Email Templates

Email Templates

Email Templates allow you to customize the content of notifications sent by the platform. These can include confirmation messages for submitters or assignment notices for reviewers.

Auto-generated Emails

Certain triggers in the platform can be configured to notify a user automatically. Currently, the following triggers are supported (details below):

How to Create a New Email Template

  1. From the home page, select the Emails tile (or use the left panel).
  2. Click CREATE NEW TEMPLATE.
  3. Type in the title of the email in the Template Name field (Save as).
  4. In the Event Type section, expand the dropdown to choose a trigger.
  5. Fill in the Subject line and the body content. Engage with your users!
  6. Select SAVE.

Placeholders

Slayte uses a special type of selector known as a “placeholder.” It resembles a CSS class, but starts with @ and won’t appear in the final CSS if not extended.

Placeholder instructions

Submission Triggers

  • Submission Received – A confirmation email is sent to the submitter when their submission is received.

    Available placeholders:

    Placeholders for submission received

  • Submission Withdrawn – If withdrawal is allowed, a confirmation email is sent to the submitter upon withdrawal.

    Available placeholders:

    Placeholders for submission withdrawn

Review Triggers

  • Submission Assigned to Reviewer – An email is sent to all assigned reviewers with a quick link to the submission.

    Available placeholders:

    Placeholders for submission assigned

  • Review Received – After completing a review, the reviewer receives a confirmation email.

    Available placeholders:

    Placeholders for review received

  • Submission Revised (Notify Review) – After the review is confirmed accepted, you can notify the reviewer.

    Available placeholders:

    Placeholders for submission revised

Note: When creating or modifying a call, platform administrators can configure which template to use for each trigger type. These settings can also be configured on the respective Submission or Review phase for single-use triggers.

Bulk Email Submitters or Reviewers

As an administrator, you can also email submitters or reviewers at any time from the “Submissions” or “Reviewers” tabs:


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