Contact form notification subject

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  zeninasagi · Member · Dec 7, 2016 at 8:01 am

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  Dear WP Team,

  I appreciate the built in contact form, which I use on my blog. I’d like to know whether in the notification e-mail’s subject I could see the form’s subject line that the visitor would give it (meaning the: contact-field label). I hope you understand what I mean. :)
  Thank you in advance.
  Zen

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Dec 7, 2016 at 9:12 pm

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  Hi Zen,

  I’d like to know whether in the notification e-mail’s subject I could see the form’s subject line that the visitor would give it (meaning the: contact-field label).

  Not sure if I understand you correctly. The visitor can not change the field types or the field labels. An administrator of the site can do so. The Contact Form support page says:

  The contact form comes with four predefined fields: Name, Email, Website and Comment. You’re free to edit, delete or add more fields to your form. Note that you can decide to make your field required or not.

  Each field requires a label and a field type. You can choose among the following field types:

  • Checkbox: allows the user to tick a box to make a choice
  • Dropdown: creates a dropdown of options
  • Email Address: requires an email address format
  • Name: text field
  • Radio Button: similar to the checkbox field type
  • Text: a single line of text
  • Text Area: several lines of text
  • Web Address: requires a URL format

  If you’d like instructions on how to change to field labels, let me know.

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  zeninasagi · Member · Dec 8, 2016 at 7:13 am

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  Hello musicdoc1,

  Thank you for your reply. I was afraid I hadn’t been clear. :)
  What I want to see – when I receive the notification e-mail about the feedback I would like to see in the subject line what the visitor writes to the form, (so the subject in the notification e-mail should change dynamically).
  Still looking for a possible solution.
  Thank you.

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Dec 8, 2016 at 8:49 am

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  Hi Zen,

  Okay, I understand now. And that makes sense. Why not receive at least an excerpt of any comment or message left by the visitor in the form? However, I don’t see any option that would allow that. Whatever goes into the subject line field at Settings is going to be static.

  To inquire about the possibility of creating a dynamic subject line by through CSS customization, you may submit a request to the CSS Customization forum. You may also add a “modlook” tag to the sidebar of the topic to call for staff attention.

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  zeninasagi · Member · Dec 8, 2016 at 9:07 am

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  Thank you! I did. :)

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Dec 8, 2016 at 9:15 am

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  Good. You’re welcome. : )

  You may also add a “modlook” tag to the sidebar of the topic to call for staff attention.

  I meant add the tag to this topic, but it could apply to other topics you start or visit in the forums as well. See How do I get a Moderator/Staff reply for my question? in the Getting Help in the Forums support page.