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Forms are built in your dashboard and embedded on your website, so you can change the fields without touching your site’s code. To create a form:
  1. Log in to your Marzipan account
  2. Navigate to Forms in the main menu
  3. Click the Create form button in the top-right corner

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Building a form

1

Name the form

Give the form a Name so you can find it in the forms list.
2

Set the slug

The Slug identifies the form and is used in the embed code and the API URL. Keep it short and stable - changing it later means updating anywhere you have embedded the form.
3

Choose a type

The Type determines the form’s built-in behaviour:
  • Contact - notifies your staff and creates a thread in Messages
  • Newsletter - subscribes the person to a marketing list
  • Custom - no built-in behaviour
4

Add your fields

Add the fields you want to collect. Each field has:
  • Label - what the customer sees
  • Name - the field’s identifier
  • Type - text, email, phone, textarea, select, checkbox, radio, date or hidden
  • Placeholder - example text shown in the field
  • Required - whether the field must be filled in
  • Options - the choices offered, for select, radio and checkbox fields
Drag fields to reorder them.
5

Write the success message

The Success message is shown to the person after they submit the form.
6

Set the status

Set the Status to active when you are ready for the form to accept submissions, then save.
Decide who gets notified when someone submits the form, and whether to send a confirmation, on the Notifications page.

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Embedding a form

Forms render on your site through the <marzipan-form> web component, using the form’s slug:
See Contact form for the full embed options.