Forms

A form is built field by field, then placed on any page through the "Form" block. The same form can therefore serve several pages. The initial setup already creates one, complete, along with the contact page.

The fields

Fields are added one by one and reordered by drag and drop: short text, long text, email, number, checkbox, drop-down, and a few others. Each has a label, an internal name and a "required" option.

One field deserves a mention of its own: the captcha. Add it to any form open to the public — without it, bots eventually find it and drown you in automated messages. It is invisible to your visitors, who have neither an image to decipher nor a box to tick.

After the send

• The confirmation message — the text shown to the visitor once their message is gone. They can also be redirected to a thank-you page.
• The emails — a form can send an email on every submission: to you, to be notified, and to the visitor, as an acknowledgement. The content of those emails is written on the form itself, and can echo the values entered.

The messages received

Every send is archived in the form submissions, with the date, the source form and the value of each field. Do not rely on the notification email alone: this is where nothing gets lost, even when an email goes astray.

A form’s title is translated, and its fields are shared across languages: one form therefore serves both versions of the site.