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Trash message i cant delete

Hi Kapla, You can enable the privacy option to delete the responses in Abandoned and Trash status permanently. Login to Formfacade > click on the form to open it > Edit page will be displayed > click Responses > In the Responses page, click on the three dots next to the Abandoned or Trash status > You can enable the privacy settings and click Save. When enabled, the responses in Abandoned and Trash status will be automatically deleted after 7 days. Please note that the Abandoned status will be hidden when the Privacy option is enabled.

Hello, I am trying to track where my form submittals are coming from and there are a handful that register as near.tl All the other ones show they are either organic from our website or come from a Facebook Ad with the associated campaign and ad numbers. I have no idea what near.tl is can you please help.

Hi Brett, the standard short link for the forms uses the near.tl domain. Are you trying to track the submissions in Google Analytics? New reports You can now track the source of form submissions in Formfacade Reports. You can include the source data and create simple or custom aggregate reports as required. Login to Formfacade > click on the form to open it > Edit page will be displayed > click Reports > In the Reports page, click on the Response summary report > click on the three dots more icon in the top right corner > click Edit columns > check the source data to include it in the report > click Next > click Finish.

On the manual Venmo payment screen, if you are ordering on a mobile phone, you can't take a picture of your screen. I need a way to add the link to the page so they can pay and then mark complete.

Hi Doug, if you have enabled manual Venmo payments in your form, a QR code will be displayed on desktop, while a "Pay now" button will be displayed on mobile. When the user scans the QR code or clicks the 'Pay Now' button, the amount will be pre-filled. They can make the payment and then click on the "Mark as paid" button.

Hello, When a user completes their form, their document is also uploaded into Google drive. We then view the form results in Google Sheets. Is there anyway the google drive link to the uploaded document could be automatically added to the google sheet? Thank you, Ruth

Hi Ruth, When a user uploads files and submits the form, the link to the uploaded files will be recorded as a response to the file upload question in Google Forms and the linked Google Sheets. You can also set up the form to sync the uploaded files to your Google Drive folder. However, the Google Drive file links will not be recorded.

Good morning, I would like my Italian forms to display "ALTRO" instead of "OTHER" when users select that option. Is this possible?

Login to Formfacade > click on the form to open it > Edit page will be displayed > In the Edit page, click on the multiple choice question to select it > click on the settings gear icon > Form settings page will be displayed > click Placeholder > enter Altro in the placeholder option and click Save.

For the email response, is it possible to have a different response based on a form field? For example, I want the user to select an option from a drop down form field and based on their selection, email them a code after submission. Is this possible?

Hi Lauren, would you like to customize the entire email message for each dropdown option, or only update the code within the email message based on the dropdown selection?

how to connect a different stripe account

When you set up card payments for the first time, you'll see the option to configure a Neartail Stripe connected account. Once configured, the same Stripe account will be used for all the forms you create with your account. Please note that you cannot change the Stripe account once it's set up.

Disable Payment

Login to Neartail > click on the form to open it > Edit page will be displayed > In the Neartail Edit page, scroll down to the bottom of the page > click on the Edit link for the payment section (see screenshot below) > Payments settings page will be displayed > click Disable > click Save.

How do I create a confirmation email that can be sent to anyone who submits my form?

Login to Formfacade > click on the form to open it > Edit page will be displayed > click Responses > click on the three dots icon next to the Submitted status > click Notify respondent > setup wizard will be displayed > select the email field from the list and click Next (note: this email field must be a mandatory field in the form) > update the subject and click Next > update the message and click Next to complete the setup. When you set up the email notification using Formfacade, you can customize the subject and message as required. You can use the ${response()} formula to show a summary of all the answers or click on the @ icon in the message editor and select the required field from the list to include it in the message.

Hi, I am looking for information on how to set limits of number of forms being submitted per day. We are currently receiving too high volumes to manage the workload of forms and want to know if we can set a daily limit.

Currently, Formfacade does not have a built-in feature to set a daily limit on the number of form submissions. As a workaround, you can manually monitor the submissions and close the form when you reach your desired limit for the day. Close form Login to Formfacade > click on the form to open it > Edit page will be displayed > In the Formfacade Edit page, click on the form title to select it > click on the settings gear icon > Form settings page will be displayed > click Advanced > check close this form option, add a custom message and click save.

I was wondering If it is possible to add a review section to the website

Hi Allyson, We will be releasing the new version of the website builder next week. You will be able to enable the reviews section on the homepage. If you would like early access to this new feature, please let me know.

Hello I have set up two building checksheets that I attempting to use for my sites, Braywick Opening Building Checks Braywick Building Checks Part 2 This sheet, is coming up to say I need to publish whereas my other sheet didn't do it. It just says save. I think this is because I have added a question with a file upload. So I have published but it still doesn't convert and work.Please help?

