Send notifications to project followers

Project followers can receive notifications and updates about the project to stay informed about it's progress. 

To follow a project, members of the public can click on the + Follow button located on the main project page. Project followers receive email notifications when project updates are posted.

Project administrators can view the list of followers, send notifications, and export the list. 

To view the project followers list

To view the list of users following a specific project:

1. In the left-hand menu bar, click Projects. This displays a list of all existing projects.
2. Click on a Title to open a project.
3. Click on the Followers tab to see a list of users following this project. This list includes user names, email addresses and the date they subscribed to the project.

To send notifications to project followers

1. In the left-hand menu bar, click Projects. This displays a list of all existing projects.
2. Click on a Title to open a project.
3. In the project sub-menu, under Content, click Updates. This shows all the updates that exist for this project.
4. Select the update that you want to send as a notification to project followers.
5. On the right-hand side of the screen, under Notifications, click Yes, send to [...] followers.
6. Confirm by clicking Yes, send now.
7. Project followers will receive a notification of the update.

Export project followers list 

1. In the left-hand menu bar, click Projects. This will display a list of all existing projects.

2. Click on a project title to open it.

3. Click on the ellipsis on the top right of the screen to view additional options. Select Export followers to start the download.

4. The .xlsx file will contain the username, email, and follow date (if available) for each follower of the project.