Online forms that collect orders and payments need clear logic and designs. Formsite’s online form builder gives form owners easy tools for calculating orders. Order forms let visitors choose quantities and options, then raise or lower the total amount when needed. Order form discounts and additions let form owners include tax, automate coupons, and more.
Online forms use input fields to collect visitor answers. Each form item uses either a text box or multi-select method to collect the answers. The questions display in the items’ label on the form and column headers in the Results Table. Formsite’s Results Labels let you customize those questions and column headers for more useful results.
Form results appear in the form’s Results Table as rows representing each separate submission. Every input item in the form has its own column and the items’ label is the column header. Sometimes the item’s question has text that makes it harder to use in the Results Table, or even no text.
Website owners use online forms for many purposes including registrations, orders and payments, and contact forms. One feature shared by virtually all forms is the need to send email after submitting the form. Formsite makes it fast and easy for site owners to add a website email form.
The Results Table includes the data submitted through the form. The data includes the form visitors’ choices, text answers, and files uploaded to the form. Export uploaded files to keep files safe and organized, and to stay within the Formsite service level limits.
Adding the File Upload item to the form lets visitors include attached files to their form result. When the form receives the new result containing an attached file, Formsite saves the file and the link to the file appears in the result row.
One feature of Formsite online forms is the ability to add images to make forms more interesting and useful. For example, adding an organization’s logo or photo of products helps visitors know that they’re in the right place. Formsite provides 3 ways to add images using our form builder.
These items give form owners the ability to include images on the form depending on the specific need. Each item displays images in its own way and is designed for different applications.
A popular feature for Formsite form owners is the Results Docs, which creates a document from individual results. The Results Docs feature evolved over time to support PDF and Word document templates and merged data from each result. A limitation of PDF and Word templates is the inability to include uploaded images. The Custom PDF Results Doc format solves that problem with the ability to include images in Results PDF files.
As we head into summer, many community organizations use Formsite to sign up for events. Example events include summer camp, vacation bible school, and other extended adventures. Formsite has online form templates that include simple waiver text and other items used with registration forms.
Form elements like Radio Buttons and Checkboxes get their basic styles from the browser. These input items follow standardized rules for collecting form answers. For example, Radio Buttons only allow one choice per group and Checkboxes allow for checking and unchecking more than one. Sometimes these standard input items benefit from custom styles to make them more interesting or user friendly.
Auction forms come with special considerations for form owners. Silent auctions are those that collect bids without knowing what everyone else bids. The person with the highest bid gets contacted after the auction completes and they typically don’t know by how much they won.
Collecting bids on products and services works by adding a Number item and letting visitors enter their bid. Adding a small amount of Javascript turns the silent auction into a live auction by displaying the highest bidder.
Formsite online form templates help form owners create new forms fast. The list of templates includes forms by type and by industry, which makes browsing them easy. Membership templates give organizations a fast and easy start for building online forms.
Examples of membership forms include: