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Why You’ll Love AWeber’s New Web Form Generator

Posted by Justin Premick

“New Web Form Generator? But AWeber already has a web form generator…”

Sure we do. And it’s helped marketers create hundreds of thousands of opt-in forms that you’ll find on websites in countless industries.

At the time we released it, the web form tool was cutting edge, and it’s stood up well over time.

But it wasn’t perfect.

It didn’t output the prettiest HTML. And while you could certainly customize that HTML to fit the look of your website, you had to do so outside of AWeber, rather than styling it before you got the form HTML, and you had to do so without any templates.

We knew we could create something better. So we did.

To prove it, here’s a video, and a list of reasons why you’re going to love our new Web Form Generator.

Web Form Templates

You may not be a web designer, but you still want a web form that looks like it was made by one.

So we’re launching the new Web Form Generator with a slew of templates to help you build great-looking forms with one click of your mouse. Currently there are about 25 template “families,” each available in a variety of colors and styles (and we’ll keep adding more).

Advanced Design Tools

Want to customize a template to make it yours? Or build your own one-of-a-kind stylish opt-in form from scratch?

The new Web Form Generator gives you the same sort of powerful design customization that you’d typically find in web design software.

You’ll drag and drop. You’ll point and click. You’ll have complete control over the feel of your forms, and you’ll make better-looking ones than ever before.

Better Popover and Lightbox Animation

Do you use “hover” style forms (like our lightbox ones) to grab visitors’ attention and lift your opt-ins?

You’ll love the updated animations used for these new forms; we’ve ditched the Windows95-looking blue bars at the top and smoothed out the fading and sliding motions.

Dynamic Thank You Pages

Want to use video on your thank you pages to increase confirmed opt-ins, but don’t have the time or equipment to make it happen?

Use our video thank you pages to provide precise instructions to each new subscriber on how to confirm.

We’ll even show them exactly what your confirm email looks like in their specific email program (Gmail, AOL, Yahoo, Hotmail, Outlook, Mac Mail, etc).

Stay Tuned For More

The new Web Form Generator will be released soon. Until then, we’ll keep filling you in on how you’ll be able to create better signup forms and improve your list-building.

Watch this blog for those – if you’re not already subscribed to the blog, get signed up below! We’ll tell you more about the new Web Form Generator, and also periodically send you other email marketing tips we publish here.

Naturally, as a permission-based email marketing company, we respect your privacy.

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  1. Justin

    Brilliant! Bring it on.

    11/10/2009 10:49 am
  2. Sean Breslin

    That’s a major update, I used to use the XsitePro interface with Aweber for my forms.

    11/10/2009 10:51 am
  3. Glenn

    WHEN WILL THIS NEW CUSTOMIZED WEB SIGN-UP FORM BE RELEASED?

    11/10/2009 10:54 am
  4. Juan

    This is incredible. I was just thinking of wanting to create a better, cooler, and more attractive opt-in web form, and you guys have already done it for me.

    I hope you will be able to do this SOON for Email Newsletters. I have had a hard time creating a great looking design for my newsletter, with the current templates.

    That is something that is really missing that would create the perfect complete package.

    Thanks for all your hard work

    11/10/2009 10:56 am
  5. Christine

    That’s GREAT news… I cannot wait to play with it! :)

    11/10/2009 10:58 am
  6. Gail J Richardson

    This is great because I am not a designer but I do like nice. Can’t wait to use it. Hurray LOL

    11/10/2009 11:00 am
  7. ikaro

    Great! I’ll check it out soon!

    I did’nt liked so much the templates of the previous version…

    Ciao!

    11/10/2009 11:01 am
  8. Joe

    Wow!

    This sounds great!

    It also seemed as if you’ve been reading my mind about the current form builder. You had it right in your opening – it was great for its time, but is a little dated now.

    It’s clear that you folks put a lot of thought and effort into this upgrade, and did it with your customers in mind.

    I greatly enjoyed hearing the designers talking about the project. Their commitment and passion really comes through. Making something”that’s fun, that’s cool and helps a lot of people” – who wouldn’t want to work on a project like that?

    Good work, guys – thanks for all you effort.

    Yeah, it does feel like you’re working for me :-)

    11/10/2009 11:01 am
  9. Jon Mroz

    WOW! I am so Excited about this. Amazing jobs guys!!! I have been looking for an autoresponder that can do this for forever now. Absolutely incredible. THANK YOU :)

    11/10/2009 11:03 am
  10. Kimberly Bohannon

    This is totally outstanding! THANKS for your top-notch team of developers who MAKE you guys #1 – in my book – with Email marketing software.

    11/10/2009 11:05 am
  11. Firas Steitiyeh

    WOW!! Sounds soo coool! I really can’t wait till it’s released.

