{"id":3839,"date":"2016-04-28T11:46:01","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T11:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2016\/04\/28\/setting-up-your-first-notifybot-notification\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T22:49:45","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T02:49:45","slug":"setting-up-your-first-notifybot-notification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/wordpress\/setting-up-your-first-notifybot-notification\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting up your First Notifybot Notification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the previous article about Notifybot, we covered <a href=\"\/support\/website\/website-design\/basic-configuration-settings-in-notifybot-for-wordpress\/\">setting up the basic configuration settings<\/a>. At this point, you\u2019re ready to set up your first notification within your WordPress website. There\u2019s a bunch of different options for notifications so we\u2019ll try to cover them below.<\/p>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/notifybot\/login.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/notifybot\/login.png\" style=\"float:right; margin:0px 15px 15px 15px;\" title=\"Click here to view the larger image\" width=\"200\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Login to your WordPress Dashboard, where you have installed Notifybot<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/notifybot\/add-new.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/notifybot\/add-new.png\" style=\"float:right; margin:0px 15px 15px 15px;\" title=\"Click here to view the larger image\" width=\"200\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Scroll down the left side menu pane and hover over the Notifybot option. Then select <strong>\u201cAdd New\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/notifybot\/notifybot-name.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/notifybot\/notifybot-name.png\" style=\"float:right; margin:0px 15px 15px 15px;\" title=\"Click here to view the larger image\" width=\"200\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>At the top of the page, choose a name for your Notification. It\u2019s best practice to name your notification something meaningful so its easily identifable.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/notifybot\/email-settings.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/notifybot\/email-settings.png\" style=\"float:right; margin:0px 15px 15px 15px;\" title=\"Click here to view the larger image\" width=\"200\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Make sure to explan the box to see the <strong>\u201cLocal Email\u201d<\/strong> Settings. This is where you will fill out what email to send the notification to. You can choose to send the email to an admin or use a custom email address. Here we\u2019re going to send it to the WordPress admin account. You can also set a <strong>\u201cfrom address\u201d<\/strong> as well. However this is optional.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/notifybot\/local-email.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/notifybot\/local-email.png\" style=\"float:right; margin:0px 15px 15px 15px;\" title=\"Click here to view the larger image\" width=\"200\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>In the next section under <strong>\u201cNotification Methods\u201d<\/strong> choose the method you would like to receive the notifcation by. For this example we\u2019ll use email. Select the <strong>\u201cLocal Email\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/notifybot\/events.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/notifybot\/events.png\" style=\"float:right; margin:0px 15px 15px 15px;\" title=\"Click here to view the larger image\" width=\"200\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>In the next section under <strong>\u201cEvents\u201d<\/strong>select the <strong>\u201cWordPress Core\u201d<\/strong> option. This will send you an email everytime there is a WordPress Core update.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/notifybot\/submit.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/notifybot\/submit.png\" style=\"float:right; margin:0px 15px 15px 15px;\" title=\"Click here to view the larger image\" width=\"200\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Scroll to the bottom of the page and click <strong>\u201cSubmit Notification\u201d<\/strong> to save your first Notifybot notifcation.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Once you have saved your nofication, at the top of the page you will see a success message. Congratulations! You\u2019ve now set up your first Notifybot notification.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the previous article about Notifybot, we covered setting up the basic configuration settings. At this point, you\u2019re ready to set up your first notification within your WordPress website. There\u2019s a bunch of different options for notifications so we\u2019ll try to cover them below. Login to your WordPress Dashboard, where you have installed Notifybot Scroll<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/wordpress\/setting-up-your-first-notifybot-notification\/\"> Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56983,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wordpress"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Setting up your First Notifybot Notification | InMotion Hosting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn how to set up your first notfication within the Notifybot plugin for WordPress\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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