Question:  How to add a Google Docs Link to a standard email?
Detailed Answer: 

A new feature which will allow you to do this from a dog or cat’s page is in development, until it’s up and running the workaround to get documents to your adopters is to send a Google Drive link through one of the standard emails.

To do that,

  1. Go to your Google Drive and create a folder to house the documents
  2. Upload the documents you are going to want to send to every adopter to that folder.
  3. You are going to need to get a share link for the folder so you can put it in the email. Click on the folder name (in this example “Adopter Packet”) where you will get a drop down list. Click on Get Link.
  4. You will get a box where you can Copy Link. Make sure the box below the link says “Anyone on the internet with this link can view” (and not anyone can edit or someone may accidently delete a document or the folder!). Click Copy Link which will copy the link to your clipboard.
  5. Now, into the back end of the website. Once in, hover over your name in the right-hand corner until you get a drop-down menu. Select Dog House (and no you are not in trouble!).
  6. When you get to the Dog House, you will land on the Profile tab. Select Approval Processes.
  7. The first tab relates to Dog Adoption Applications.
  8. Choose the email with which you want to send the documents and open it. (Here the Final Approval email)
  9. Open it by clicking on the pencil on the right.
  10. Choose where in the email you want to insert the link, type it in and highlight it. Then click on the Add Link icon.
  11. Insert the link to your Google Drive folder by right clicking in the URL box and then choose Paste.
  12. Once inserted, click on OK.
  13. Your link to the Google Drive documents will now be inserted in your email.
  14. Once you hit submit, it will be saved and the link will automatically be sent to your adopter when the email is sent during the approval process.