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Get started in three steps

Create an account and get started in three easy steps

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Step 1: Create a new Form configuration

  1. Click New Form at the top right of your dashboard.
  2. Enter a name for your form. This will also be used in the subject line of notification emails.
  3. Select a response type.
    1. For simple forms, select Redirect and enter a success URL and a Failure URL.
    2. You can also select JSON Response to get a JSON response after submission, or none if you are using more advanced implementatoins
  4. Click Create Form to save your form configuration.
Make sure your form is set to Active.
At this point you are ready to proceed to Step 2, but if you would like to Learn more about other form configurations and settings, check out our Form Configuration guide.

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Step 2: Add a form to your static website or landing page

  • To will need your form’s Action URL to connect your form to Crunchforms. This URL consists of the base URL https://crunchforms.com/form/ followed by your unique {formID}.
  • Your formID is listed beside your form name on the dashboard, and can easily be copied by clicking the copy icon.
  • You can copy the full Action URL by clicking the Copy Action URL button in drop down menu next to your form in the dashboard.
Add a simple form to your website and use your Action URL as the form’s action attribute.
basic-form.html
<form 
    action="https://crunchforms.com/form/{formID}" 
    method="post"
> 
	<label for="email">Please Enter Your Email</label> 
	<input name="email" type="email" id="email" /> 
	<button type="submit">Submit</button> 
</form>
Or simply post JSON data to the Action URL. Check out our API documentation for more details.

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Step 3: View and manage submissions

From your Crunchforms dashboard, you will see a list of the forms you’ve created, including a count of how many unready (new) submissions that form has.Click on the form name or the View button to see all submissions for that form.Click on a submission or the submission’s View button to see the full details of that submission.
Opening a submission to view its details will automatically mark it as read. You can also mark it as read without opening it by clicking the Unread/Read icon beside the submission in the list. Clicking the icon again will toggle it back to unread.
To archive a submission, click the action dropdown next to the submission, or at the bottom of the submission detail modal. Click the Archive button when viewing the submission details.
This will remove the submission from your form’s submission list!
You can easily export your submission data as Excel, CSV, or JSON
  1. From your dashboard, click on the form you would like to export to view the list of submissions.
  2. Click the button at the top right of your form’s submission list.
  3. Select Export to Excel, Export to CSV, or Export to JSON from the dropdown menu.
You can easily monitor your plan’s usage from your dashboard.Scroll to the bottom of the dashboard. You will see two usage stats:
  • Submissions used that month, out of your plan’s monthly allowed submissions.
  • Forms created, out of your plan’s total allowed number of forms.

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Next steps

Explore advanced configurations and features:

Set up a Honeypot Field

Get easy protection agains simple bots using a hidden field

Set up Cloudflare Turnstile

Advanced bot protectionion using Cloudflare Turnstile

Use Environments

Explore advanced methods using eviromenents to manage build, test, and protection forms

Add additional email addresses

Add and verify additional email addresses to receive form submission notifications

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