    11/10/2009 11:07 am
  12. Jos Verkerk

    It’s looking great !!
    So when it’s gona be active ????

    11/10/2009 11:07 am
  13. Bill

    Fantastistic. If it isn’t too late, how about adding a https (secure) option or form so the user doesn’t receive the browser warning about unsecure data on the page?

    11/10/2009 11:11 am
  14. Phill Mason

    Exactly what Aweber has been missing for so, so long. Great job to everyone on the team, this looks superb.

    This has just increased my productivity.

    Thank you.

    11/10/2009 11:18 am
  15. Vivien

    This is great! Exactly what I’m looking for! Thanks.

    11/10/2009 11:21 am
  16. alwaysLovely

    excited about this. have been using aweber forms intensively. glad to hear some new development

    11/10/2009 11:28 am
  17. Scott

    Love it, love it, LOVE IT! Thank you!

    11/10/2009 11:28 am
  18. John

    Very cool. You guys are the best!

    11/10/2009 11:35 am
  19. Nick Hetcher

    ‘Bout time guys! lol. Nah, actually this is AWSEOME news! Thanks soooo much guys!!

    11/10/2009 11:41 am
  20. Brian

    We are so excited that we are going to be able to create cool web forms ourselves. This is an incredible tool to have. Thanks Aweber. You’re the best!

    11/10/2009 11:46 am
  21. Ron

    You guys rock! I’ve been a customer since 2003 and I love your service – couldn’t do business without it.

    Here’s an idea – how about adding a footer ad feature so the ads display like this: http://videoforward.com/video.php?video=1751

    11/10/2009 11:48 am
  22. Mark

    Looks Awesome. Have to say it’s been due a face lift .

    Top stuff guys

    Be Happy & Safe

    11/10/2009 11:48 am
  23. kevin

    Aweber always had the best Deliverabilty , but unfortunately they also lacked nice professional templtes like their competitors have.
    It’s something drove me crazy as I don;t have the time or skill to develop HTML templates. .
    Now Aweber will have the best of both worlds.

    11/10/2009 11:49 am
  24. Ian

    You guys ROCK!! thanks for the updates, It.s nice to know we can rely on the No.1 team.

    11/10/2009 12:01 pm
  25. Bob

    Great news… but what took so long?

    11/10/2009 12:20 pm
  26. Jane

    This is really great – no more paying for designers to ‘pretty up’ my webforms. Thank you guys!

    11/10/2009 12:25 pm
  27. Lani

    Awesome Aweber, Abount time..Lol infact…I was hoping this would happen soon. I think customized forms was on pop-ups and for the regular sign in form should have the same effect or tools.. Great Brainstorming, guys! This is were I’m going to use it.. cool!

    11/10/2009 12:48 pm
  28. Gama Seva

    Yeah, it’s about time! Time to add more value to already great service.

    11/10/2009 12:53 pm
  29. Diane

    Excellent news, new form design and video thank you pages, brilliant.

    11/10/2009 1:05 pm
  30. Will

    awesome dudes!!! =)

    11/10/2009 1:33 pm
  31. Angela Wills

    Awesome news! Really looking forward to testing it out and playing around with the form. When will it be released? I heard it was this week?

    This will just add another great feature to an already awesome program.

    11/10/2009 1:40 pm
  32. gary martins

    finally! can’t wait

    11/10/2009 1:53 pm
  33. Jarrett Holmes

    Great stuff guys. This will definitely help increase conversions and professional image. Thanks!

    11/10/2009 1:53 pm
  34. Miles Austin

    Great news AWeber. I am your target customer for this new capability as a NON-html person. I had to go to Constant Contact because I needed the ease of use and flexibility of themes.

    I will strongly consider moving to AWeber once I can see and test your new Form Builder capability.

    11/10/2009 1:53 pm
  35. Ted

    What a great addition to Aweber! It’s features like this that separate Aweber from the rest of the pack.

    11/10/2009 1:56 pm
  36. Keith Steven

    Looks cool… Bring it on…

    11/10/2009 1:59 pm
  37. PT

    Can’t wait to get my hands on it. Just in time!

    11/10/2009 2:23 pm
  38. Benedick

    Hey guys

    It would be great if you could modify the form so that we can conduct surveys without the need to subscribe to a list, so the survey can be repeated indefinitely without running into the already subscribed issue.

    And enhance your product line so we can also manage our surveys directly from your site too.

    11/10/2009 2:39 pm
  39. Justin Premick

    Hey all,

    Thanks for your enthusiasm about the new web form builder! That’s exactly how we were hoping you’d all feel about it.

    A few of you have asked when it’s coming out. All I can tell you for right now is "soon enough that we’re talking about it publicly" :)

    There’ll be more on the web form builder later this week on the blog – you can subscribe via the form at the end of this post (or grab the RSS feed) to stay posted.

