The new Forms module is a worthy successor to Forms Manager. Our developers created it with the intentions to keep (and improve!) the features you love as well as deliver a streamlined experience for admins and users alike. We also wanted to bring you the core functionality as soon as it was ready, while continuing to research and develop certain other features to make sure we get them right.
For both these reasons, there are differences between the two modules, which are outlined in the table below.
| Feature | Forms | Forms Manager |
What's improved?
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| Prefill fields | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Character limits on fields | ✔ | ✔ |
Set minimum and maximum limits with option to display remaining characters
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| Field validation | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Default value | ✔ | ✔ |
Now "Placeholder Text"
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| Field validation | ✔ | ✔ |
Simplified choices
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| Radio buttons | ✔ | ✔ | Now "Single Choice" |
| Checkboxes | ✔ | ✔ |
Now "Multiple Choice" with option to set the maximum allowed choices
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| Dropdown menus | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Currency field | ✔ | ✔ |
Set price ranges
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| Date | ✔ | ✔ |
Define accepted date range and days of the week
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| File upload | ✔ | ✔ |
Accept files of up to 20 MB each; 5 files can be uploaded per field
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| Conditional fields | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Notification emails to admins and submitters | ✔ | ✔ |
Send emails to specific addresses if defined conditions are met
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| Display a message after form completion | ✔ | ✔ |
Display a message and keep users on the same page without reloading the blank form
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| Redirect users to a site page after form completion | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Customize notification emails | ✔ | ✔ |
Customize the email template with your organization's branding
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| Share forms with a direct link | ✔ | ✔ | Create a form landing page to use with all forms |
| Filter submissions | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Export submissions | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Process payments | ✔ | ✔ |
Make payments on the same screen as the form
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| Layout elements | ✔ | ✔ |
Now "Content"
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| reCAPTCHA | ✔ |
Choose to always or never display per form
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| Form folders | ✔ |
Organize forms and set admin permissions per folder
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| Where used | ✔ | Find pages and banners where end users may see each of your forms | |
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Registration elements (Forms Plus)
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✔ | ||
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Recurring payments
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✔ | ||
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Admin-only fields
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✔ | ||
| Alternate result | ✔ | ||
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Insert choices from spreadsheet or list library
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✔ | ||
| Page breaks | ✔ |
Learn more about the best use cases for each module and get answers to other form-related questions in the article Frequently asked questions: Forms vs. Forms Manager.
If your favorite feature from Forms Manager hasn't been included in Forms yet, you can communicate directly with our Forms development team by submitting a new idea, or voting and commenting on an existing one, through the Finalsite Ideas portal in Composer.
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