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Creating Signup Forms

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Signup Forms are standalone web pages with a unique URL, that you can share online or add to an email signature to attract new subscribers or use them as any form on your website. With signup forms, you don't need a server to host the form on, because DreamCampaigns hosts it for you.

Signup Forms Features
  • Signup Forms are responsive, which makes them a look great on all devices.
  • They are customizable forms. Add as many different fields to collect the information you want from your new contacts.
  • Our contact forms use invisible ReCaptcha technology which not only makes your forms spam free but also attractive.
  • Get notified every time someone fills out a contact form via email with all the details about the form which was submitted.

 

Create a Signup Form

To set up a signup form for one of your lists:

  1. Click Forms under Smart Capture navigation.
  2. Select the relevant client from the breadcrumbs navigation link, if you have multiple clients.
  3. Click New Form button.
  4. Enter a name for the form, select Active and choose a list from the drop down.
  5. You can also choose a background color for your form to match your website.
  6. Under Form Options, select the options you would like for this form.
  7. More tabs will appear based on your chosen options above. 
  8. Click Save & Exit.

 

Build a Signup Form

Once you have created your form, it's time to build the fields for the form. On the Forms page select  Form Builder from the action drop down for the form you just created.

You can import any fields from other forms by selecting it from the Previous Questions and the form language from the Language dropdown.

To add fields to your form, simply drag & drop desired field type from the right sidebar to left. There are a lot of field types to choose from, choose a Header type to add a header text to your form or Paragraph to add a simple text to the form . Once you have dragged a field, you can choose to customize the field by making it required, adding a label and setting a validation type. You can also select the Capture Answer checkbox (if it's not a custom field) so that you'll be able to segment your list based on the values in this filed. If you select a Custom Field type you need to select which custom field the form field belongs to.

In image below we have selected a custom field type and mapped it to Mobile custom field:

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Once you have selected all the form elements for your form page, you can preview it by clicking the preview button, then click Save.

 

How to use Forms in your website

There are 3 ways you can add a Form to your website, choose the one that fits your needs.

  1. Click Forms under Smart Capture navigation.
  2. Select the relevant client from the breadcrumbs navigation link, if you have multiple clients.
  3. Select Implement from the action dropdown next to the form.
  4. The Implementation Guide popup will appear.