    11/10/2009 2:43 pm | Follow me on Twitter
  40. Marcus

    Outstanding! Can’t wait, I was tired of using the dull old format, and found it a real nightmare making changes to the html.

    This sounds PERFECT! Well done guys

    11/10/2009 2:55 pm
  41. Gail

    AWESOME!! I’ve been creating my forms through XSitePro like others in this link. I’ve also purchased optin form graphics and they were really hard to use.

    Can’t wait – this will make my job so much easier and FASTER.

    11/10/2009 3:02 pm
  42. Audrey Berube

    Great news ! .. another good reason to recommend Aweber !

    11/10/2009 3:02 pm
  43. Ian

    AWESOME! Designer styled forms with a push of a button. Man, that is going to impressive everyone :)

    Well done, hope it comes out real soon.

    11/10/2009 3:28 pm
  44. Kayleen

    Great news and I strongly agree with Juan, that we need a better system for the newsletters also. I have neglect my newsletter because of the difficulty with this feature.

    11/10/2009 3:37 pm
  45. Chris Bigelow

    This will be great, it will help many non-technical users create lead forms. Great idea and I look forward to checking it out!

    11/10/2009 3:40 pm
  46. Shanna

    I am new to this and recently created my first form. This is very exciting as now this will allow me to make my webpage a nicer place to visit.

    I hope to start drawing some traffic and will be looking at an implementing some of your tips.

    Thanks so much. I am very excited to see the new web form creation tool!

    11/10/2009 3:46 pm
  47. Brendan James Prendergast

    Fantastic… Really looking forward to integrating Web Form into site design. Should make converting traffic so much easier!

    11/10/2009 4:01 pm
  48. Bob Marconi

    So, When?

    Thanks

    11/10/2009 4:02 pm
  49. Adele

    …did I hear you can include pictures in the form?

    Exciting stuff!

    11/10/2009 4:02 pm
  50. Mike

    When is this going "live"?

    11/10/2009 4:08 pm
  51. Harmony Thiessen

    GREAT! This can’t come a day too soon. Very interesting actually. I was thinking of changing systems for this very reason and encouraging my students to go elsewhere for their service also. HOW SOON? :-)

    11/10/2009 4:27 pm
  52. Jody

    I am very excited about the new design features we will be using soon. I absolutely love using Aweber and the team of people making all of this happen. Thanks for great tech support and working toward improving our ability to market o the Internet.

    11/10/2009 4:31 pm
  53. David Gerrard

    This is really going to be great can’t wait for this to go live.What a great product giving us all these extras to make our lives easier.Keep up the good work!

    11/10/2009 5:29 pm
  54. Olson Mino

    wooow cool stuff guys, now i can’t wait until it’s released :p

    11/10/2009 5:39 pm
  55. Aaron

    Great, where is it?

    11/10/2009 5:40 pm
  56. Luke

    Fantastic move! This is great news. I’ve always struggled to make my web forms look good without paying someone else to do it. I’m looking forward to the release!

    11/10/2009 5:48 pm
  57. Sheila Atwood

    This is really exciting. I can stop paying my web designer.

    11/10/2009 7:31 pm
  58. Adam

    Cool. My only complaint with AWeber was the lack of flexibility on the web forms.

    Problem solved.

    Looking forward to the release and will continue to recommend AWeber to others.

    11/10/2009 7:44 pm
  59. Michael Searles

    Always good news coming out of Aweber . . . and now it gets even better!

    A WYSIWYG web form editor is exactly what I need.

    Can’t wait to use it.

    11/10/2009 8:36 pm
  60. Tim MacKenzie

    WOW – what a refreshing video – down to earth, informative, exciting.

    I’m really looking forward to using the new Forms generator and exerising the results of your great developer team.

    Keep up the excellent work.

    Thank you for your efforts.

    11/10/2009 8:53 pm
  61. Willie Plasencia

    This is why Aweber is still #1 in my book.

    Looking forward to seeing it go live.

    11/10/2009 9:11 pm
  62. Louis

    Sounds like the very thing a low tech guy like me needs . Can’t wait for the release.

    11/10/2009 9:19 pm
  63. Brenda

    Awesome news! Can’t wait to be able to use it!

    11/10/2009 9:22 pm
  64. Chuck

    All of my lists have been stuck at 84% set up completion because I never bothered with the web forms. Looks like I might have to change that now… :-)

    11/10/2009 11:45 pm
  65. Yee Shun Jian

    This is AWESOME! Yes it’s high time something’s done about the thank you pages… Thanks for the continuous improvements! =)

    11/11/2009 12:29 am
  66. Nick Walsh

    Eh-Weber (what we call you in Canada)… Congrats on the webform builder. Looks cool. I’ve been using a proprietary form builder for many years, but your advantage will be several fold:

    1. The code will never get lost or put on some flash drive given away!
    2. Content management drag and drop builds on existing conventions
    3. You can’t NOT look professional!
    4. Stats will be easier to track
    5. Split testing will now be possible of these forms
    6. You won’t even have to know code!
    7. It will bring new people into the market sooner

    I could go on… but overall .. this is a welcome addition the family.

