Create a Signature Document in the Hub  ## Metadata - Author: [[GoDaddy Pro]] - Full Title: Create a Signature Document in the Hub - Category: #articles - Document Note: - #gdpacademy - #godaddypro - #esignatures Author: GoDaddy Pro Source: GoDaddy Pro YouTube Reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEVtiXdGirY&list=PLUFaBQ_KBkWBwbqGMRCr6dlXBz56Hkfdq&index=10 date created: 2025-08-22 00:00 # Title: Create a Signature Document in the Hub ## Table of Contents: - 🔧 Overview and Goal (#-overview-and-goal) - 📂 Create a Project (#-create-a-project) - ✍️ Add Signers (#-add-signers) - 📄 Upload and Place Fields (#-upload-and-place-fields) - 📨 Send and Sign (You) (#-send-and-sign-you) - 👤 Client Signing Flow (#-client-signing-flow) - 🗃️ Post-Signature Actions and Certificates (#-post-signature-actions-and-certificates) - 🗒️ Notes (#-notes) - 🧠 Logical Validity (#-logical-validity) - 🛡️ DARVO Analysis (#-darvo-analysis) - 🔍 SEO Evaluation (#-seo-evaluation) - 📰 Newsletter Blurb (#-newsletter) - ✅ Action Items (OSPO/Advocacy Alignment) (#-action-items-ospoadvocacy-alignment) - 🧪 Hypotheses (#-hypotheses) - 📊 Methodology (#-methodology) - ❓ Questions (#-questions) - 🔮 Future Research (#-future-research) - 💡 Implications (#-implications) - 🧠 Learning Styles Assessment (#-learning-styles-assessment) - ♿ Accessibility Assessment (#-accessibility-assessment) - 🌍 DEIB Assessment (#-deib-assessment) - 📖 References (#-references) - 🎯 Conclusion (#-conclusion) ### References: - GoDaddy Pro: The Hub overview: https://gddy.pro/the-hub - GoDaddy Pro Community: https://gddy.pro/community - GoDaddy Pro Upcoming Events: https://gddy.pro/pro-events - GoDaddy Pro Blog for web pros: https://gddy.pro/webpros ## 📝 Summary: This short instructional video demonstrates how to create and send a signature document within the GoDaddy Hub. It walks through creating a project, adding signers, uploading a contract, placing signature/name/initial fields, sending for e-signature, completing your own signature, and viewing the client signing process. After both parties sign, the Hub allows downloading the signed document and a notarization certificate. ## 📖 Main Content: The video provides a step-by-step workflow inside the GoDaddy Hub to streamline contract execution for web design/development projects: - Start in the Hub, navigate to Projects, and create a new project with a client and due date. - Use the Electronic Signature section to upload your contract or proposal. - Add yourself and your client as signers; multiple signers are supported. - Place fields: name, e-signature, and initials are supported; dates must be typed in the document itself. - Preview and send. You sign first, then the client receives an email. - Client agrees to terms, adds name/initial/signature, previews, and signs. - After completion, both can view and download the signed document and the notarization certificate; the Hub records the status and retains the original file. ### 🗒️ Notes - 🔧 Overview and Goal - The Hub supports sending contracts and proposals for e-signature and includes notarization certificates. [00:00–00:12] - 📂 Create a Project - Navigate to Projects; create a new client project with a due date (e.g., September 30). [00:12–00:43] - You can choose an existing client from your client list. [00:32–00:43] - ✍️ Add Signers - Open the Electronic Signature section within the project. First-time setup may ask for location details. [00:43–01:00] - Upload a file to sign (drag-and-drop or browse). [01:00–01:10] - Add signers: yourself and your client; multiple signers supported. [01:10–01:32] - 📄 Upload and Place Fields - Supported fields: name, e-signature, initials. Date must be manually typed in the document. [01:32–02:06] - Drag-and-drop fields for both you and the client onto the correct locations. [02:06–02:24] - Preview the document before sending. [02:24–02:30] - 📨 Send and Sign (You) - Send the document; open and sign your portion. [02:30–02:46] - Enter name, initials auto-populate; choose e-signature or draw. Agree to terms and sign. [02:46–03:10] - 👤 Client Signing Flow - Client receives email, must agree to terms. [03:10–03:19] - Client enters name, initials, signs, previews, and finalizes. [03:19–03:44] - Client can download the signed document and the notarization certificate. [03:44–03:52] - 🗃️ Post-Signature Actions and Certificates - In your Hub, status updates to indicate signatures complete by both parties. [03:52–04:00] - You can open the record, view/download the signed doc, original upload, and the notarization certificate. [04:00–04:10] Direct timestamp links: - Overview and Projects: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEVtiXdGirY&index=10#t=0 - Create new project and pick client: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEVtiXdGirY&index=10#t=12 - Electronic Signature section and upload: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEVtiXdGirY&index=10#t=43 - Add signers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEVtiXdGirY&index=10#t=70 - Place fields (name/signature/initials) and date note: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEVtiXdGirY&index=10#t=92 - Preview and send: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEVtiXdGirY&index=10#t=144 - Your signing flow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEVtiXdGirY&index=10#t=150 - Client signing flow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEVtiXdGirY&index=10#t=190 - Certificates and completion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEVtiXdGirY&index=10#t=232 Note: YouTube’s chapter timestamps are approximate; use the visual cues described above to locate each step. ## 📖 References: - GoDaddy Pro Hub: https://gddy.pro/the-hub - GoDaddy Community & Forums: https://gddy.pro/community - GoDaddy Pro Events: https://gddy.pro/pro-events - GoDaddy Pro Blog: https://gddy.pro/webpros ## 🗣️ Paraphrase: - Original idea: “It only supports e-signatures, initials, and the name; the date isn’t an automatic field.” Paraphrase: The form tools let you add names, signatures, and initials, but dates aren’t dynamic, so type the date directly in the document. - Original idea: “After both parties sign, you can open the document, view info, and download the notarization certificate.” Paraphrase: Once everyone has signed, the Hub marks the process complete and lets you access the signed file, audit details, and a downloadable notarization certificate. ## 📰 Newsletter: This week in WordPress world: if contracts have you bottlenecked, the GoDaddy Hub has your back. You can spin up a project, add signers, drop in a contract, and place name/initial/signature fields in minutes—then send, sign, and ship. Bonus: a notarization certificate is generated on completion. Pair this with your onboarding flow to formalize SOWs before you commit a single line of code. Also on our radar: new community threads on client communication templates, a handful of performance-focused plugins shipping incremental updates, and an uptick in folks adopting automated invoicing to match their e-sign pipelines. Dive into The Hub to streamline your week: https://gddy.pro/the-hub and join the conversation in the community: https://gddy.pro/community. ## ✅ Action Items: Prompt for aligning articles to your Developer Advocate/OSPO trajectory: “Analyze how this content advances open-source advocacy, contributor engagement, and education within the WordPress ecosystem. Identify: - Educational opportunities: What workflows, code examples, or curriculum modules (PHP/JS/HTML/CSS/Git/GitHub) can be derived for workshops or contributor onboarding? - Contributor experience: How can this process reduce friction for volunteers, meet organizers, or Five for the Future commitments (e.g., standardizing contributor agreements)? - Sustainability: What policies or funding models could be supported by formalized signatures (e.g., CLA/DCO, sponsorship MoUs)? - Transparency and inclusivity: Does the content model clear documentation, accessible processes, and localized resources? - OSPO alignment: Map the practice to OSPO functions—governance (agreements, approvals), risk/compliance (audit trails), community programs (onboarding), and metrics (time-to-agreement, contributor satisfaction). - Stage presence: Outline a talk/workshop abstract marrying educational design with tooling that empowers contributors and clients. Deliver a summary connecting the article’s practices to measurable out - Document Tags: [[gdpacademy]] - Summary: A web design and development business needs to create signature documents for contracts and sign-offs during the project's important milestones. In this skill up video, learn how to use the GoDaddy Hub to make documents for your clients to sign. Learn more: https://link.godaddy/proacademy Subscribe to GoDaddy: https://bit.ly/GoDaddyPro-Subscribe Additional Course Resources: Learn more about GoDaddy Pro: The Hub by GoDaddy Pro for multiple website management: built for web developers and designers who manage multiple websites, clients and projects to save you time. https://gddy.pro/the-hub GoDaddy Community & Forums: Share information with others so we all can succeed online. https://gddy.pro/community