diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..722d5e71d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.vscode
diff --git a/zubhub_backend/Makefile b/zubhub_backend/Makefile
index fadee265b..878621ae2 100644
--- a/zubhub_backend/Makefile
+++ b/zubhub_backend/Makefile
@@ -151,4 +151,4 @@ destroy:  ## Remove stopped containers, networks not currently in use, images no
 .PHONY: destroy
 
 .env:  ## Generate a .env file for local development
-	bash ./compose/make_backend_env.sh ./.env
\ No newline at end of file
+	bash ./compose/make_backend_env.sh ./.env
diff --git a/zubhub_backend/compose/celery/requirements.txt b/zubhub_backend/compose/celery/requirements.txt
index e9941002d..4af6f4977 100644
--- a/zubhub_backend/compose/celery/requirements.txt
+++ b/zubhub_backend/compose/celery/requirements.txt
@@ -84,3 +84,4 @@ vine>=1.3.0
 watchdog>=0.10.2
 wcwidth>=0.2.5
 whitenoise>=4.1.4
+django-extensions>=1.0.0
diff --git a/zubhub_backend/zubhub/creators/adapter.py b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/creators/adapter.py
index eab3110f0..aa4d69143 100644
--- a/zubhub_backend/zubhub/creators/adapter.py
+++ b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/creators/adapter.py
@@ -151,31 +151,32 @@ def send_group_invite_mail(self, group_invite_confirmation):
             self.send_mail(
                 email_template, group_invite_confirmation.creator.email, ctx)
 
-    def send_mass_email(self, template_prefix, contexts):
-        if settings.ENVIRONMENT == "production" and not settings.DEBUG:
+    def send_mass_email(self, template_prefix, contexts, full_template=False):
+        if not full_template:
             template_prefix = "projects/email/" + template_prefix
-            connection = get_connection(
-                username=None, password=None, fail_silently=False)
-            messages = []
-            for ctx in contexts:
-                msg = self.render_mail(template_prefix, ctx["email"], ctx)
-                messages.append(msg)
-
-            return connection.send_messages(messages)
-
-    def send_mass_text(self, template_prefix, contexts):
-        if settings.ENVIRONMENT == "production" and not settings.DEBUG:
+        connection = get_connection(
+            username=None, password=None, fail_silently=False)
+        messages = []
+        for ctx in contexts:
+            msg = self.render_mail(template_prefix, ctx["email"], ctx)
+            messages.append(msg)
+
+        return connection.send_messages(messages)
+
+    def send_mass_text(self, template_prefix, contexts, full_template=False):
+        template_name = template_prefix
+        if not full_template:
             template_name = "projects/phone/" + template_prefix + "_message.txt"
-            client = Client(settings.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID,
-                            settings.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN)
+        client = Client(settings.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID,
+                        settings.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN)
 
-            rendered_text = self.render_text(
-                template_name, contexts[0]["phone"], contexts[0])
+        rendered_text = self.render_text(
+            template_name, contexts[0]["phone"], contexts[0])
 
-            bindings = list(map(lambda context: json.dumps(
-                {'binding_type': 'sms', 'address': context["phone"]}), contexts))
+        bindings = list(map(lambda context: json.dumps(
+            {'binding_type': 'sms', 'address': context["phone"]}), contexts))
 
-            client.notify.services(settings.TWILIO_NOTIFY_SERVICE_SID).notifications.create(
-                to_binding=bindings,
-                body=rendered_text["body"]
-            )
+        client.notify.services(settings.TWILIO_NOTIFY_SERVICE_SID).notifications.create(
+            to_binding=bindings,
+            body=rendered_text["body"]
+        )
diff --git a/zubhub_backend/zubhub/creators/migrations/0005_alter_setting_contact.py b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/creators/migrations/0005_alter_setting_contact.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d986f804
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/creators/migrations/0005_alter_setting_contact.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.2 on 2022-03-20 21:33
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('creators', '0004_auto_20220222_0254'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='setting',
+            name='contact',
+            field=models.PositiveSmallIntegerField(blank=True, choices=[(1, 'WHATSAPP'), (2, 'EMAIL'), (3, 'SMS'), (4, 'WEB')], default=3, null=True),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/zubhub_backend/zubhub/creators/model_utils.py b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/creators/model_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a88452f84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/creators/model_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+from django.core.exceptions import FieldDoesNotExist
+
+from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
+
+
+def user_field(user, field, *args):
+    """
+    Gets or sets (optional) user model fields. No-op if fields do not exist.
+    """
+    if not field:
+        return
+    User = get_user_model()
+    try:
+        field_meta = User._meta.get_field(field)
+        max_length = field_meta.max_length
+    except FieldDoesNotExist:
+        if not hasattr(user, field):
+            return
+        max_length = None
+    if args:
+        # Setter
+        v = args[0]
+        if v:
+            v = v[0:max_length]
+        setattr(user, field, v)
+    else:
+        # Getter
+        return getattr(user, field)
+
+
+def user_phone(user, *args):
+    return user_field(user, "phone", *args)
diff --git a/zubhub_backend/zubhub/creators/models.py b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/creators/models.py
index ef20781a7..2fed1b7a5 100644
--- a/zubhub_backend/zubhub/creators/models.py
+++ b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/creators/models.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 from django.contrib.postgres.indexes import GinIndex
 
