Adding and Editing a List Within a Form in Website Builder
Website Builder lets you build a form that visitors can complete and submit. You can choose from a form template, build your own custom form, or a combination of both.
A form element is part of a form. You must add a form before you can add a form element. For more information about adding a form, see Adding Forms to Your website.
To Add a List as a Form Element
- Log in to your Website Builder account.
- From the Design menu, click Page Designer .
- If necessary, from the Page list, select the page that contains the form you want to edit.
- Click the form you want to edit.
- Go to the Options tab, and then click Edit.
- From the Insert Fields menu, select List, and then click Add.
- In the Enter a label for the new field field, enter a name to display for the list. If you want to assign properties to the list, modify the properties in the List Properties pane.
- When finished, click OK.
To Add Items to a List Form Element
- Log in to your Website Builder account.
- From the Design menu, click Page Designer .
- If necessary, from the Page list, select the page you want to edit.
- Click the form you want to edit.
- Go to the Options tab, and then select Edit Form.
- Click the field you want to edit. The Properties displays on the left.
- Click Advanced Properties.
- To add an item, click Add Single Option. Blank text boxes display beneath the last item in the list, if any.
- To add an item above another item in the list, click the Add a new item above this item button. The Add a new item above this item button is located in the Add column of the list.
- In the Option/Label field, type the item label.
- In the Value field, type the value you want to assign to the item for use in the Website Builder program. By assigning a separate value, you can change the label without changing the value.
- Click Apply.
To Edit an Item in a List form Element
- Log in to your Website Builder account.
- From the Design menu, click Page Designer .
- If necessary, from the Page list, select the page you want to edit.
- Click the form you want to edit.
- Go to the Options tab, and then select Edit Form.
- Click the field you want to edit. The Properties displays on the left.
- Edit the item information.
- Click Apply.
To Rearrange the Order of List Items
- Log in to your Website Builder account.
- From the Design menu, click Page Designer .
- If necessary, from the Page list, select the page you want to edit.
- Click the form you want to edit.
- Go to the Options tab, and then select Edit Form.
- Click the field you want to edit. The Properties displays on the left.
- To move an item down, click the down arrow for the item.
- To move an item up, click the up arrow for the item.
- Click OK.
To Delete Items in List Form Elements
- Log in to your Website Builder account.
- From the Design menu, click Page Designer .
- If necessary, from the Page list, select the page you want to edit.
- Click the form you want to edit.
- Go to the Options tab, and then select Edit Form.
- Click the field you want to edit. The Properties displays on the left.
- Click Advanced Properties.
- Click Advanced Edit.
- From the Edit Content window, click the list to select it.
The List Properties display in the right pane. - Click Advanced Properties. The Edit List window displays.
- To delete a single item, click the Delete button for the item you want to delete. The Delete button is in the Delete column of the list.
- To delete the entire list, click Delete All Options.
- Click OK.
To Set List Properties
- Log in to your Website Builder account.
- From the Design menu, click Page Designer .
- If necessary, from the Page list, select the page you want to edit.
- Click the form you want to edit.
- Go to the Options tab, and then select Edit Form.
- Click the field you want to edit. The Properties displays on the left.
- If necessary, in the Label field, edit the label.
- To change the number of items you want to display at one time, in the Size field, specify the number of rows you want to display.
NOTE: If you specify to display more than one item at a time, you change the list to a multi row list (list box) instead of a single row list. A list box displays on the page, and you can scroll through the items to locate the item you want to select.
- To allow users to select multiple items, select Multiple.
- To require users to make a selection from the list before submitting the form, select Required.
To Set Advanced Properties for Lists
- Log in to your Website Builder account.
- From the Design menu, click Page Designer .
- If necessary, from the Page list, select the page you want to edit.
- Click the form you want to edit.
- Go to the Options tab, and then select Edit Form.
- Click the field you want to edit. The Properties displays on the left.
- Click Advanced Properties.
- To use a pre-defined list, from the Pre-defined List, select the list you want to use.
- Click OK.
