Online Forms

Where do I find it? You can find the Online Forms page by going to Features > Online Forms.

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Online forms (primarily adoption forms) can be a huge time saver over paper or email forms. 

Here are some of the major benefits to using online forms:

• The visitor can complete the form in sections (pages) and return to finish the form at a later time
• The entire form (questions and answers) stays on your website, and is not emailed or submitted in paper
• Volunteers are immediately alerted (via email) when a form is completed (each volunteer needs to enable this alert)
• Submitted forms are kept indefinitely
• You can easily add comments to a form, change a forms status, assign the form to a volunteer to follow up and track the progress of the form!

You can create create as many forms as you need for your organization. Some common forms are Adoption Applications, Foster Applications and Volunteer Applications.

Keep in mind that when you create a form, your visitors will automatically be asked the following questions (basic contact information), without you having to create questions for them:

• First name
• Last name
• Address, City, State, Zip/Postal Code
• Home Phone
• Work Phone
• Cell Phone
• Fax
• Email Address

Your organization's forms will appear to the visitor on their Forms page and on your site menu. 

If they have registered on your site, any forms they have started will appear on their My Rescue page.

Submitting a form for someone else You can submit a form for someone else by going to Contacts > Submitted Forms and clicking Submit a Form.

Receive Form Alerts Your volunteers must enable the option to receive an email alert when a visitor to your web site completes an online form. The option is available from Services & Settings > My Settings > Email Alerts