    11/11/2009 12:34 am
  67. kiatlc

    Wow, this is a smart move of Aweber, getting so many welcoming responses from paid users, including mine myself！

    11/11/2009 12:44 am
  68. Adam Taha

    That’s great news and have been waiting for the extra touch. It has been needed.

    Can’t wait for the release so I can apply it on to my blog and capture pages I’m launching, and new aweber video tutorials I’m doing.

    Thanks

    11/11/2009 3:28 am
  69. Carol

    Fantastic news. Can’t wait for this. This has been a major source contention for me – bring it on!

    11/11/2009 5:16 am
  70. Alex

    Hi Guys,

    Thanks for the hard and fun work!

    I like going directly to action, no codes …

    11/11/2009 6:03 am
  71. Mike

    It looks great! Aweber proves once again that they’re the best.
    Now, even non web designers can have an awesome opt in page.
    Thanks for your excellent support and service.

    11/11/2009 8:17 am
  72. Lynda

    Hi

    Fantastic – best news for a long while! Can’t wait for it to be live.

    11/11/2009 10:03 am
  73. Philip Denman

    Wow! How good can it get?

    This is going to make life so much easier and will save a lot of time.

    Well done ‘The Aweber Team’

    11/11/2009 10:03 am
  74. Eruwan Gerry

    Great Upgrade!

    Can’t wait to try this baby out! :)

    11/11/2009 10:27 am
  75. esi

    Very good point Michael.

    11/11/2009 2:08 pm
  76. Ben Janke

    What a relief. Did you ever tell us when it’s coming out?

    11/11/2009 6:39 pm
  77. Spida Hunter

    Man, you are all kicking serious ass, this is what I’ve been trying to figure or pay someone to do!!

    11/11/2009 8:04 pm
  78. Rhonda Giarraffa

    Oh YEAH!!! I was just getting ready to drop in on designing a new form from scratch.. I’ll only do one so I can test this bad boy!

    Can’t wait to have life just a little bit easier.

    Thanks Aweber team! You ROCK!

    11/11/2009 8:34 pm
  79. Alex M

    Good to hear this news. Its long overdue to be frank actually. The current design is way too plain and we almost need to customize it before using it.

    Hope the new design offers a variety of customization options.

    11/12/2009 7:53 am
  80. Ed Welch

    Great, It looks really cool. This is why I stick with Aweber. Looking forward to it. Good work guys. Keep it up.

    11/12/2009 2:56 pm
  81. Will

    What a boring video.

    It took 4:51 to tell me you have a new "cool" form designer. You didn’t even show it to us.

    11/12/2009 9:04 pm
  82. Yvonne

    I am glad to hear this news, and I am wondering if and when a better variety of newsletter and other kinds of templates will be available. I have been very tempted to switch to Constant Contact because they have a much more appealing array of templates; and they seem to be the email service provider of choice for the local businesses that actually do any kind of email marketing.

    Since my business is to provide email marketing to local businesses, it’s crucial that I be able to put out attractive html styled newsletters and event announcements. Aweber’s template choices just don’t "rock my boat."

    So, any other, more attractive, more user-friendly newsletter templates coming down the pike too?

    11/13/2009 7:56 am
  83. Mike

    Sounds awesome, can’t wait for this to be released (coming from someone who always seems to manage to screw up html editing of the form lol)

    The sample forms shown looked very nice, awesome job aweber team!

    11/13/2009 4:53 pm
  84. Jerome

    cant wait for this one…i just signed up for your service yesterday.

    i’m a bit struggling since i have an existing squeeze page with forms, how can i link your autoresponder to the existing forms?

    thanks alot.

    11/14/2009 8:04 am
  85. Scot McKay

    Simply awesome.

    Just yesterday I was wondering about why the bar at the top of the popovers had to be medium blue all the time, and today I open up your site and hear about all these terrific enhancements you have on the way.

    Very much looking forward to the improved version and can’t wait to start making good use of them.

    Thanks for answering questions we’re really asking!

    11/16/2009 7:58 am
  86. Martin Leyton ma

    Just watched the preview sounds like there has been a lot of thought that has gone into this new web form. Looking forward to experimenting with the form. That’s what i love about aweber they are always looking for new inventive ways that we can interact with our potential/ customers

    11/21/2009 2:18 am


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