 from .managers import PhoneNumberManager
-from .utils import user_phone
+from .model_utils import user_phone
 
 try:
     from allauth.account import app_settings as allauth_settings
@@ -83,11 +83,13 @@ class Setting(models.Model):
     WHATSAPP = 1
     EMAIL = 2
     SMS = 3
+    WEB = 4
 
     CONTACT_CHOICES = (
         (WHATSAPP, 'WHATSAPP'),
         (EMAIL, 'EMAIL'),
-        (SMS, 'SMS')
+        (SMS, 'SMS'),
+        (WEB, 'WEB')
     )
 
     creator = models.OneToOneField(
diff --git a/zubhub_backend/zubhub/creators/tasks.py b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/creators/tasks.py
index 6f00b027f..d77dd0255 100644
--- a/zubhub_backend/zubhub/creators/tasks.py
+++ b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/creators/tasks.py
@@ -34,18 +34,18 @@ def send_whatsapp(self, phone, template_name, ctx):
 
 
 @shared_task(name="creators.tasks.send_mass_email", bind=True, acks_late=True, max_retries=10)
-def send_mass_email(self, template_name, ctxs):
+def send_mass_email(self, template_name, ctxs, full_template=False):
     try:
-        get_adapter().send_mass_email(template_name, ctxs)
+        get_adapter().send_mass_email(template_name, ctxs, full_template)
     except Exception as e:
         raise self.retry(exc=e, countdown=int(
             uniform(2, 4) ** self.request.retries))
 
 
 @shared_task(name="creators.tasks.send_mass_text", bind=True, acks_late=True, max_retries=10)
-def send_mass_text(self, template_name, ctxs):
+def send_mass_text(self, template_name, ctxs, full_template=False):
     try:
-        get_adapter().send_mass_text(template_name, ctxs)
+        get_adapter().send_mass_text(template_name, ctxs, full_template)
     except Exception as e:
         raise self.retry(exc=e, countdown=int(
             uniform(2, 4) ** self.request.retries))
diff --git a/zubhub_backend/zubhub/creators/utils.py b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/creators/utils.py
index ee6aa7071..145096a92 100644
--- a/zubhub_backend/zubhub/creators/utils.py
+++ b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/creators/utils.py
@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
 from datetime import timedelta
 from django.contrib.postgres.search import SearchQuery, SearchRank
 from django.db.models import F
+from typing import List, Set, Dict, cast
 from django.core.exceptions import FieldDoesNotExist
 from django.db import transaction
 from django.utils import timezone
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from projects.tasks import delete_file_task
 from creators.tasks import upload_file_task, send_mass_email, send_mass_text, send_whatsapp
+from creators.models import Setting
+from notifications.models import Notification
+from notifications.utils import push_notification
+from creators.models import Creator
+from django.template.loader import render_to_string
 
 try:
     from allauth.account.adapter import get_adapter
@@ -368,40 +374,63 @@ def enforce_creator__creator_tags_constraints(creator, tag):
 
 
 
-def send_notification(users, contexts, template_name):
-    from .models import Setting
+enabled_notification_settings: Dict[Notification.Type, Set[int]] = {
+    Notification.Type.BOOKMARK: {Setting.WEB},
+    Notification.Type.CLAP: {Setting.WEB},
+    Notification.Type.COMMENT: {Setting.WHATSAPP, Setting.EMAIL, Setting.SMS, Setting.WEB},
+    Notification.Type.FOLLOW: {Setting.WHATSAPP, Setting.EMAIL, Setting.SMS, Setting.WEB},
+    Notification.Type.FOLLOWING_PROJECT:
+    {Setting.WHATSAPP, Setting.EMAIL, Setting.SMS, Setting.WEB},
+}
 
