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Moving Entered Field Data to another form

  1. Site: http://www.afullyengagedlife.com
    Site pages with forms: http://www.afullyengagedlife.com/free-stuff/
    http://www.afullyengagedlife.com/free-stuff-selections/

    I have a form set up to collect contact information prior to a person receiving their choice of free downloads (...free/stuff/ page of site). When their contact info is submitted, the person moves to another page with three form options (..../free-stuff-selections/) so they may decide what they want to download as a free "gift". How can I have their contact information carry over to the 3 forms so that I know what each person is selecting? Right now these three forms only record the check mark from the box.

    I don't want people to have to rekey their contact information.

    Is there also a way to have only one form with 3 options for downloading files that people are interested in?

    Thank you!

    Posted 13 years ago on Wednesday June 15, 2011 | Permalink
  2. If they are going to access the 3 forms one after the other you can pass data from one form to the other using the query string.

    - Configure the form you want to pre-populate so the fields you want to pre-populate can be populated dynamically by editing the fields, select the Advanced tab and check the "Allow field to be populated dynamically" checkbox. You will get a parameter name field where you give it a parameter name. The paramater name is used to pass data to that field via the query string. So for example a parameter name of firstname would be passed to the form as http://myurl.com/mypage?firstname=Bob

    - Configure the form passing the data so that it uses the confirmation redirect option, enter the full HTTP url to the next page containing the next form then use the query string builder to create the query string and pass field values in the query string.

    If the forms aren't going to be accessed one after the other then there is no easy way to do this. You'd have to write custom code to store field values in cookies, and then write additional custom code to read the cookie values and dynamically populate the fields. You would probably need a developer to assist you with this customization.

    Posted 13 years ago on Wednesday June 15, 2011 | Permalink

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