How to Build a Custom Form
The Key Steps
- Click the Marketing dropdown on your left-hand navigation menu on your backend dashboard.
- Click Forms in the sub-menu
- Click the green Add Form button in the top-right, then give the form a title, then click the green Create Form button in the bottom-right.
- You'll see a menu on the left of the editor with different tabs:
- The Information tab is where you can edit the title of a form and add a description or tags to better organize your forms.
- The Form Structure tab is where you can organize the current blocks on the form or add more. If you're adding more blocks, a menu will display to the left where you can choose the block you'd like to add and ways to customize it. (more in the video below)
- The Customization tab is where you can edit the color of the form background, set custom logos, add images, etc.
- The About Submissions tab is where you can set whether or not a person that submits a form will be added as a new contact, or update a previous contact. You will also set the Thank You message for after someone submits the form.
- The Form Access tab is where you can set a password for the form, limit the number of entries, or close the form until a scheduled date.
- The Security and Privacy tab is where you can set if the form is indexed by Google or if you'd like the form protected with a Captcha.
- The Link Settings - SEO tab is where you can customize the page title, logo, social share image, and description people see when you share the link on social media or through a message.
- The Custom Code tab is where you can add any CSS for your page to customize it further.
- After you've set all the necessary information, you can hit the green Next button to set the notifications for the form.
- On this page, you'll be able to set whether you'd like the form to send a notification to the email(s) or phone number(s) you have in our system, or if you'd like the submission to turn in to a new contact.
- Once you've set that, you can hit the green Save button to save your new form.
- To see your new form live, and have the URL to share this form, click the green View Form button.
Here is a video walking through these steps: