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Create and Manage Signatures

Learn how to create, apply, and manage message signatures across your Whippy account and organisation.

Maria Cairns avatar
Written by Maria Cairns
Updated over a week ago

Why it matters

Signatures help you maintain consistent and professional communication. They ensure your preferred sign-off or contact details are automatically included in your outgoing messages across SMS and email.

Key Concepts

Signature: A block of text automatically or manually added to the end of a message.

User signature: A signature available only to your individual user account.

Organisation signature: A centrally managed signature available to all team members.

Default signature: The signature that is automatically applied to all outgoing messages.

Signature modal: The window used to create, select, and manage signatures.

Step-by-Step: Create a Signature in a Conversation

  1. Open your Inbox.

  2. Select the conversation where you want to add a signature.

  3. Click the signature icon in the message editor.

  4. Select Add Signature.

  5. Name your signature.

  6. Compose your signature. (Use Shift + Enter to add new lines.)

  7. Set permissions to User or choose another level as needed.

  8. Click Save Signature.

  9. Click the signature icon again to select your signature when drafting a message, if needed.

  10. Send your message. The signature will appear at the end of the message.

Step-by-Step: Edit or Delete a Signature

  1. Click the signature icon in a conversation.

  2. Select the signature you want to modify.

  3. Click the edit option beside the signature.

  4. Update or delete the signature.

  5. Save your changes.

Step-by-Step: Use Automatic Signatures

  1. Go to Settings using the gear icon in the header.

  2. Click Signatures in the left sidebar.

  3. Toggle Set as Default on the signature you want to use for all outgoing SMS and email messages.

  4. The default signature will automatically be added to all messages unless manually removed.

Step-by-Step: Manage Organisation Signatures

  1. Open Settings and go to Organisation settings.

  2. Select Signatures from the left menu.

  3. Review all organisation signatures. Each entry displays:

    • Name

    • Content

    • Created by

    • Updated by

    • Created date

    • Updated date

  4. Use the search bar to find a signature quickly.

  5. Apply filters using fields such as:

    • Signature Name

    • Signature Body

    • Signature Inserted At

    • Signature Updated At

    • Created by Name

    • Created by Email

    • Updated by Name

    • Updated by Email

  6. Refine results using operators like Contains, Does not contain, Starts with, Ends with, Is exactly, Is not exactly, or Has any value.

  7. Create advanced filters for more specific searches.

  8. Click Add Signature to create a new organisation signature.

  9. Use the β‹― options menu to edit or delete an existing signature.

  10. Set your organisation-wide default signature using the default toggle.

Tips and Best Practices

  • Keep signatures concise and professional.

  • Use Shift + Enter to format your signature cleanly.

  • Use clear naming conventions to manage multiple signatures.

  • The default signature appears automatically in outgoing messages but can be manually removed from any individual message.

  • Signatures work across both SMS and email messages.

Troubleshooting

Issue

Possible Cause

Fix

Signature not appearing in messages

No default signature set

Set a default signature in Organisation settings

Cannot set a personal default

Default signatures are organisation-wide

Ask an admin to adjust the default signature

Line breaks not displaying

Enter key starts a new message

Use Shift + Enter to add line breaks

Signature not available for selection

Incorrect permission level

Change permission to User or Organisation

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