Accessing Built-in Contact Templates

Elvanto provides a number of built-in contact templates to help streamline your communication needs. These templates can be a great tool for reaching out to your church community in a consistent and efficient manner. This article explains how to edit a Built-in Contact template to suit your specific needs. 

How to Access Built-in Contact Templates

To edit the built-in contact templates in Elvanto, you'll need to follow these steps:

  1. Log in as a Super Admin, or Admin with Settings Permissions.
  2. Navigate to Settings.
  3. Select Built-in Contact Templates.
  4. From here, you can select the Contact Template Category and template and edit the template as needed. Click here for further instructions. 




Elvanto Tip

Please note that any changes you make will apply to all future communications using that template.
While the content of the email can be edited, each template may have limitations to what template fields are available and what the template fields display. 

Important Considerations:

Scope of Changes: Any edits you make will affect all future communications using that template.
Template Field Limitations: While you can customize the content, the available template fields and their display may have limitations.
Thorough Review: Carefully review your changes before saving to ensure accuracy and clarity.

Available Built-in Contact Template Categories:

People: Account notifications, family member approvals, birthday/anniversary messages, etc.
Groups: Notifications to leaders/admins about new members, reports, meeting reminders, etc.
Notes: Scheduled, rescheduled, and completed note notifications.
SMS: SMS reply and notification emails.
Services & Volunteers: Scheduling confirmations, reminders, swap/replace requests, etc.
Needs: Reminders and notifications for members assigned to needs.
Forms: Submission notifications for form administrators.
Events: Invitations and registration notifications.
Reports: Scheduled report emails.
Assets: Booking notifications and approvals.