Website owners use online forms for many purposes including registrations, orders and payments, and contact forms. One feature shared by virtually all forms is the need to send email after submitting the form. Formsite makes it fast and easy for site owners to add a website email form.
Form elements like Radio Buttons and Checkboxes get their basic styles from the browser. These input items follow standardized rules for collecting form answers. For example, Radio Buttons only allow one choice per group and Checkboxes allow for checking and unchecking more than one. Sometimes these standard input items benefit from custom styles to make them more interesting or user friendly.
Formsite service levels support the most common user types and contain limits for typical needs. For example, the Free service level accommodates users who need a few forms to collect a small number of responses. The paid service levels increase the limits and features available to accommodate higher needs. All paid service levels come with the ability to customize the limits with account add-on options, too.
Formsite forms let visitors submit attached files using the File Upload item included in your form. File attachments save in the form’s Results Table and clicking the link lets form owners view and download them. See how Formsite gives form owners options for working with uploaded files that help with organization and tracking.
Formsite’s online form builder lets form owners create online forms and style virtually every component. The form’s Style page contains built-in themes, customization options, and advanced access to the CSS code. The Style -> Customization area now contains a new search field allowing for a faster way to locate the settings you need.
The most common parts that affect how a form looks are:
Generating reports showing the answers to online forms is a popular request. Many organizations have a need for sharing data with others in a portable format. Our normal export format as an Excel file works the majority of the time. Showing the data itself isn’t as easy to comprehend as a chart, and sometimes only specific answers are preferred instead of the entire contents. Regardless of the reason, sometimes report documents are needed.
Options for creating documents from results depend on the format and scope of the results. For example, should the report show results within a time frame or every result? Should the results appear as a chart or as text? Use this article as a reference for creating your report documents.
Formsite’s online form builder lets form owners build forms from scratch or start with a template. For forms containing unfamiliar questions or topics, templates are a great way to get started. The recent COVID-19 recommendations include completing questionnaires and check-ins for people at risk. These forms are available to copy under the Covid templates category in the templates area.
The Covid templates include:
Formsite online form builder gives form owners over 50 different item types to collect responses and format the form. Adding the Page Break item gives the ability to make multi-page forms, and using multiple pages allows for other enhancements. One such feature is the form Header and Footer, which appears on every page of the form.
Using the form Header and Footer, form owners add content that appears on every page to make branding more consistent. Uses also include support for the repeating page rule and adding navigation links to other forms and/or pages on your site.
Sending email after receiving new form results is possibly the most-used feature at Formsite. Many form owners want to send an email as either a receipt or to notify one or more people that a new result exists. HTML email Notifications let form owners add styling to the messages to align with branding rules, increase readability, and create better emails.
Unfortunately, email works on systems different than web pages so there isn’t as much support for more powerful HTML features. Also, the software used to view email needs to support a much wider range of devices. For example, it’s possible to send email to fax machines and text devices, which would not be able to display any colors or images.
As the year comes to a close, this is a perfect time for housekeeping for your online forms and surveys. Many form owners use this time to export results and keep the results for this year in a special place. Some form owners decide to make a copy of the form to update settings and choices, too. If you need to open and close your forms, see how it works and other tips for annual maintenance.