GoDaddy Blog: Dedicated to web designers, web developers, and Makers of the Web. Our mission is to help you level up and deliver compelling results for your clients. https://gddy.pro/webpros GoDaddy Pro Upcoming Events: https://gddy.pro/pro-events GoDaddy Pro Twitter: The latest Tweets from GoDaddy Pro (@Go... - URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEVtiXdGirY&list=PLUFaBQ_KBkWBwbqGMRCr6dlXBz56Hkfdq&index=10&ab_channel=GoDaddyPro [Music]foreign[Music]we're going to talk about how you canuse the Hub to send contracts orproposals and get your clients toelectronically sign them and they'lleven be notarized so once you're in thehub you'll want to navigate over toprojectsonce you're in a project if you alreadyhave one created great but if not youwant to create a brand new project youmight have some templates you can pickfrom if you've created them in the past but we'll create just a brand newprojectnew client project it's going to be dueSeptember 30th there's a quickturnaround I can choose my client fromthe listthese are all my example clients so letme just go ahead and do that then I'lllaunch the projectfrom here I can start creating tasks anddo all the great things that come withthe project management but I'm going tojump right into what this lesson isabout so towards the bottom there's thiselectronic signature section if you click it it'll load up if it'syour first time selecting it you mightget asked a couple questions around likeyour what location you want to have itfrom well once you're in here you caneither drag and drop a file to sign orjust click browseI have a sample website design templateI can use here that I got onlineand then if you're the only signer whichdoesn't make sense but you can still do that you can do so here you can also addadditional signers so I'll add in myAlias JN godaddy.com so I have those twosigners you can have more if you wantbut those are the only two that I needto get those contracts signed and thisproject started so I'll go ahead andclick nextfrom here here's my fake contract it'sgot all the things and stuffs all thelegal things so from here I'd put in thedate so this doesn't have the ability to set the date automatically inside a likea custom type of field it only supportse-signatures initials and the name so Ijust put in the the date there but it'spretty simple you would just click anddrag over your name or the designer ordeveloper or whoever you may be thereI'll do the e-signature hereyour client that needs to sign this willbe in this pink here so e-signature downlow I can click and drag it around name can go hereperfect so I have my name my signaturemy client's name my client signature thedate I have there if you need anyinitials you can easily throw them inwherever depending on what you need foryour contract but once you're done youcan go ahead and preview ithere's my contractand the signaturesso now I can click Send now those were sent off to me from here I can go aheadand get this contract signed and and outof the way just by clicking it open andthen clicking signyou would type in your name initialswill automatically go there you can dojust an e-signature name here if youwant to draw it yourself and be allfancy you can I'm terrible at doing thatso I'm just going to do the e-signaturesand initialread and agree to the terms and clicknextall right and then I would scroll down to the very bottom my name is alreadyinputted there I can do a signature justby clicking it and then I'll preview andsend and then sign it down here and nowI'm waiting for my client to go aheadand send it overand then I'll look at it from theclient's perspectiveso when your client gets this email tothem they'll get to this screen uh wellthey'll need to agree the termsscroll down they'll scroll down to theareas that you need them to sign they'll type in their name similarprocess let me just do my opposite namenearly Justinand Jay I've read and agreed I've hitdone I've signed preview and signand sign again they can download thedocument once it's all said and donethe e-signature certificate they canpreview and download the notarizationcertificateum but if you go back to your area youcan see that it has been updated it has been signed by both parties I can openit up and look at the information I candownload the notarization certificate uhlook at the signed document and actuallylook at the original uploaded filethat's all we have for you for creatinga signature document inside the Hub byGoDaddy Pro we'll see you in the nextlesson[Music], Create a Signature Document in the Hub, GoDaddy Pro, 01gph5j6kb23ztcs83zaeqy2hr.