Section Content Blocks
- Matt Kepple
Section Content Blocks (typically called Sections) enable you to divide your Contact Form or Survey into different sections and display a block of additional content below the section’s title
Section Content Blocks in Contact Forms
Create a Section Content Block in a Contact Form
Go to the Create Contact Form or Edit Contact Form page
Click Add new field
A popup appears
Select Add new field
Add the title of the section in the Name field
Add the content you want to display (optional) in the Section text part
Press save
Editing a Section Content Block in a Contact Form
You cannot edit a Section Header directly within a Contact Form.
When you want to edit a Section Header you must
First go to the Edit Contact Bio Form page
To get there from the Contact Bio Form’s profile page: click Edit
To get there from the Homepage, click Designer in the left sidebar → click Forms → you’ll see a table of forms → identify the Contact Bio Form you want to edit and scroll across to the Actions button at the right of the row → click Actions → click Edit
You arrive on the Edit Contact Bio Form page: Remove that Section Header from your Contact Form by clicking the trash icon next to the field
Then create a replacement Section Content Block by clicking the Add a new question or section button → add the details → press save to close the popup
Use drag & drop to reorder the Section Header to the position in the Contact Bio Form you want it to be in
Press save
The different components of a Section Header
There are various components to the Section field which will be discussed here. We will be using this section as an example to identify what each component do.
Internal name of the field (Administrative title)
This field is how the section is saved on the platform. The section will be saved with the name entered here and you will find your section with this name everywhere on the platform. This name is solely for how you want to save the section as on the platform.
E.g., The above section is saved as Food Preference on the platform
How you want the field to appear in this form (Displayed title)
This field is for how the section will be displayed on the contact form. The section added here is the heading of the section.
This is shown everywhere this contact form is used.
E.g., The section header is displayed as “Your Food Preference”
Section text
This is the body of the section. The text entered here is displayed under the header in a smaller font size. You can use the various formatting options present such as Bold, Italics, Underline, Bullet Points etc. to make the section more intuitive.
E.g., The body is shown under the section as below:
Internal and External Descriptions
After adding the section to the form you can add description to the Section. This may help in guiding the person who is completing the form. There are two types of description:
Internal Description: This description is showed to all the members of the organisation. It is shown to your colleagues when they log into their account and see this section.
E.g., This is how the internal description is shown to you and your colleagues:
External Description: This is the description that is shown when the user in not part of an organisation. It is shown to anyone who has link to the signup page.
E.g., For a user with the signup page link, the external description is shown as:
Section Content Blocks in Surveys
Create a Section Content Block in a Survey
Go to the Create Survey or Edit Survey page
Click New Question or Section
A popup loads
Select Section Title
A field appears where you can name your section
And a content box appears where you can add in text and/or a YouTube video link that will be displayed
Editing a Section Content Block in a Survey
On the Survey profile page click the Actions button next to that section
Click Edit in the menu
In the popup: choose the scope of your edit by selecting whether it applies globally or only on this survey. Then make your edits and click Save