Hi Andrew, Google Forms has implemented an update that requires new forms to be published before you can starting using it to collect responses. Open your form in google forms > click on the Publish button in the top right corner > Publish form settings popup will be displayed > click Publish. Once the form is published, you can click on the addon icon > click Formfacade - Embed in website and click on the addon menu option. Please try this and confirm.

Hello, I am not able to make this form public so I can start receiving responses

Most likely you have selected the Restricted option for Responder view allowing only specific people to access the form (see screenshot below). You must always set it to "Anyone with the link" to use the google form with Formfacade. Open your form in google forms > click Published > Published options popup will be displayed > click Manage for the Responders option > select "Anyone with the link" for the Responder view > click Done > click Save. Once the permissions are updated, click on the addon icon > click Formfacade > click More options > click Update or Customize to sync the changes with Formfacade.

add the 10 column to a question in Google form

You can use the Formfacade Assign points addon to assign different points for answer choices and add score calculations in your google forms. When the user completes the form, it will automatically calculate the score based on the points assigned for the answer choices. For detailed instructions, please refer to the links below. Calculate total score (add points for all questions the form) https://formfacade.com/calculate/assign-different-points-for-each-answer-in-multiple-choice-question-and-calculate-total-score.html Demo video https://youtu.be/zberDwRdLv8 Formfacade - Assign points addon (Previously known as Scorecery addon) https://workspace.google.com/marketplace/app/formfacade_assign_points/706030115252 Note: You will have to use the Formfacade share link to collect responses. Otherwise, customization and score calculations will not work. When the user submits the form, you can view the responses along with the calculated scores in Formfacade Responses page and Google Forms. You can also sync responses to Google Sheets.

Hi, Can I create bilingual form? Arabic/English and the user selects the language. Regards,

Hi Aisha, Formfacade does not have the option to translate a form into multiple languages. Instead, you will need to create two separate forms, one in English and another in Arabic. You can set the preferred language for each form so that the error messages and button text are displayed in the selected language. Login to Formesign > click on the form to open it > Edit page will be displayed > In the Edit page, click on the gear icon next to the submit button > Button settings will be displayed > select Arabic for the language option and click Save.

Hi There! I'm evaluating your app for our organization. We would love to collect recurring monthly fees from our members. Is it possible to automate payments monthly?

Currently, Neartail does not support automated recurring payments. This feature is part of the roadmap.

I'm looking to upgrade to a paid plan so I can use the features for multiple forms. I see the basic plan includes 100 submissions/month. Is that per form or for the account overall (like all forms' submissions combined?

The response limit is not per form; it is for your account. In the Formesign Esignature Basic plan, you can collect a total of 100 submissions per month across all of your forms.

How do I use the Formfacade add-on to create a PDF response summary that includes a user signature and replicates the exact look of my Google Form (with a header and logos)?

If you would like to collect signatures in your google form, you will have to use the Formesign - eSignature addon. You can also automatically generate the signed document and send it via email or sync it your google drive folder. Formesign -eSignature: Collect signatures https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPaSEioRKJ8 If you would like to generate a custom PDF, then you can use the Formesign - Fillable PDF addon to create a custom template using google docs and show it as a consent page. Formesign - Fillable PDF: Consent screen with custom templates https://youtu.be/-IfgUmlwXK8 You can subscribe to the Formesign compliance plan that includes both of these products. https://formesign.com/compliance/pricing.html

I am creating a form for content creators to submit their videos. We would like to files to go to a specific folder in our Google Drive. Is this possible? If so, how?

Hi Tim, you can setup your form to automatically sync the uploaded videos to your google drive folder when the user submits the form. For detailed instructions, refer to the link below. Sync to Drive https://formfacade.com/file-upload/google-forms-file-upload-sync-to-google-drive.html When you set up the sync to Google Drive, Formfacade will create a separate folder for each file upload question in the form. The uploaded files will be synced to the relevant folders. The default file name includes the unique id and the name of the file as uploaded by the user. For example, PFxxxxxxx - <default_name>. If you map the name or email field in the Respondent settings, the file name will include this field as well. For example, PFxxxxxxx - <email> - <default_name> Login to Formfacade > click on the form to open it > Edit page will be displayed > In the Formfacade Edit page, click on the form title to select it > click on the settings gear icon next to the form title > Form settings page will be displayed > click on the configure key fields icon next to the Save button in the bottom right corner > Respondent settings page will be displayed > select the relevant fields the name, email option and click Save.

Two problems : - I want to change the site name away from "Cate Goen's Site" - There is an error on all of our forms when a guest tries to submit a response. I have ensured all forms are connected to the proper sheet.

Change site name Login to Formfacade using the registered email account. Click on the form to open it. Edit page will be displayed. Click Preview. In the Preview page, theme settings will be displayed. Click Page. Enter the required text in the Business name (header text / account name) and click Save. Please note that the theme settings are for your account and it will be applied for all the forms you create using your account. Submit form When the user submits the form, the response is recorded in Formfacade and Google Forms. If there are any issues with submitting the form or recording the responses in Google Forms, we show an error message to the user and also send a notification email to the form creator. The submit can fail because there is an issue with the form, internet connectivity issue etc. The notification email will include the error message, draft id, link to the response (abandoned or submitted). If the draft id is prefixed with the *, it indicates that the response has not been submitted. If it is prefixed with a #, it indicates that the response has been submitted. Please check your registered email.

