3.6. Contact & Email


We bring different experience on contact page, with fullscreen google map, ajax email sender, custom email template, multiple location indicator, and also location direction will impress your visitor. This section will guide you to setup Contact page, Email, Email Template, and Setup location data.


3.6.1. Setup Contact Page

To setup page contact go to

Go to Pages » Add New. Then on Page Attributes metabox » Template option, and select Contact Page.

On Jphotolio Page Setting, you will not find any option. All option on this page can be acessed from JPhotolio Themes Setting Page.

Page title will also Contact Page title, Content will placed on left form. For more detail please see image.


3.6.2. Setup Email Detail

When your visitor send email from your contact page, you will get notification about their email, and your visitor also will get one copy of email that say their email has been received. You also able to personalized your email template. Replying their email will be very easy. Just hit reply, and you will directly reply their email.

This way will give your visitor more confidence that your provide professional services.

To setup email detail

go to JPholio Setting » Contact - Email Detail » Email Detail

You will get 3 option on this page

  1. Email Sender : the From e-mail for all outgoing message. We also send cc of email to this email. This email will be your email, example : contact@yourcompany.com
  2. Sender Name : sender name for all outgoing email, example : Your Company Name Information
  3. Email Subject : set email subject for your email. You can add {email} to add email sender email on title, or {name} that will turn to name of visitor

Setup SMTP

We provide built-in feature for SMTP. We realize alot people (including us) using Google Apps Service for sending, receiving email. Thats why for default Setting of SMTP we use google mail SMTP setup. If you decide to use built in SMTP feature, firstly you need to turn if on.

Find all option for SMTP on JPholio Setting » Contact - Email Detail » SMTP config

Change value of content SMTP setting to fit your host. Don't forget to enter your SMTP email & password (if you using google mail, enter email & password). SMTP email should not same as Email Sender on Email Detail Section to prevent any error that may rise.


3.6.3. Setup Email Template

You able to personalized your email template. Option for personalized your email are on

JPholio Setting » Contact - Email Detail » Email style & Content.

If you need more modification on Email template, you can directly edit email template on Jphotolio folder » lib » template » email-template.phtml. You may need HTML and PHP skill for editing this file.

Component of email template described on image below.


3.6.4. Setup Location Data

This theme support for multiple location indicator, and location direction (we using google direction). Location direction feature, very dependable with google direction api, and HTML 5 Geolocation. Location from geolocation may be incorrect. and for most case, map unable to determine direction, because your website visitor location is too far away from pin location.

Setup location data is easy.

Go to : JPholio Setting » Contact - Email Detail » Location data. Enter all data, and also coordinate that will show on map.

To find your place coordinate, please refer to this link for more information