Forms 101

Online forms allow you to collect and manage information, as well as process ecommerce transactions. Here's a few ideas for how you could be using them...

• presenting surveys
• acquiring sales leads
• taking customer questions & comments
• managing event registrations
• accepting service orders
• selling merchandise
• selling tickets
• accepting donations

Before You Get Started

There are a few things you should know before starting to add forms to your site.

• Forms are built and managed under Tools > Forms
• There are two ways you can present forms on your site:
  
  1. With a direct link to a form page. These could be in your main navigation, on another page, or shared off-site.
  2. By using a Forms Module to add a Form on a Page. This is a more flexible choice because it allows for other modules to be added to the page.
• Forms use a different page structure than dynamic, event and business pages. All forms are built on a 3-column layout with data fields added using specialized Form Items.
• All forms require a User Account Info item which collects a first name, last name and email with every submission. 
• To have the ability to sell anything through a form, your site will need to be integrated with an ecommerce Payment Gateway.