Guide to merge tags

Fine-art.education offers merge tags for dynamic information in the application form and in any notification. Paste a merge tag into your text editor to add personalized or dynamic content. The list below outlines the available tags.

Personalization

[show_user_first_name]
Displays the message recipient’s first name.

[show_user_last_name]
Displays the message recipient’s last name.

[show_user_email]
Displays the message recipient’s registered email.

Payments

The [payment_button] merge tag will get replaced with a payment button when actually viewing the content the public-facing area within Fine-art.education.

The merge tag accepts a few optional parameters:

• id: The ID of your admission round.
• text: The text to be displayed on the button or link.
• style: button | text – The style of the purchase link.
• color: gray | pink | blue | green | teal | black | gray | orange | purple

Example of a [payment_button] merge tag with parameters:
[payment_button id="#" text="Application fee" style="blue" color="blue"]

Read our article on how to accept payments of registration fees.

Admissions

[show_reference_id]
Gets replaced with the Application ID.

[show_reserve_nr]
Gets replaced with the message recipient’s reserve list number (if any).

[admission_response_form]

Gets replaced with an admission response form.

Admission response form

Note: This only applies to applicants with the status admitted.

The [admission_response_form] merge tag will get replaced with an admission response form consisting of two buttons:

• Green button for accepting an offer of admission.
• Red button for declining an offer of admission.

The merge tag accepts a few optional parameters:

• text_accept: The text to be displayed on the green Accept button.
• text_decline: The text to be displayed on the red Decline button.

Example of a [admission_response_form] merge tag with parameters:
[admission_response_form text_accept="Yes" text_decline="No"]

How the admission response form work

Here’s what happens when clicking on the red decline button:

1. The person who declined:
   • Admission status is updated to: Declined Place.
   • Gets your Has Declined-notification.
2. The first person on the reserve list:
   • Admission status is updated to: Admitted.
   • Gets your Is Admitted-notification.

When clicking on the green accept button:

1. The person who accepted:
   • Admission status is updated to: Accepted Place.
   • Gets your Has Accepted-notification.

Review our article about Admission status.