So, now that your form is up with a drop down menu and a text box to input, you want to have the user click ‘Submit’ and you want to receive the results of his/her input emailed to you?
Very simple, click anywhere in the form area, usually it is outlined with dotted lines.
In the menu go to Insert>Form>Form Properties
The form properties box should appear click the where it says “Send to” and in the text where it says ‘email address:’ input the email address and click OK.
That’s it, pretty simple stuff for getting the form data sent right to your inbox.
Having a drop down menu in your forms is a very convenient way of organizing a big list of options. The steps are easy. First make sure that your already have a form.
1. Click the area in the form where you want to add a drop box.
2. Type some descriptive text next to where you want the drop down menu to appear.
3. in the menu bar click insert>form>drop-down box.
4. You should now have the drop down box where you want, double click the drop down box in your form and you should get a popup.
5. Give your drop down box a name in the name area.
6. Next click add ,a popup should appear this is where you are going to add choices for the drop down.
7. If you want the value to be different , select ’specify value’
8. Initial state, choose whether you want to have it automatically selected or not.
9. Repeat the previous steps and add as many choices as needed.
10. When your done, you can specify the height, which determines the amount of options the visitor will see without hitting the drop down button.
11. Click yes or no to allow your visitor to select more than one item from the menu.
12. Click ok to confirm all your settings and preview to make sure your happy with your drop down.
Forms are one of the most important parts of your website. It bridges your visitor and you, there are many options for forms in frontpage, so we’ll start with the basics.
- Click the location where you want the form to appear.
- In the menu bar click insert>form>form
The form will appear with the default reset and submit button. To increase the size of the form, put your mouse anywhere inside the form and click “enter” until you get it to the size you want.
To change the text on the submit or reset button double click it, a box should pop up. Where it says value/label enter what you want to name it there and click ok.
Now, adding a text box to your form:
The text box is the centerpiece of any form, to add one click any where in the form where you want to add one. In the toolbar go to insert>form>textbox
Just as you did changing the name of the submit and reset buttons, you can double click the textbox to change its properties. Let’s do that now,
When the popup box appears, lets give it a name, initial value is optional, whatever you input there will appear automatically when the page loads.
Repeat these steps for as many text boxes as you need. Now once that is done, we can format the submit button.
