Contact Form Management Field Documentation

Introduction

Group Package 1 websites contain a mix of default verbiage and imagery, with your group's details. This is managed for you by Scouts Online. There is no ability change the settings.

If you'd like to upgrade to a higher package level, please contact us.

Contact Form Management gives you the ability to create your own contact forms to use in any Contact Form module.

Your website package level does not include this feature. If you'd like to upgrade to a higher package level, please contact us.

User-defable Contact Forms,created in Contact Form Management, include lots of field types to control the details entered by the website visitor.

Field Types

The following panels show details of each field type. Click on a panel to see how to configure the field type.

Single Line Text Field

This field type can be used to capture text details.

This field type includes the following settings:

Field Name to display next to the field
Width to make the field smaller
The Form Submitter 'First Name' and/or 'Surname' fields should ticked if the field is the name of the person filling in the form
The Applicants Name should be ticked in the field is the name of the person applying to join
The Column No. to position the field in
Mandatory Field to force the website visitor to complete this field

Fig. 1: Single Line Text Field

Multi-Line Text Field

This field type can be used to capture text details in a block (E.g. an address).

This field type includes the following settings:

Field Name to display next to the field
Width to make the field smaller
Height sets the height of the text field
The Column No. to position the field in
Mandatory Field to force the website visitor to complete this field

Fig. 1: Multi-Line Text Field

Drop Down List Selection

This field type displays a list for the website visitor to select from.

This field type includes the following settings:

Field Name to display next to the field
The Options List holds the information shown in the list. See Contact Form
Tick Form Recipient if the user selected should receive a copy of the form email
Tick Move Section if the value selected is a 'Section' within your contact form
The Column No. to position the field in
Mandatory Field to force the website visitor to complete this field

Fig. 1: Drop Down List Selection

Multiple Choice

This field type displays a list of tick boxes to select one.

This field type includes the following settings:

Field Name to display next to the field
The Options List holds the information shown in the list. See Contact Form
Tick Form Recipient if the user selected should receive a copy of the form email
The Column No. to position the field in
Mandatory Field to force the website visitor to complete this field

Fig. 1: Multiple Choice

Multi-Select List

This field type displays a list of tick boxes to select one or many.

This field type includes the following settings:

Field Name to display next to the field
The Options List holds the information shown in the list. See Contact Form
Tick Form Recipient if the users selected should receive a copy of the form email
The Column No. to position the field in
Mandatory Field to force the website visitor to complete this field

Fig. 1: Multi-Select List

Email Address

This field type can be used to capture an email address.

This field type includes the following settings:

Field Name to display next to the field
Width to make the field smaller
The Form Submitter 'First Name' and/or 'Surname' fields should ticked if the field is the name of the person filling in the form
Tick Form Recipient if the user selected should receive a copy of the form email
Tick Verify Email if you want to check the website visitor's identity. It will display a button for the visitor to click and receive a code in an email to enter
The Column No. to position the field in
Mandatory Field to force the website visitor to complete this field

Fig. 1: Email Address

Date

This field type can be used to capture a date.

This field type includes the following settings:

Field Name to display next to the field
The Column No. to position the field in
Mandatory Field to force the website visitor to complete this field

Fig. 1: Date

Date and Time

This field type can be used to capture a date and time.

This field type includes the following settings:

Field Name to display next to the field
The Column No. to position the field in
Mandatory Field to force the website visitor to complete this field

Fig. 1: Date and Time

Column Width Text Label

This field type displays a paragraph of text across the width of the column.

This field type includes the following settings:

Field Name to display next to the field
Text to display
The Column No. to position the field in

Fig. 1: Column Width Text Label

Field Width Text Label

This field type displays a field name, which can be left blank, and text in place of a details field.

This field type includes the following settings:

Text to display
The Column No. to position the field in

Fig. 1: Field Width Text Label

Spacer

This field displays a blank line to separate the fields above and below.

This field type includes the Column No. to position the field.

Fig. 1: Spacer

Spacer Line

This field displays a line separator.

This field type includes the Column No. to position the field.

Fig. 1: Spacer Line

Options List Types

The 'Drop Down List Selection', 'Multiple Choice' and 'Multi-Select List' field types include pre-populated lists, based on your website or Scouting information.

The options list types below are those that are applicable for GroupDistrict County websites.

Click on a panel to see how the option list type works.

Manually Created List

This options list type displays a manually created list of options.

To setup a list, follow these steps:

If you want to base your list on one of the other Options List, select that Options List type and then re-select 'Manually Created List'. Click to remove the settings.
Add text in the Name
A Value is only required if you are using the Move Section feature to move to a form section based on the option selected
Tick the Correct field is you are creating a quiz, and that line is the correct answer to the question
Use the button to add more option lines
Use the button to delete an option line
Use the and buttons to move option lines up and down

Fig. 1: Manually Created List settings

Fig. 2: Manually Created List field

List of Districts

This options list type displays a list of Districts in your Scout County.

Fig. 1: List of Districts settings

Fig. 2: List of Districts field

List of Districts + Add DLV to Form Recipients

This options list type displays a list of Districts in your Scout County.

The selected District's Lead Volunteer will also receive a copy of the resulting form email.

Fig. 1: List of Districts settings

Fig. 2: List of Districts field

List Of Groups

This options list type displays a list of Groups in your District County.

Fig. 1: List Of Groups settings

Fig. 2: List Of Groups field

List of Groups + Add GLV to Form Recipients

This options list type displays a list of Groups in your District County.

The selected Group's Lead Volunteer will also receive a copy of the resulting form email.

Fig. 1: List Of Groups settings

Fig. 2: List Of Groups field

List of Section Types

This options list type displays a list of Scouting section types.

This will only display sections that you have in your Group. District. County.

Fig. 1: List of Section Types settings

Fig. 2: List of Section Types field

List of Section Types with Age Ranges

This options list type displays a list of Scouting section types with age ranges.

This will only display sections that you have in your Group. District. County.

Fig. 1: List of Section Types with Age Ranges settings

Fig. 2: List of Section Types with Age Ranges field

List of Sections in Group

This options list type displays a list of drey's, colonies, packs, troops and units in your group.

Fig. 1: List of Sections in Group settings

Fig. 2: List of Sections in Group field

List of Sections in Group with Age Range

This options list type displays a list of drey's, colonies, packs, troops and units in your group with age range.

Fig. 1: List of Sections in Group with Age Range settings

Fig. 2: List of Sections in Group with Age Range field

Fig. 1: List of Sections in Group with Age Range settings

Fig. 2: List of Sections in Group with Age Range field

List of Sections in Group with Meeting Times

This options list type displays a list of drey's, colonies, packs, troops and units in your group with meeting times.

Fig. 1: List of Sections in Group with Meeting Times settings

Fig. 2: List of Sections in Group with Meeting Times field

List of Scout Roles

This options list type displays a list of Scout role names.

Fig. 1: List of Scout Roles settings

Fig. 2: List of Scout Roles field

List of Members of Specific Team

This options list type displays a list of members of a specific team.

Select the Team to display in the list. In Fig. 1, this is set to 'Trustee Board'

Fig. 1: List of Members of Specific Team settings

Fig. 2: List of Members of Specific Team field

List of Website Users

This options list type displays a list of your website users.

Fig. 1: List of Website Users settings

Fig. 2: List of Website Users field

List of Adult Training Modules

This options list type displays a list of adult training modules.

Fig. 1: List of Adult Training Modules settings

Fig. 2: List of Adult Training Modules field

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