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Create A Basic Form With Text Fields

  1. Open a page.
  2. From the Add A Block menu, select Forms Editor. add form system block
  3. Give your form a name and description. The description will not be visible anywhere on the site. It is used for internal organization only.name form
  4. Click the Edit Form Content link to open the Form Content Editor. 
  5. You will now see the Form Content editor window, which is very similar to the Freeform Block. You can enter regular text here as you would in a freeform block, as well as form fields.form content block
  6. There is a Titan Forms button in your Forms Editor. To add in input type to the form, click the Forms Editor Block icon. forms editor block icon
  7. Upon selecting Titan Forms, the following dialog box appears: select titan form box
  8. To enter a basic Text Box field (default display):
    1. Field Name: This becomes the internal database name for this field. It cannot have any spaces or special characters. Example: Name or Email
    2. Label: This will appear before your form field both in the workstation and on the display site. If a field is required, best practices for accessibility suggest including (required) at the end of this field to ensure this is clearly understood visually and by screen reader users. IN TITAN CMS 7.0 OR NEWER: You don’t need to enter labels separately in the Freeform editor!
    3. Pixel Width/Max Characters: You can leave this at the default. Our styling overrides this field.
    4. Required field: If you want the user to complete this field and receive a message if it is left blank, check this box.
    5. Error Message: Enter the error message you wish to display if there is a problem with the field entry. Error messages must indicate which field is in error. For example, “Email is a required field.”
    6. Validation Type: Use this for Email or Phone numbers. Titan will verify the formatting of the field, if selected.
    7. Click DONE when you’re done. 
  9. Continue to build your form, adding fields for the information you would like to collect. See Form Field Options to read about other field options.
  10. Scroll down in the Titan Forms Editor to find the Submit Button option. For simple forms with button text “Submit”, it is not necessary to add a submit button. Use this if you would like to use different text on the button or have another need that requires customization to the default button. submit button forms
  11. Whatever text you put in the Button Name field will appear as the submission button for your form: submit button icon
  12. Click Done in the Form Content Editor. This will bring you back to the main Forms Editor. Hit Done there as well.
  13. Publish your page. For thank you messages and other follow-up text or page redirects after the form is submitted, see “Post Submit – User View.”

To add other types of form fields, see Form Field Options

Delete A Form Field

  1. Click on the field in the form content.
  2. Select delete on your keyboard. The field will be removed from your form.
  3. Click Save or Publish from the App Ribbon.

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