• The Free version allows you to create one Form with an Unlimited number of Fields, Rows and Submits! 
• No Login or Registration required for the Free version!  The system uses cookies to bypass a standard login or registration. 
• The Online Form Designer and its features are available on one page.  
• The Page is split into a Form, Field, Publish and Preview Panel. 
• To Expand or Collapse a panel click it's Title or anywhere on the Red or Black bars. 
• You can Toggle the visibility of a Panel to suit your needs.
• Click a Pencil to edit a Form or Row Name.
• Click an Icon next to a Field Name to edit its Properties.

1. To the left of your Form Name is a Pencil icon. Click the Pencil to load the Form into the Online Designer.
2. To the right of your Form Name is a Red Checkmark.  Click the Red Checkmark to save any change to the Form Name.
3. To the right of the Red Checkmark is the Trash icon.  Click the Trash icon to remove the Form.  Note: Once a Form is removed, it can not be restored.
4. The grid also displays Templates.  Templates may be merged into an existing Form.  You may insert many Templates into a Form.
   To the left of the Template Name is the Preview icon.  Click the Preview icon to load display it in a window.  Close the window when you are finished with the Preview.
5. To the right of the Template Name is the Merge icon.  Click the Merge icon to append the Template design to your Form. The Fields in the merged Template may be customized to suit the needs of your Form. 

A Form may have an unlimited number of Rows.  A Row may have an unlimited number of Fields!  Grouping Related Fields on a Row allows you to create Compact Forms.  In addition to Grouping Related Fields, the Dynamic Repeater Technology allows a Customer to Insert Multiple Rows of Information from a Row of Fields! This allows you to Capture More with Less!

1. To the left of a Row Name is a Pencil. Click the Pencil to display the Fields in the Row. 
2. To the right of a Row Name is a Red Checkmark.  Click the Red Checkmark to save the Row Name, Limit, Field Direction and Row Name Visibility.
3. To the right of the Red Checkmark is a Trash icon.  Click the Trash icon to remove the Row.  Note: Once a Row is removed it can not be restored. 

Grouping Related Fields on a Row has it's advantages.  FormThis Exclusive Dynamic Repeater Technology allows your Customer to insert many Rows of Information from the initial Row of Fields.  The Repeater Technology allows you to create Forms to accept multiples of anything.  Multiples appear in a grid (like a spreadsheet) below the initial set of Fields. 

1. Click a Pencil icon next to a Row Name.
2. Next to the Row Name is the Repeater Limit. Selecting a Number greater than 1 allows the Customer to insert additional rows of information from the initial set of Fields. 
3. By default the Repeater Limit is set to 3.  Instructions for the Customer appear below the Row of Fields when the Repeater Limit is greater than 1.  the Customer (To Insert Multiple Rows of Information, click the Red Checkmark). 
4. Selection of 1 in the Repeater Limit list disables the Dynamic Repeater.  The instructions are hidden.

Try it!

1. In the Preview panel insert a value into a Field. 
2. Click the Red Checkmark. 
3. Move your mouse pointer over the Red Checkmark. The Tooltip indicates the number of Rows that may be inserted. 
4. Change the value in the Field, then click the Red Checkmark to insert another record. 
5. Each row in the dynamic repeater includes a Trash icon.  Click a Trash icon to remove a Field.

Note: The Dynamic Repeater captures information from Input type Fields.  For example the Repeater will accept input from a Textbox or Pick List. 

You may have an unlimited number of Fields on a Row; however take care when designing your Forms that avoid scrolling left or right.  Fields may be displayed horizontally on a Row or vertically with each Field on a separate Row (like our competition).  The Field panel allows you to modify Field Properties, Add, Remove and change there order in a Row.

1. Click the Pencil next to a Row Name to display Fields in the Row.  They appear in the Field panel.
   An Icon representing a Field in the Row appears to the left of the Field Name. 
2. Click the Icon to load the Field Properties into a popup window. Modify Properties for the Widget as required. 
3. Click the Save Changes button in the popup window to save and close the window.
4. Click the Add Field button in the footer of the Field grid.  Available Widgets appear in a grid to the right of Fields.
   To the right of an Icon representing a Widget is a Quantity pick list.  Select the number of Fields required.  Tip: Too many fields on a Row may require the Customer to scroll left or right while entering information into the Form.  Please keep this in mind when inserting many Fields on a Row.
   To the left of the Quantity pick list is the Rank.  The Rank tells the system to insert Widgets in a specific order in the Row.  For example if you wanted to insert a Hyperlink before a Textbox select a Rank of 1 for the Hyperlink and 2 for the Textbox.
5. Click the Insert button to append Widgets to the Row.  

