Introducing Form Layouts
We’re pleased to now support two form layouts.
Question (a.k.a. field name) and input field aligned horizontally (default):
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Question and input field aligned vertically:
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Which Layout Should You Use?
Most people find web forms designed with the first layout clearer and easier to read. That’s why we use it by default whenever you create a form.
The best layout to use depends on the length of the questions asked on the form.
- When a form is made of short questions like name or email address, prefer the first layout. This is what you should use, for example, for contact forms.
- When the form contains longer questions like Why do you want to work for us?, you should rather use the second layout. It turns out that you should use the second layout for most complex forms like web surveys and job application forms.
How to Change the Layout of a Form
You can change the layout of a form in the form details page. Note that if you’re using a form widget embedded into your site, you must update the HTML code on your site whenever you switch layout.
This is simply because the layout affects the size of the form. Forms accessed by their FormSmarts.com URL don’t have this restriction.
Any Feedback About Form Layouts?
We welcome your feedback about this feature.
Posted by FormSmarts on
Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 7:38 am in HTML form.
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7 Responses to “Introducing Form Layouts”
Great forms, but your code doesn’t validate as XHTML 1.0 Transitional.
Steve,
The form code is currently “HTML 4.01 Transitional”. Embedded forms are full HTML documents separate from the host page, with their own document type.
It would be really good to have the option of a serifed font (Times being the obvious choice). I use serifed fonts a lot, and the form’s Arial (It’s Arial, right?) doesn’t look so great in that setting.
I am new to your service, although i love it. BY FAR THE BEST FORM SERVICE on the entire internet. the only issue I’m running into is when I try to change they format on the form it ALWAYS says timed out and will never let me change it. any ideas?
Jon,
We’ll eventually let you use your own CSS so you may change whatever you want in the look of your forms.
Ryan,
That functionality was unavailable for a short time due to a maintenance operation. There was a notice on the Form Details screen.
Great! I reckon that (CSS control) will mean it really won’t ever be worth my while to figure out PHP form handlers for myself when I can just keep paying you guys a modest sum to do it for me.
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