The “Form Builder” container is a tool that is used to create a Form, to send data from the user to a database or e-mail address through a page on your website. It is mostly used as a newsletter sign up form or a contact form, so that users can send a message to the owner or responsible person of the website.
With this tool you can add such a contact form, or any other type of information that you want to receive, and choose if you want to send the submitted data to a specific email address or a database saved in the CMS. If you are using Mailchimp and you want to have a form that connects to your account, you can use the Mailchimp container instead.
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Or go through these steps:
1. Add your form
a) On your page, click on ‘add new container’ and select this type:
b) Select the options
- Store in Database or
- Send to an email Address
c) Select language
d) Apply Captcha image: this function requires the user to write a word or number into a field to check that it’s not spam.
e) Clone or copy the form builder from another form.
f) Define Post-Submission Settings: Choose the action you want to be done when a user submits the form.
- Refresh the page
- Show thank you message
- Redirect to internal page (Nav ID)
- Redirect to external page (URL)
- Post to external server
g) Click the ‘Save’ button.
2. Configure your form
a) For your first field (ex: Name), put the name on the first field.
b) Select position: above or left
c) If you want the user to read instructions, write them in the Field Instructions text field.
d) Select the type of field: Normal text field is standard.
e) Select the aditional options and click the ‘Add’ button.
f) Repeat these steps for each field you want to add. You can add Text fields, drop down menus, radio buttons, file uploads.
g) Your Form will be added to your page once you refresh it.
If you are using Mailchimp and you want to have a form that connects to your account, you can use the Mailchimp container instead.