Forms Manager
The is the 'overview' screen where you manage the forms you've created. From here you can choose to...
- Create a new form
- Edit one of your saved forms (e.g., to add or modify fields)
- Delete one of your saved forms
- Preview your saved forms (i.e., so you can get a quick visual to make sure it's the right one before clicking the edit button)
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Add/Edit Fields
This is the real heart of the web forms feature, where you actually build and edit your form and its fields.
- Add File Upload so visitors can send you files. Note: We recommend that you only allow registered members to access forms with File Upload fields in them.
- Special behavior options for each field type (e.g., whether a field should be required, which check box in a set should be checked by default).
- Add, modify, remove, and reorder the fields whenever you want (i.e., you can come back later and make more changes even after you've placed the form on a site page).
- All the standard field types like text boxes, drop-down menus, radio/checkbox option groups, and comment boxes.
- Control styles for each individual field (e.g., whether label should be displayed next to or above field, whether to list radio options vertically or horizontally).
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Drag-and-drop your forms onto site pages
Place Form on Page: When you drag-and-drop the "Forms" icon onto a site page via the Page Editor, a dialog appears with options you can use to define what happens when a visitor submits your form.
- Web developer note: You can upload and use your own fully-custom html forms if you want to.
- Aside from the forms you create yourself, generic 'contact us' and 'newsletter signup' forms also come pre-installed to get you started.
- Email the visitor's data to one or more email address
- Store the visitor's info in a data table that you can download and import as a spreadsheet (and/or use as list for eNewlsetter campaigns).
- Redirect site visitor to a "Thank You page" of your choosing after they submit the form.
- Send visitors a response right away with a custom auto-reply message
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Form Styles
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This is a tab within the Add/Edit Fields screen with options you can use to control the look & feel of your form on the whole (vs. the look & feel of a specific field).
- Submit Button styles - What should the submit button for your form look like? What should it say? Where should it appear?
- Form Body styles - Set width, border, padding, margin, and background color of the form itself (e.g., setting a border here would put a border around the entire form)
- Field Label styles- Control the font, style, position, and alignment of your field labels.
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