+
+def is_valid_setting(setting: int, notification_type: Notification.Type) -> bool:
+    return setting in enabled_notification_settings[notification_type]
+
+
+html_based_contacts = {Setting.WEB}
+def get_notification_template_name(
+        contact_method: int, notification_type: Notification.Type) -> str:
+    file_extension = '.html' if contact_method in html_based_contacts else '.txt'
+    if contact_method == Setting.EMAIL:
+        file_extension = ''
+    return (f'notifications/{notification_type.name.lower()}'
+            f'/{Setting.CONTACT_CHOICES[cast(int, contact_method) - 1][1].lower()}{file_extension}')
+
+
+def send_notification(users: List[Creator], source: Creator, contexts,
+                      notification_type: Notification.Type, link: str) -> None:
     email_contexts = []
     sms_contexts = []
 
     for user, context in zip(users, contexts):
         user_setting = Setting.objects.get(creator=user)
+        context.update({'source': user.username})
 
-        if user.phone and user_setting.contact == Setting.WHATSAPP:
+        if user.phone and user_setting.contact == Setting.WHATSAPP and is_valid_setting(Setting.WHATSAPP, notification_type):
             context.update({"phone": user.phone})
-            send_whatsapp(
-                phone=user.phone,
-                template_name=template_name,
-                ctx=context)
+            send_whatsapp.delay(phone=user.phone,
+                                template_name=get_notification_template_name(Setting.WHATSAPP, notification_type),
+                                ctx=context)
 
-        if user.email and user_setting.contact == Setting.EMAIL:
+        if user.email and user_setting.contact == Setting.EMAIL and is_valid_setting(Setting.EMAIL, notification_type):
             context.update({"email": user.email})
             email_contexts.append(context)
 
-        if user.phone and user_setting.contact == Setting.SMS:
+        if user.phone and user_setting.contact == Setting.SMS and is_valid_setting(Setting.SMS, notification_type):
             context.update({"phone": user.phone})
             sms_contexts.append(context)
 
+        message = render_to_string(
+            get_notification_template_name(Setting.WEB, notification_type),
+            context
+        ).strip()
+        push_notification(user, source, notification_type, message, link)
+
     if len(email_contexts) > 0:
-        send_mass_email.delay(
-            template_name=template_name,
-            ctxs=email_contexts
-        )
+        send_mass_email.delay(template_name=get_notification_template_name(Setting.EMAIL, notification_type), ctxs=email_contexts, full_template=True)
     if len(sms_contexts) > 0:
-        send_mass_text.delay(
-            template_name=template_name,
-            ctxs=sms_contexts
-        )
+        send_mass_text.delay(template_name=get_notification_template_name(Setting.SMS, notification_type), ctxs=sms_contexts, full_template=True)
 
 
 # def sync_user_email_addresses(user):
diff --git a/zubhub_backend/zubhub/creators/views.py b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/creators/views.py
index ba75a29cc..078277fcd 100644
--- a/zubhub_backend/zubhub/creators/views.py
+++ b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/creators/views.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import csv
 from io import StringIO
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from notifications.models import Notification
 from rest_framework import status
 from django.http import Http404
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
@@ -361,6 +362,8 @@ def get_object(self):
         else:
             obj.followers.add(self.request.user)
             obj.save()
+
+            send_notification([obj], self.request.user, [{}], Notification.Type.FOLLOW, f'/profile/{self.request.user.username}')
         self.request.user.save()
 
         return obj
diff --git a/zubhub_backend/zubhub/notifications/migrations/0005_alter_notification_type.py b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/notifications/migrations/0005_alter_notification_type.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2f4bbaad9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/notifications/migrations/0005_alter_notification_type.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.2 on 2022-03-20 21:33
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('notifications', '0004_notification_link'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='notification',
+            name='type',
+            field=models.PositiveSmallIntegerField(choices=[(1, 'Bookmark'), (2, 'Clap'), (3, 'Comment'), (4, 'Follow'), (5, 'Following Project')]),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/zubhub_backend/zubhub/notifications/migrations/0006_notification_message.py b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/notifications/migrations/0006_notification_message.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b32be2d0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/notifications/migrations/0006_notification_message.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.2 on 2022-03-20 21:42
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('notifications', '0005_alter_notification_type'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='notification',
+            name='message',
+            field=models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=255, null=True),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/zubhub_backend/zubhub/notifications/migrations/0007_alter_notification_link.py b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/notifications/migrations/0007_alter_notification_link.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cc14ff7b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/notifications/migrations/0007_alter_notification_link.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.2 on 2022-03-22 01:34
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('notifications', '0006_notification_message'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='notification',
+            name='link',
+            field=models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=1000, null=True),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/zubhub_backend/zubhub/notifications/models.py b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/notifications/models.py
index edfe52c6d..d13f69ccd 100644
--- a/zubhub_backend/zubhub/notifications/models.py
+++ b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/notifications/models.py
@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@
 
