This section will walk you through creating a very basic Form.  

 

When you first open the program, you are greeted with a blank canvas.  You can adjust the size of the canvas by dragging each edge.  

 

1. To begin, let's add a title to our Form.  To do this, click the Text button .  You will see a text object appear on your blank canvas which looks like this .  To edit the text in the Text object, look to the right control panel.  In the lower section, you will see "Your Text,"  enter E-MAIL FORM.  You can choose any Font Face available on your computer but lets stick with Arial for now.  Select Font Color and choose a blue color. Now Choose a Large Font Size.  You will now have form that resembles the one below.

 

 

2.  Just for an added bit of spice, lets add an image to the Form.  Click the  button and choose Email-1.jpg.  Position the image in the top left corner of the Form and move the Text object to the right.  You can drag both objects to any location on the Form you want.  Your result should appear like this.

 

 

3.  Easy so far, now lets add a bit of content to the Form.  Add a Text object like we did above and change the Font Size to small and the Font Color to black.  Enter this text "Would you like to receive our newsletter?"  Now position the text further down the Form below the E-mail image.  This is what you should now have.

 

 

4. We will now add two radio buttons to the Form, one for Yes one for No.  Click the  button twice and drag the two buttons down below your question from above.  You will also want to change the Label on each button to Yes and No.  Also on both buttons, make sure Radio Group is set to Group 1.  Finally on the Yes button, make sure Checked, is selected this will automatically check the Yes button when your form is displayed.  You should now have a form that looks like this.

 

 

5.  Now we will need to add another Text object to our Form.  You will want to keep the Font Size Small and the color black.  Type "Enter your E-mail Address" in the Your Text field. Also, check the "E-mail Address Field," this will be used as the From: address when you receive the e-mail with the Form results. Now position the text below the Radio buttons.  You will also want to insert an Input Box  into your form.  Drag all these items below the Radio buttons.  Also drag the right edge of the Input Box further to the right to accommodate longer e-mail addresses.  Your results should appear like this.

 

 

6. Now lets add a Drop Down menu.  Once again add a text area and drag it down below the Input Box.  If you haven't already noticed, Text objects are used a lot in Forms.  Keep the same Font Size and Color  and type "How did you hear about us?" into the Text field.  Now click the  button and drag the new object below the text you just entered.  We will need to populate the drop down menu with several items.  In the right panel, look for the  button and click on it.  The window below will appear.

 

 

Enter one item per line and add as many items as you want.  I have added three here for the example.  When you have added all your items, click the OK button.

 

Your Form will now appear like this.

 

 

6. Finally, you will need to add a Submit Button, these are necessary if you want to receive the information the visitor entered. Click the  button drag the submit button below all your other information.  The design portion of your Form is now complete and your end result looks like this.

 

 

7.  We now need to enter the information into the Form E-Mail Settings area.  Look in the right-hand column and click on this icon.    You will see a window like the one below open.  Fill in the fields with your information and click the OK button. It is possible to send the results to multiple e-mail addresses, just enter each e-mail address and separate them with a comma.

 

 

8.  Now you just need to upload the Form to your site.  Click the  button and enter in your FTP information. If you have not saved your Form yet, you will be asked to before you can upload it.  If you are not familiar with uploading, take a look here. 

 

IF YOU DO NOT UPLOAD ALL THE FILES, YOUR FORM WILL NOT WORK PROPERLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Now that your files have been uploaded, navigate to the page with your browser and take a look.

 

NOTE: If you use an FTP Client other then the one in our program, the files have to be uploaded in Binary mode. If you are writing to a text file, the permissions on that file need to be set to 666.

 

If you have any questions about Buttons for Form Settings you will be able to find your answers in other sections of the Help file.  I would visit this section first, if you want to learn more.