Volunteer Interest Form Widget
The Volunteer Interest Form Widget feature was built for paid clients to help the VACs / organizations collect data of potential volunteers visiting their public sites.
- Volunteer Interest Form Page
- Adding a New Volunteer Interest Form Widget
- Publishing the Widget
- Volunteer Interest Form Fields
- Email Notifications
Volunteer Interest Form Page
Main Menu > Volunteer Interest Form Widget
- Edit – edits a selected widget
- View Script – opens the widget script for copying
- Copy – creates a duplicate widget with the same appearance
- Delete – deletes the selected widget
- Number of Applicants Count – clickable link that directs to the list of volunteers who completed the interest form
Adding New Widget
Main Menu > Volunteer Interest Form Widget > Add New Widget
- Widget Title & Logo
- Opportunities – only Active and Published opportunities (own and partners’) are listed
- Cause(s), Skill(s) & Activity Type(s) – only the organization’s
- Custom Dataset(s) – only those applicable to ‘Volunteers’ are listed
- Appearance – customize widget size and colors
- Sample Widget Display
- Save – saves the current configuration and displays the sample widget
- Save & Generate Script – displays the widget script. Clicking Copy, copies the script to the clipboard and then user can paste it to the desired location.
Publishing the Widget
The Volunteer Interest Form widget can be published to
- Any web page of any site by placing the script in the html block
- Public Site
- Via Widgets page
- Via Design My Public Site
Any web page of any site
To publish it, simply copy the widget script to that page’s html source and paste it.
Organization’s Public Site
- Via Widgets Page
Go to Main Menu > Widgets > Publish New Widget
- Title
- Page(s) – pages on the public site where the Volunteer Interest Form widget is displayed
- Script – where the widget script is pasted
- Save
- Via Design My Public Site
- Main Menu > Design My Public Site > Website Configuration
Open the page where you want to display the widget
- Click Edit Template
- Click Edit icon
- On the Edit Content window, click Source
- Paste the script
- Save
Volunteer Interest Form Fields
- Personal Details
- Address
- Interested in: Opportunities, Skill(s), Cause(s), Activity Type(s)
- Custom Dataset(s), if any
- Confirmation/Thank you message
After completing the Interest Form, a profile is created for the volunteer, which will also display the name of the Interest Form that the potential volunteer has completed.
Email Notifications
New email notifications are also added which are " INTFORMORG" and " INTFORMVOL" for organizations and volunteers respectively. These notifications are active by default and are triggered when the interest form is completed.
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