Adding and Editing Online Form Sheet Elements


An online form sheet is a menu item type that contains space allocated for notmal content edited in the same way as on ordinary content pages, and space allocated for entry and selection fields, where visitors may enter data. The layout of these sections depends on the page type.

  1. Open the subpage containing the online form sheet.
  2. Click on the EDIT buttoni   on the left side of the user bar.
  3. From the CHOOSE ELEMENT... dropdown list, select the type of entry or selection field you wish to add to the form. The differences between individual entry and selection fields will be explained further on.
  4. Click on the ADD ELEMENTS button. If you wish to add several such fields at the same time, select the number of elements you wish to add before clicking on the ADD ELEMENTS button. 
  5. A new field (element) will be added to the bottom of the area with entry and selection fields.
  6. Move to the bottom of the entry and selection field area and enter the description of the new field (element).
  7. In addition to the name (description), you can also determine additional settings for the entry and selection fields, which depend on the element type. You can access them by pressing the ADDITIONAL ELEMENT SETTINGS button located to the right of the entry/selection field.
  8. After confirming, you can use the REARRANGE button (located in the user bar next to the EDIT button) to change the order of entry fields.

PLEASE NOTE: the information that will automatically be entered in the messages containing the data of the filled-in form and in the messages that can be sent to the people filling in the forms, will be the information that has been added to the online form sheet as elements (entry or selection fields). The content you have entered in the introductory text field wil not be displayed in such data and confirmation messages. If you to display a text both in the online form sheets and in the confirmation messages, then you must enter it by adding a TEXT type field and in then enter the desired content in this newly created field.


Form sheet element settings


You may access additional online form settings by clicking the ADDITIONAL ELEMENT SETTINGS button to the right of the entry/selection field.



A few additional settings are shared by most online form sheet element types, but others depend on the element type. Additional settings specific for individual online form elements are explained with the description of individal element types.


Mandatory

For most entry and selection fields, it is possible to set the following feature: when a user who has not filled in all of the fields tries to send the form, a message will appear saying that mandatory fields have not been filled out.


Layout

You can choose between layout 1 and layout 2. This is the layout of the description in relation to entry or selection fields. In other words, you decide whether the entry or selection field(s) will be next to the field description or underneath it. The default layout is predetermined in the selected online form sheet type page, but can be modified for each separate form element.


Entry field dimensions

It is possible to set the dimensions (width) of entry fields (text, numerical, e-mail). We recommend using the default width. If you wish the entry field to be shorter, enter any width you want, although it must not be greater than the default width.


Description of the various online form sheet elements