 class Notification(models.Model):
     class Type(models.IntegerChoices):
-        CLAP = 1
-        COMMENT = 2
-        SAVE = 3
+        BOOKMARK = 1
+        CLAP = 2
+        COMMENT = 3
         FOLLOW = 4
+        FOLLOWING_PROJECT = 5
 
     id = models.UUIDField(
         primary_key=True, default=uuid.uuid4, editable=False, unique=True)
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ class Type(models.IntegerChoices):
         Creator, on_delete=models.CASCADE, null=True, related_name="notification_recipient", blank=True)
     source = models.ForeignKey(
         Creator, on_delete=models.CASCADE, null=True, related_name="notification_source", blank=True)
-    link = models.URLField(max_length=1000)
+    message = models.CharField(max_length=255, blank=True, null=True)
+    link = models.CharField(max_length=1000, blank=True, null=True)
     viewed = models.BooleanField(default=False)
     date = models.DateTimeField(default=timezone.now)
diff --git a/zubhub_backend/zubhub/notifications/utils.py b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/notifications/utils.py
index 912e18e25..3588f97d0 100644
--- a/zubhub_backend/zubhub/notifications/utils.py
+++ b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/notifications/utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from notifications.models import Notification
-from django.utils import timezone
 
 
-def push_notification(recipient, source, type, link):
-    return Notification.objects.create(recipient=recipient, source=source, type=type, link=link)
+def push_notification(recipient, source, notification_type, message, link):
+    return Notification.objects.create(recipient=recipient, source=source, type=notification_type, message=message, link=link)
diff --git a/zubhub_backend/zubhub/projects/views.py b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/projects/views.py
index 32ac9f70d..9bfadc0b0 100644
--- a/zubhub_backend/zubhub/projects/views.py
+++ b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/projects/views.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
 from django.http import Http404
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from notifications.models import Notification
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from django.contrib.auth.models import AnonymousUser
 from django.contrib.postgres.search import TrigramSimilarity, SearchQuery, SearchRank
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@
 from .utils import (ProjectSearchCriteria, project_changed, detect_mentions,
                     perform_project_search, can_view,
                     get_published_projects_for_user)
-from creators.utils import activity_notification
+from creators.utils import activity_notification, send_notification
 from .serializers import (ProjectSerializer, ProjectListSerializer,
                           CommentSerializer, CategorySerializer, TagSerializer,
                           StaffPickSerializer)
@@ -54,6 +55,14 @@ def perform_create(self, serializer):
         serializer.save(creator=self.request.user)
         self.request.user.save()
 
+        if self.request.user.followers is not None:
+            send_notification(
+                list(self.request.user.followers.all()),
+                self.request.user,
+                [{} for _ in list(self.request.user.followers.all())],
+                Notification.Type.FOLLOWING_PROJECT,
+                f'/profile/{self.request.user.username}'
+            )
 
 class ProjectUpdateAPIView(UpdateAPIView):
     """
@@ -312,6 +321,14 @@ def get_object(self):
                     obj.likes.add(self.request.user)
                     obj.save()
 
+                    send_notification(
+                        [obj.creator],
+                        self.request.user,
+                        [{}],
+                        Notification.Type.CLAP,
+                        f'/projects/{obj.pk}'
+                    )
+
             return obj
         else:
             raise PermissionDenied(
@@ -347,6 +364,14 @@ def get_object(self):
                     obj.saved_by.add(self.request.user)
                     obj.save()
 
+                    send_notification(
+                        [obj.creator],
+                        self.request.user,
+                        [{}],
+                        Notification.Type.BOOKMARK,
+                        f'/projects/{obj.pk}'
+                    )
+
             return obj
         else:
             raise PermissionDenied(
@@ -423,11 +448,19 @@ def create(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
                 "project_id": result.pk,
                 "creator": request.user.username
             })
+            send_notification(
+                [result.creator],
+                self.request.user,
+                [{}],
+                Notification.Type.COMMENT,
+                f'/projects/{result.pk}'
+            )
 
         return Response(ProjectSerializer(result, context={
             'request': request
         }).data,
                         status=status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
+            
 
 
 class CategoryListAPIView(ListAPIView):
diff --git a/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/creators/phone/notification.txt b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/creators/phone/notification.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f8a05f16..000000000
--- a/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/creators/phone/notification.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Notification Testing
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/bookmark/web.html b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/bookmark/web.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0c83e82ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/bookmark/web.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<strong>{{ source }}</strong> bookmarked your project {{ project }}
diff --git a/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/clap/web.html b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/clap/web.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aa5f95217
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/clap/web.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<strong>{{ source }}</strong> clapped for your project {{ project }}
diff --git a/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/comment/email_message.html b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/comment/email_message.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..17aaf9110
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/comment/email_message.html
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+    <head>
+        <meta charset="utf-8" />
+        <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />
+        <meta
+            name="viewport"
+            content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no"
+        />
+        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
+    </head>
+    <body>
+        {% load account %} {% load i18n %} {% load default_template_tags %}
+        {% autoescape off %}
+
+        <h1>{% default_display_name %} New Comment On Your Project</h1>
+        <p>{{ source }}</p>
+    </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/comment/email_subject.txt b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/comment/email_subject.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..44c0819a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/comment/email_subject.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{% load i18n %}
+{% autoescape off %}
+{% blocktrans %}New Comment on Your Project{% endblocktrans %}
+{% endautoescape %}
diff --git a/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/comment/sms.txt b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/comment/sms.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3bce175b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/comment/sms.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+You received a comment on your project!
diff --git a/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/comment/web.html b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/comment/web.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5c83944b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/comment/web.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<strong>{{ source }}</strong> commented on your project {{ project }}.
diff --git a/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/comment/whatsapp.txt b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/comment/whatsapp.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3bce175b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/comment/whatsapp.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+You received a comment on your project!
diff --git a/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/follow/email_message.html b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/follow/email_message.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e15a45c5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/follow/email_message.html
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+    <head>
+        <meta charset="utf-8" />
+        <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />
+        <meta
+            name="viewport"
+            content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no"
+        />
+        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
+    </head>
+    <body>
+        {% load account %} {% load i18n %} {% load default_template_tags %}
+        {% autoescape off %}
+
+        <h1>
+            {% default_display_name %} New folllower
+        </h1>
+        <p>{{ source }}</p>
+    </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/follow/email_subject.txt b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/follow/email_subject.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..561a00a88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/follow/email_subject.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{% load i18n %}
+{% autoescape off %}
+{% blocktrans %}You Received a New Follower{% endblocktrans %}
+{% endautoescape %}
diff --git a/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/follow/sms.txt b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/follow/sms.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e1b2d8a4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/follow/sms.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{{ source }} just followed you!
diff --git a/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/follow/web.html b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/follow/web.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..422fd2d51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/follow/web.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<strong>{{ source }}</strong> started following you.
diff --git a/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/follow/whatsapp.txt b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/follow/whatsapp.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e1b2d8a4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/follow/whatsapp.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{{ source }} just followed you!
diff --git a/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/following_project/email_message.html b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/following_project/email_message.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3c9fbc499
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/following_project/email_message.html
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+
+<head>
+    <meta charset="utf-8" />
+    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />
+    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no" />
+    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
+</head>
+
+<body>
+    {% load account %} {% load i18n %} {% load default_template_tags %}
+    {% autoescape off %}
+
+    <h1>{% default_display_name %} New Project</h1>
+    <p>{{ source }}</p>
+</body>
+
+</html>
diff --git a/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/following_project/email_subject.txt b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/following_project/email_subject.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..487a2c398
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/following_project/email_subject.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{% load i18n %}
+{% autoescape off %}
+{% blocktrans %}Someone You Are Following Posted a New Project.{% endblocktrans %}
+{% endautoescape %}
diff --git a/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/following_project/sms.txt b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/following_project/sms.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..684b0d48d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/following_project/sms.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+New project from {{ source }}
diff --git a/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/following_project/web.html b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/following_project/web.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c60e22faa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/following_project/web.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<strong>{{ source }}</strong> just posted a new project {{ project }}
diff --git a/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/following_project/whatsapp.txt b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/following_project/whatsapp.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..684b0d48d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/templates/notifications/following_project/whatsapp.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+New project from {{ source }}
diff --git a/zubhub_backend/zubhub/zubhub/settings.py b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/zubhub/settings.py
index 5a50c8470..fb8b87243 100644
--- a/zubhub_backend/zubhub/zubhub/settings.py
+++ b/zubhub_backend/zubhub/zubhub/settings.py
@@ -293,7 +293,8 @@
 
 EMAIL_BACKEND = 'djcelery_email.backends.CeleryEmailBackend'
 CELERY_EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'
-DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = 'hello@unstructured.studio'
+EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX = ''
+DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = os.environ.get("DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL", "hello@unstructured.studio")
 EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.sendgrid.net'
 EMAIL_HOST_USER = 'apikey'
 EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = os.environ.get('SENDGRID_API_KEY')