Form
Collect messages, sign-ups or bookings with a simple form builder.
Using it well
Add fields with Fields and drag them in order. Field types:
| Type | For |
|---|---|
| Short text, Email, Phone, Number | Single answers. An Email field lets you reply to the visitor straight from Messages. |
| Long text | Messages. |
| Date | A date picker. |
| Dropdown | One choice from a list (one choice per line). |
| Multiple choice | Tick one or more boxes. |
| Photo or PDF | Visitors attach a file (Pro and Business); it lands in Uploads. |
| Agreement | A required checkbox such as I agree to the [privacy policy]: the words in brackets link to the address you set. |
Mark fields required when you need them. Messages land in Messages in the site menu. Spam protection is built in; no puzzles for visitors.
Limited places (Pro and Business)
For sign-ups with a limited number of places, like workshop dates or camp weeks: in a dropdown or multiple choice, end a choice with | and the number of places, one choice per line:
`` Saturday 14 March | 12 Sunday 15 March | 12 Waiting list ``
Visitors see how many places are left ("3 places left"); a full choice shows "full" and can't be picked, and Fwdia checks again when the form is sent, so the last place is never taken twice. Each message takes one place. To count people instead, add a Number field (for example "Number of children") and turn on counts as the places taken.
Messages shows the places taken and left per choice at the top. Deleting a message frees its places; change the number after the | to add places.
Newsletter sign-up with Mailchimp (Pro and Business)
Connect Mailchimp first in Site settings > Integrations (how). Then turn on Mailchimp newsletter in the form's settings: the form gets a newsletter checkbox (you choose its text). Only visitors who tick it are added to your audience, using the form's Email field and a Name field when there is one. Their choice is saved with the message. Add tags to tell sign-ups from different forms apart in Mailchimp.
Adding it
Open your site in the builder, choose Add in the left panel and pick Form (or search for it). Click the block in the preview to open its settings on the right.
Settings
Content
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Form name | Text, up to 120 characters. Default: "Get in touch". |
| Fields | A list you can add to, reorder and remove from (up to 12). Each item has: Field label (for an agreement checkbox: the sentence, with the linked words in [brackets]); Type; Choices for a dropdown or multiple choice (one per line). Limited places (Pro): end a line with / and the number, e.g. Saturday 14 March / 12; Agreement checkbox: link for the words in [brackets] in the label, e.g. "I accept the [privacy policy]"; Dropdown text before a choice (e.g. Choose a subject); Required; Half width (next to another half-width field on wider screens); Number field: counts as the places taken in choices with limited places (e.g. number of children). |
| Field labels | Choose: Above each field; Inside the field (placeholder). Default: Above each field. |
| Button label | Text, up to 40 characters. Default: "Send". |
| Success message | Text, up to 200 characters. Default: "Thank you - we got your message!". |
Look
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Box | Choose: A card around the form; No box (the fields on the background). Default: A card around the form. |
| Box colour (empty = card surface colour) | A colour; empty uses your theme colour. |
| Line around the box (empty = a soft line) | A colour; empty uses your theme colour. |
| Fields | Choose: Outlined; Grey fields (no border); A line underneath. Default: Outlined. |
| Field colour (optional) | A colour; empty uses your theme colour. |
| Button colour (empty = accent colour) | A colour; empty uses your theme colour. |
| Button text colour (empty = white or black, whichever reads best) | A colour; empty uses your theme colour. |
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Send an email for each submission | On or off (default: on). |
| Send to (empty = the email address of your account) | Text, up to 200 characters. |
| Email subject (empty = "New message on" + site name) | Text, up to 150 characters. |
| Replying to the email answers the visitor (uses the form's Email field) | On or off (default: on). |
Newsletter
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Add visitors who tick the newsletter box to your Mailchimp audience (Pro - connect Mailchimp in Site settings > Integrations) | On or off (default: off). |
| Newsletter checkbox text | Text, up to 160 characters. Default: "Yes, send me the newsletter. I can unsubscribe at any time.". |
| Mailchimp tags for these sign-ups (optional, separated by commas) | Text, up to 120 characters. |