Create a website sign up form
Create the form:
Note: this functionality requires the Database Marketing tool.
- Click on "Settings" from within thewebconsole.
- In the left menu click on the Contact Database tab and then Website Signup Forms option.
- Add a signup form by clicking the blue Add Sign-Up Form button and enter the following details:
Form Name: The name you want the form to have.
Form Heading: The heading to display on the form.
Form Description: A description of the form.
Lock Form: Select whether or not you want the client to be able to delete the form.
How will this form be used: Select whether the form will be added to this website, a third-party website or as a pop-up on the website.
After a Contact Signs Up: Select whether you will Show a confirmation message, Redirect to a page on my website or Redirect to a URL.
Send a Notification Email: Select Yes or No.
Group Subscriptions: Select which groups your contacts join when they sign up.
Spam Verification: Tick Yes or No (we recommend Yes). - Click Next which takes you to the Select Fields page. These are the fields that you want the contact to fill in on the form. Add or delete fields and also change the sort order of the fields in the order you wish the fields to be filled in.
- When you are happy with the fields proceed to the last stage of the form which is to create the HTML code to place on your website.
Add the form to a page (Old Editor)
You can add the form to any website you wish by copying the code into the HTML code of the page you want it to appear on. If your website is on our old editor, you can add it easily by:
- Click on the "Manage Pages" and then "Content Pages" menu item in the "Website" side of thewebconsole.
- Click on "Edit" next to the page you want to add the form to (or if you don't have a page, click on the "Add a Page" button).
- Click on the "Source" button in the top right hand area of the toolbar.
- Paste the code into the page by right clicking on the page and selecting the "Paste" option that appears or just press "Ctrl + V" ("Cmd + V" on Mac) when your cursor is placed where you want the code.
Test the page to ensure it works as desired.
Add the form to a page (Drag & Drop)
You can add the form to any website you wish by copying the code into the HTML code of the page you want it to appear on. If your website is on our newer, drag and drop editor, you can add it easily by:
- Click on the "Manage Pages" and then "Content Pages" menu item in the "Website" side of thewebconsole.
- Click on "Edit" next to the page you want to add the form to (or if you don't have a page, click on the "Add a Page" button).
- If you already have a section where you would like your website sign up form placed you can simply drag a text box into the section and follow the steps below, otherwise drag out a section to the desired place from your drag and drop menu on the left hand side of your page.
- Hover your mouse over the text box and click the pencil on the right hand side to edit the text box.
- Click on the "Source" button in the top right hand area of the text box.
- Paste the code into the page by right clicking on the page and selecting the "Paste" option that appears or just press "Ctrl + V" ("Cmd + V" on Mac) when your cursor is placed where you want the code.
Test the page to ensure it works as desired.
Last Modified: 16 August 2022