1. Click the Pencil icon next to a Row Name to display Fields.  They appear in the Field panel.
2. To the left of a Field Name is an Icon representing a Widget, in the Row.  Click the Icon to load the Properties window.
   Modify Properties for the Widget as required. 
3. Click the Save Changes button in the popup window to save and close the window.  

The Online Form Designer automatically loads the Publish panel with many default values.  
Important: The most important setting to change is the Send Results to this Email Address...

1. To Expand or Collapse a Panel, click the Red or Black bars.  Click the Publish bar to display the Settings.
2. Change the Send Results to this Email Address, to your Email Address.  When your Customer submits a Form, the results are instantly shipped to the Email Address.  Results in the Email may be imported into a spreadsheet or database for analysis.

Optional Settings...

1. To Expand or Collapse a Panel, click the Red or Black bars.  Click the Publish bar to display the Settings.
2. By default the Form Expiry Date is the Form Creation Date plus One Year.  Click the Calendar Icon to change the Form Expiry Date.  Tip:  If a Form URL is available to Customers and you would like to disable the Form, set the Expiry Date to a prior date.  The Form is disabled.  This allows you to modify the Form Design and then enable the Form for data entry at a later date.
3. By default the Submit Button Text is set to Submit.  You may change the text to suit.
4. By default the On submit redirect user to this web address is set to http://www.formthis.com .  You may change the web address to suit.  Make sure you enter the http:// in the web address textbox.
5. By default the Send Results in Table or Tab Delimited Format is set to Table.  Currently the Beta version offers Table format. 
6. By default the Lock Form via a Cookie or from the system is set to Never Expires.   The following outlines the different settings...
   • Never Expires: There is no limit to the number of times the Form is submitted by a Customer. 
   • Lock for 1 Day, 7 Days, 30 Days or 1 Year: Once a Customer submits a Form, they are locked from submitting the Form for the period of time indicated in the Lock pick list.
   • Lock after Submit:  Once a Customer submits a Form they are permanently locked out from submitting the Form.
   • Create New URL checkbox: This feature allows you to set the Form to automatically expire.  If the Form is available to Customers and you change the Unique URL the Form expires.  Customers will see a Form Expired page.  At a later date you may re-issue the new Form URL to your Customers.
     By default the Click the Hyperlink to try your Form is available to test the Form design in the 'production' environment.  This is the URL you could distribute to your Customers.
7. By default the Copy URL and distribute in an Email is available.  With your Mouse highlight the text and copy it.  Paste the text into an Email for distribution to your Customers.  Optionally you could save the URL in a file on your local personal computer for future inclusion in an Email Campaign or Paper based advertisement.
8. By default the Embed Form as a Hyperlink in a Web Page textbox is loaded with the HTML code to insert a Link to the Form.  Copy and Paste the Hyperlink code into your Web page, Blog, etc.
9. By default the Use an IFRAME to embed the Form in a Web Page textbox is loaded with the HTML code to embed the Form in your Web Page.  It is highly recommended that the IFRAME in your web page is sized to avoid any scrolling by the Customer.  Scrolling of the Form cause visibility problems of the Form in the IFRAME.
10. Click the Save Changes button to save any changes in the Publish panel. 
     

The Preview panel on the Form Designer page displays the Form during design. 

1. By default if you set a Textbox Field as Required, the Field Validation is disabled in the Preview panel.  This allows you to work with the Form design without a prompt to update a field in the Form Preview.
2. By default the Submit button in the Preview panel will send results from the Form in Table format.

The Form view available as a hyperlink in the Publish panel opens up into a New Window.  This is a fully functioning view of the Form.  All settings made in the Online Form Designer are available in the Form view.  This is the same view your Customer will see.