{"id":4929,"date":"2022-01-05T10:37:52","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T10:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4929"},"modified":"2022-01-05T15:49:49","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T15:49:49","slug":"introducing-the-new-greenhouse-form-builder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2022\/01\/introducing-the-new-greenhouse-form-builder\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing the new Greenhouse Form Builder!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/form-builder4.jpg\" alt=\"Greenhouse School websites form builder\" class=\"wp-image-4934\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/form-builder4.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/form-builder4-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/form-builder4-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Our new school website form builder does exactly what it says &#8211; helps you to build forms to add to your school website. We have made the process simple, quick, and given you lots of flexibility. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>There are many ways online forms can help save you time:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Obtaining parental permissions<\/li><li>For prospective parents to request information<\/li><li>For prospective parents\/students to sign up to Open Day tours<\/li><li>For current parents to request a meeting\/parents\u2019 evening slot<\/li><li>Request for individual school tours<\/li><li>Register for a place on your waiting list<\/li><li>Surveying current or prospective parents<\/li><li>General contact forms<\/li><li>Loads more\u2026!<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"842\" height=\"279\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Trip-Form.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4931\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Trip-Form.png 842w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Trip-Form-300x99.png 300w, http:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Trip-Form-768x254.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 842px) 100vw, 842px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You may currently use a plug-in or external provider to make\na form for you to link parents to or to send in email. Our form builder makes\nit easier by keeping everything within your school website. This saves on\npaying for pro versions of other survey and form builders as well as giving you\ncontrol within the CMS of your current site. It also means the form sits neatly\nonto a website page rather than sending parents and visitors off to a third\nparty site which they may not trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Different question types<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can add text response questions, multiple choice, single\nselect, and you can configure date and number range responses also.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You choose which questions are required and which are\noptional. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gather data<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Answers entered can be analysed within the form builder tool\nor exported as a .csv file which is compatible with most other systems you may\nuse to add respondents or answers to a database, or to send out emails as\nfollow up. This file can also be imported into your chosen spreadsheet provider\n&#8211; Excel, Google Sheets etc &#8211; to allow you to drill down into the information\nhowever you wish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Acknowledge responses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Your respondents can receive a confirmation message or you\ncan redirect them to another page of the website when they have submitted their\nform to keep them navigating for further information. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Make it public or private<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You could add password protection for the page required to\naccess the survey, in a parent area for example, or you can add a question as\npart of the form to filter out those who you do not wish to use the form. Or\nyou may ask a question which helps you to group the responses by\npupil\/parent\/prospective parent and so on. By asking for email addresses and a\nquestion about further contact, you can also create mailing lists of\nprospective parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spam Reduction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>By using a free plugin you can add Captcha boxes to your\nforms to avoid any spam use of the form. Our help guide shows you how to do\nthis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Advanced questioning<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can add trigger questions which will ensure people are\nonly asked the relevant questions next based on previous answers, really useful\nfor targeting the survey or to help create a more nuanced database of answers.\nThis could be to separate prospective parents into those looking at nursery,\nprimary, or secondary start years for example. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cut down multiple emails to the office<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the data stored within the form responses,\nyou can set up email notifications to go to the person responsible, depending\non the form. For example you may have a form to allow for reporting of possible\nsafeguarding issues which triggers an email to the Designated Safeguarding Lead\nat the school. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whatever you may need a form for, we know you will find the builder easy to set up and easy for respondents to reply to. Let us know how you use yours!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Greenhouse form builder is free as part of the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Greenhouse School Websites CMS (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenhouseschoolwebsites.co.uk\/school-website-cms\/\" target=\"_blank\">Greenhouse School Websites CMS<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our new school website form builder does exactly what it says &#8211; helps you to build forms to add to your school website. 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