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How Do I Collect More Than Just Name and Email Address?


The web form generator can help you collect up to 25 custom fields in addition to the standard name and email address. These fields can be whatever information you would like, and you can incorporate drop down menus, radio buttons, check boxes, and larger text areas if you so desire.

Step By Step Instructions


  1. First, click the web forms tab in your control panel.


  2. Next, either open your existing form by clicking on its name on the left, or click "Create Web Form" to build a new form.


  3. To create the new field, click the "Create a New Field" button under the Fields area to the left of the web form editor.


  4. Give the field a name (keep in mind, you are the only one who will see this, so "phone" makes a better name than "What is the best number at which to reach you?"), and click the button.


  5. After naming the field, the popup will allow you to change how the field appears to visitors to your site. You can edit the label for the field here - notice how the name of the field remains the same (at the top, next to the pencil), but the label is what is actually displayed on the form.

  6. Finally, choose the type of field you'd like this to be:



    • The default field type, "Text Input" will create a normal text field, exactly like the name and email fields.



    • "Select box" will create a drop down menu which you can populate with a list of choices that visitors to your site can select.



    • "Radio" is the counterpart to the drop down menu, producing a radio button display from which subscribers can choose one of several options.



    • "Check Box" will produce a check box next to the label of the field. Note that if you plan to have a "Check all that apply" setup, you will need to create a new field for each check box.



    • "Text area" creates an open space for text. This field is best used with more open ended questions which might require a full sentence as an answer.



    • "Date" will create between one and three select box style drop down menus for day, month, and year, allowing a date to be easily collected!
  7. If you chose the Radio or Select Box input types, you will need to create the choices that you would like people to be able to make. You can either create your own list of choices by entering them one at a time and hitting the green plus button to the right of the entry to add it, or you can use an already-defined list from the drop down labeled "Premade Choices."


  8. Once you are done creating new fields, you are ready to save your changes. Just click the button, and your work will be saved.


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