally — In this tutorial you will learn how to send conditional emails with ConfiForms IFTTT macro, and also some tricks around it.
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Creating a file with calendar invitation - ics file in Confluence and sending it via email with ConfiForms — In this tutorial we will create an attachment of ICS format (calendar invitation) which we will then upload to original ConfiForms entry and then will use it (include as attachment) in the email sent to user
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Sending the change log via email — This tutorial shows you how to get and send out the change log via email. It is a little bit technical, but the concept and the configuration is very straightforward and simple
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How to create a form to send emails —
What you will build
A form that sends an email using the recipient, subject and message entered by the user.
About this example
The Send Email IFTTT action runs when a new record is created. Field references supply the recipient and subject, while the rule body supplies the message content.
Before you start
Use a Cloud test page with ConfiForms installed and permission to configure forms. If needed, complete the basic form tutorial first. Use an email address you control and check your site’s configured email allowance before testing.
Build it step by step
- Create a form named
emailerwith Text fieldsrecipientandsubject, and a Textarea fieldmessage. - Add an onCreated IFTTT rule with action Send Email.
- Set the recipient to
[entry.recipient]and the subject to[entry.subject]. Place a ConfiForms Field macro referencingmessagein the rule body. - Add a registration control for
emailer. Optionally change its submit-button label to Send. - Publish the page and submit one message to your test address.
Check the result
Confirm that one email arrives with the expected subject and body. Check the inbox and spam folder, and confirm the record was saved. If no email arrives, review the action error, recipient address, configured allowance and your organization’s mail filtering.
Detailed walkthrough and configuration
This tutorial explains how to create forms to send emails using ConfiForms CLOUD
- Create a form named
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