We previously wrote about sending an email containing Pre-populate links to forms as an easy technique for repeat orders. The Pre-populate links can contain the specific user’s information that pre-fills the basic info. The same techniques can apply to a landing page index form that directs users to other forms based on form answers.

This idea allows form owners to create a form to act as a ‘home page’ with choices for visitors to select as the next step. Choosing the next form and clicking the submit button forwards the visitor to the correct next form. Extra content can pass through the Pre-populate link, too.

Formsite’s Workflow feature lets form owners connect forms and pass information between them. This allows for creating a chain of forms with persistent information. Passing answers to previous questions enables common workflows like:

• Approvals
• Repeat orders
• Updating information

Form owners can build these common workflows using the built-in Workflow tools. Not all cases need the online forms Workflow feature, though, and some can do most of the same using other Formsite features.

Formsite forms collect form submissions and saves them as results. Each new submission creates a new result row in the Results Table. To collect results, form visitors view and complete the form.

Getting visitors to the form requires either embedding the form on a site or displaying the form’s link where visitors can see it.

Some ways of getting form results include:

• Sending the form link to an email list
• Posting the form link on an article or social media post
• Use the form’s QR code on printed material
• Display the URL provided by a URL-shortening service

Forms for events are essential at all stages. Examples include event registrations, sample requests, follow-up requests, and post-show surveys. A commonality across all successful event forms is being clear and easy to use.

Events of all kinds share common form needs, like what information to collect and how to grab a visitor’s attention. Those combined attributes make up the concept of ‘engagement’. Making an engaging event form doesn’t have to be rocket science.

Form owners should examine forms receiving fewer complete results than expected. Form visitors can abandon long forms when they’re too long, too hard to understand, or too much effort.

Increasing the forms' completion rates can be a simple matter of simplifying long or complex forms. Use these 5 tips for increasing completion rates for long forms.

Save & Return offers form visitors the ability to log in and save progress of their form, then return in the future. Starting a form before logging in, however, used to mean that the form had to restart after login. To save their answers, form visitors needed to log in first.

That has changed. Formsite's Save & Return now allows form visitors to save their progress at any point in the form completion process.

Formsite forms have gotten a style update! Radio buttons and checkboxes now use custom vector images instead of the browser’s built-in input styles. These new input styles allow us to display a consistent appearance across all system and browser types. Also, mobile and other touch-enabled devices can scale the display to see sharp inputs at all sizes.

Making new forms can cause anxiety for some new form builders who wonder if they’re making the best form possible. The right questions, the right fonts, the right colors -- all can affect the success of the survey or number of submissions. A/B testing lets form owners track the success of changes to the form or survey.

A/B testing means having two or more versions of the form with small differences intended to affect the completion rate. Examples of tests for form differences include:

• Headline changes
• Number of items per page
• Required personal information
• Images and creative layout
• Fonts, field size, button color, etc.

Making online registration forms is easy with Formsite’s templates. Categories include online order form examples, marketing forms, education forms, events, and registration forms. See how to make a signup form fast using registration form templates.

Types of Registration Forms

Registrations can cover activities and events, or individual registrations like application forms. Some of the popular registration form templates are:

• Race Registration
• Activity Registration
• Hotel Reservation
• Subscription Form
• Volunteer Signup
• Scheduling Form
• Conference Registration
• Membership Registration

Many account owner’s duties revolve around managing the service level limits. All Formsite service levels have limits on the number of forms and results allowed. Keeping ahead of the limits means deleting forms and results to make more room. On some occasions, deleted forms occur on accident and need restoring. What happens then?