How to Add and Manage Different Form Types on Your Site

How to Add and Manage Different Form Types on Your Site

By Michael Chen

March 1, 2025 at 08:21 PM

Forms help collect valuable information from your site visitors. Here's a comprehensive guide to adding different types of forms to your Squarespace site.

Form Blocks

  • Customizable multiple-field forms for collecting general visitor information
  • Ideal for contact forms, surveys, polls, and applications
  • Can be added to Layout Pages, blog posts, footers, and other content areas

Form with submit button

Form with submit button

Newsletter Blocks

  • Collect email addresses for mailing lists and blog subscriptions
  • Customizable to gather names and email addresses or email addresses only
  • Perfect for blog and news pages

Email subscription form

Email subscription form

Additional Newsletter Signup Options

  • Promotional pop-ups for immediate visitor attention
  • Payment page integration for sales-focused lists
  • Cover pages (version 7.0) for under-construction sites

Commerce Forms (Business and Commerce Plans)

  1. Newsletter Signup at Checkout
  • Collect customer emails during payment
  • Build customer base for promotions and updates

Wood service board on table

Wood service board on table

  1. Custom Checkout Form
  • Gather specific order information
  • Ideal for gift messages and delivery instructions

Gift order summary screen

Gift order summary screen

  1. Custom Product Forms
  • Product-specific information collection
  • Perfect for personalization requests

Personalized engraved ring

Personalized engraved ring

Form Storage

  • Most forms require storage selection for submissions
  • Connect to email addresses or third-party services
  • Custom product and checkout forms store information in Order Notification Emails and Order Summaries

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