Create a Contact Form and add an existing Category field to it

Owned by Matt Kepple
Last updated: Feb 21, 2024
2 min read

You can create your own Contact Forms on Makerble and add a List field to the form

Note: if you are adding a Category field to a Contact Form, you must create the Category field first.

Steps

  1. Select My Apps in the top menu

  2. Scroll to the right and select Contact Forms

  3. You arrive on the Manage Contact Forms page

  4. Click the New Contact Form button

  5. Name your Contact Form

  6. Start by choosing the type(s) of Contact that this form should be used to create (there are four types: Person, Organisation, Animal, and Object)

     

  7. The right section called Your Contact Form displays the fields which are already in your Contact Form. (Every Contact Form has a set of default fields that are added automatically. Those that you can remove have an X symbol next to them.)

  8. You can add existing fields to your Contact Form and/or create new fields to add to the Contact Form.

  9. To add an existing Category Field

  10. The red box contains the filters that determine which fields are available

     

  11. Deselect the different fields until only Category is selected

     

  12. The available fields box in the middle will update to only display the fields that are of the Category type and the Default type

     

  13. The Category fields that your organisation has created are displayed in alphabetical order

  14. Press the Add to form button to add a List field to your Contact Form

     

  15. The fields that you add will appear on the right side.

  16. Scroll to the bottom and press Save.

  17. You arrive on the Manage Contact Forms page

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