Creating Web Forms Just Got Easier

Our development team has a blast putting together new features. Like everyone here, they’re all about helping you manage your opt-in email campaigns more efficiently, and adding features to our service is a natural part of that.

But it’s not always about adding more more MORE.

Sometimes the best stuff they do is take features we already have and make them easier to use.

For Example…

We regularly hear from customers telling us how much they like our Web Form Generator. It helps them create customized web forms for their site without having to know how to write HTML — making collecting opt-in subscribers a snap.

A while back we took a look at it and decided that we could make it even more powerful and intuitive. So, our development team got to work. After a lot of tweaking and a lot of testing, we’re rolling it out to you.

I think you’ll like it.

New Web Form Generator Highlights

Note: The video below is quite old. For an up to date video on creating web forms, visit the videos page.

What Does This Mean?

All in all, the Web Form Generator is easier to use than ever. So you’ll be able to crank out web forms faster and spend more time doing… anything else. After all, you came to us to automate your business and save time, right?

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21 Comments

  1. Scott Walker

    You guys & gals just keep rocking on with instantly valuable tips and tricks

    12/18/2006 10:59 am
  2. Hans Chee

    This would make creating forms like I have on my site a breeze!

    For one, the drag & drop will help eliminate errors when trying to code those "custom field" names (which alway have a space in it).

    12/18/2006 11:38 am
  3. Ed Tori

    The features are sweet and the tutorial is very well done.

    12/18/2006 11:55 am
  4. Chris

    It’s great to see that aweber isn’t content with already being the best responder service but keeps adding more features and improving existing ones. I’ve been here less than a year, and it is amazing how much has been added in that time.

    Thanks.

    12/18/2006 1:21 pm
  5. Tom Kulzer

    Chris,

    Hold on to your pants for 2007 then. ;) Lots of great new & improved items being released over the next couple of months.

    12/18/2006 2:25 pm | Follow me on Twitter
  6. Lynn Vogel

    Thank you!
    The new web form generator is so simple I don’t have to bug the code heads I know!
    The tutorial is great and simple to follow; Aweber is truly the best auto responder on the planet.

    12/19/2006 6:39 am
  7. Carol Bentley

    I love the new drag and drop and ‘instant new fields’ features. Much easier than having to remember to set up custome fields before starting.

    One question: In the previos version you could design your form content to include additional text, bullet points, etc. which was great for the pop over/unders. Is all that done in the ‘headline’ section now?

    12/19/2006 10:55 am
  8. Justin Premick

    Carol,

    Yes, any text, images, etc. you want to have appear above the fields should be placed in the headline.

    12/19/2006 10:57 am | Follow me on Twitter
  9. Dan Farrell

    I have tried about 6 other autoresponders and found most to be lacking or have a big learning curve. Not so much with aweber. It is the best I’ve found to use for my 100+ sites and hope it adds more money to the bottom line.

    Keep up the good work and Happy New Year!

    12/27/2006 1:43 pm
  10. Kirk

    Thanks for the improvements. A good example of why you guys are #1.

    1/15/2007 3:30 am
  11. Mike Martin

    Sounds great – especially the different types of forms you can create (I particularly liked the "slide in".

    What about accessing fields that have already been entered though – how do you access them?

    mm

    1/17/2007 7:18 pm
  12. Justin Premick

    Mike,

    If you already have fields created, they’ll be available on the left side of the page, where you can drag-and-drop them into your form.

    1/18/2007 8:58 am | Follow me on Twitter
  13. Jenna

    Is there a way to indicate to the prospect which fields are mandatory for the web form (maybe an asterisk or something)?

    3/29/2007 1:43 pm
  14. Justin Premick

    Jenna,

    Yes, you can add that asterisk into the field labels while setting up your form. Simply click on the field you want to edit, then make your changes in the text box that appears at left.

    3/29/2007 3:33 pm | Follow me on Twitter
  15. Olivia Romero

    Well Done! Thank you so much for your wonderful instructional video regarding forms. I actually applauded when it was finished.

    I was dreading tackling this task and you’ve made it so simple. You guys are the best!

    4/6/2007 12:31 pm
  16. Mikael Rieck

    I know this is a really old post but could you possibly create a post showing us how to modify the layout on pop-ups and hovers? It would be really cool to be able to do a little more html editing, inserting pictures, changing the lenght of the "name" and "email" field etc.

    I know all of this is possible when using the html code for the form but when we’re talking pop-ups and hovers it is stated that we’ll need to use the javascript in order for it to work (which then leaves out a lot of the editing option).

    Thank you in advance.

    7/22/2008 10:17 am
  17. Charl

    The dropdown with the required fields indicator seems not to work correctly together.

    Reason is that when i have a required field then the first item in the dropdown list is selected, so there is no ability to force the user to select an item here as it’s already automatically chosen.

    This means that users will NOT correctly be forced to select this field!

    How can we work around this type of problem?

    Any ideas anyone?

    4/3/2009 8:25 am
  18. Kathleen Lamoureux

    You guys rock! I found out about you guys from Dave Navarro, whose workshop I am taking. AWeber is going to really help my business!

    5/13/2010 12:24 pm
  19. Peter

    My first form after joining AWeber :-) quite a while ago

    After I have seen how it looks “live” on my website, I believe I can edit the form if I do not like how it looks?

    Do I have to create a new form from Step 1? or can I just open up the particular ‘step’ in the process and do the revisions and then ‘save changes’.

    I am not sure where on your site does it specifically say that I can just open up the form generator at any step and (for example) head straight for the templates etc

    12/20/2010 12:25 am
  20. Amanda Gagnon

    Peter ~ Yes, you can edit the form at any time.

    If you’re using the Javascript snippet, your changes will automatically update. If you’re using the raw HTML, you’ll have to replace the code with the updated version after saving changes in your account.

    12/20/2010 9:13 am

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