How to create a contact form for a website with Google forms.
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Google Forms is a powerful tool used to create free online surveys and quizzes. However, that’s not all it does. Using this guide, you can create a contact form that can be embedded directly on your website.
Creating a contact form in Google Forms is very simple. Google even has a ready-made template for you to use, which makes your job a lot easier. All you need to do is upload the template, customize it if you want, then embed the form directly on your website. That’s all about it. Let us begin.
Create a contact form
To get started, head over to the home page and place your cursor on the multicolored plus sign (+) in the bottom right corner.
The plus sign turns into a purple pencil and a purple page icon. Click on the purple page icon.
Once the window opens, choose the “Contact Information” template.
Contact form customization
The default template has entries for a name, email, address, phone number, and comments. If there’s anything else you’d like to add to the form, click the plus sign (+) for additional fields or questions.
By default, name, email, and address are required to submit the form. To enable/disable whether a section is required or not, click on the desired field, then toggle the “Required” option on or off.
To change the theme of your form, click the palette at the top of the page to select a header image, main and primary colors, and font. Choose colors from here that match your website theme, as they will appear when you embed the form on your site.
Finally, click the Settings gear to change the behavior of the form when respondents fill it out
The first tab has some settings that you can enable. From here, you can collect email addresses, email a copy of your responses, and limit each person to one submission. You can also choose whether respondents can edit their responses after submitting them or see a summary box at the end of the survey.
Note: If you enable “Limit to 1 response,” the respondent must be signed in with their Google account to access your form. Anyone without a Google account will not be able to submit responses to your forms. Unless you’re sure everyone has a Google account, leave this option off.
The “Submission” tab has a few settings here, but the only one we care about is the confirmation message respondents see after submitting the form. This message will be displayed for people to see after submitting the contact form.
After finishing, press “Save” to confirm the changes and return to your form.
Embed the contact form
Once you have everything perfect on the contact form, click the “Submit” button at the top of the page.
Click the angle brackets tab () and then click “Copy” to copy the embedded HTML to the clipboard.
Now all you have to do is paste the code into the HTML editor of a WordPress page or directly into the .html file on your website where you want the form to appear.
If the size doesn’t look right at first, don’t worry. Just go back and play around with the width and height numbers, and copy the code again until everything looks perfect on your site.
Collecting responses in Google Sheets
One of the best features of Google Forms is that all the collected responses can be sent directly to a Google Sheets spreadsheet. From here, you can use Sheet’s formulas and charts, view responses in real time, and install plugins to further analyze, filter, and manipulate the data.
To set up a spreadsheet for responses, select the “Responses” tab, then click the green Spreadsheets icon.
Then click “Create” to generate a new spreadsheet to store all your answers.
Alternatively, if you already have a spreadsheet that you want the responses to be included in, click “Select Existing Spreadsheet” and follow the instructions. The spreadsheet is saved to your and is available through your as well.
That’s it. Each spreadsheet contains all responses, along with a timestamp of when the survey was completed, making it easy to contact your customers.