I accidentally deleted the total amount function required for the payment to work. I can't figure out how to fix it.

Login to Neartail > click on the form to open it > Edit page will be displayed > In the Edit page, click on the Total amount field to select it > click on the settings gear icon > Question settings page will be displayed > click Answer > enter TOTAL() in the Calculate option and click Save.

What plan is Hipaa compliant?

You can either subscribe to the Formesign HIPAA form or the Formesign Compliance paid plans for creating HIPAA compliant forms. Formesign HIPAA form pricing https://formesign.com/hipaa/pricing.html Formesign Compliance pricing https://formesign.com/compliance/pricing.html

i would like to remove the part at the end, This site belongs to vid ferenčina,how can i do that,thank you

The footer cannot be removed, but you can customize the footer text. Login to Formfacade using the registered email account. Click on the form to open it. Edit page will be displayed. Click Preview. In the Preview page, theme settings will be displayed. Click Page. Enter the required text in the Business name (header / account name), Footer (This site belongs to ...) and click Save.

What’s included in the Free Plan?

After the trial ends, you can use one form and collect up to 20 responses per month in the free plan. It includes basic features like embedding the form and viewing responses in Google Forms. If you would like to use the paid features such as customize UI, file upload, calculations, redirect on submit, email notifications etc., or collect more than 20 responses per month, you can choose to subscribe to the paid plan.

Can I get a bill for the yearly payment? Account for innosolutions@musikschule-muenchenstein.ch Best regards, Aloisia Dauer

Hi Aloisia, The invoices are automatically sent to the registered email address. You can also access it from the customer portal. Login to Formfacade using the registered email > click Account > list of our products will be displayed > click Manage plan > click Update plan to open your customer portal > you can view the billing history and download the invoices.

Hi. How can i change the logo at the bottom of the form? "this site belongs to

Login to Neartail. Click on the form to open it. Edit page will be displayed. In the Neartail Edit page, click on the profile name in the top right corner. Click Change theme. Theme settings page will be displayed in the Preview page. Click Page. Enter the required text in the Business name (header / account name), Footer option (replaces "This site belongs to..."), upload your logo to replace the default profile picture and click Save. Note: [1] The theme settings are for your account and it will be applied to all the forms you create using your account. [2] Footer logo can be customised only by paid users. When you subscribe to the paid plan, the profile picture will be automatically replaced by the logo you have uploaded.

I am unable to see the Confirgure Formfacede where I wanted to add teh signature field at the end of the form.

If you would like to collect signatures in your google form, you should intsall the Formesign - eSignature addon from the Google Workspace marketplace. Open your form in Google Forms > click on the addon icon > click Formesign > click Configure e-signature > Setup wizard will be displayed > Enable the e-signature option and click Next > E-signature widget will be automatically added before the Submit button > Click Proceed to open the Formesign Edit page or Preview to test the form. Formesign - eSignature addon for google forms https://workspace.google.com/marketplace/app/formesign_esignature/210002188569 Demo video https://youtu.be/GPaSEioRKJ8

Dear Formfacade Support Team, We absolutely love how the forms look using your platform and are very interested in subscribing to one of your plans. However, before upgrading, we would like to ensure we can resolve a key requirement for our project. We are conducting a test for our clients where, based on their final score, they are provided with a specific result. The scores are calculated by summing up all responses, including dropdown questions, with each dropdown option assigned a score from 1 to 5, depending on the selection. Our main challenge is configuring the form to automatically calculate the total score, allowing us to assign respondents to the appropriate category based on their results. We have tried several formulas, but none have worked so far. Could you please guide us on how to achieve this? If this functionality is possible, we would be delighted to upgrade our plan and move forward with your service. Thank you for your assistance. We look forward to hearing from you! Best regards, Julio Mosquera Stanziola

Hi Julio, we checked your form. It appears that you have already assigned the points for different questions in your form. You just have to update the formula to calculate the score. Login to Formfacade > click on the form to open it > Edit page will be displayed > click on the short answer question you have added for total score > click on the settings gear icon > Question settings page will be displayed > click Answer > delete the existing formula and enter POINTS() in the Calculate option > click Save. You can then submit a response and test the form. Demo video https://youtu.be/zberDwRdLv8

I would like to change my neartail password. How can I do it? Could you help me?

Neartail uses Google Signin for login. If you would like to change your password, you'll need to reset the password for your Google account.

1. Need to sync the booked dates with google calendar to avoid scheduling conflicts 2. Form is disabled until T & C are agreed to

Hi Allan, Currently, Neartail does not support direct syncing with Google Calendar to manage bookings. You can use the appointment widget to take bookings, sync the form responses to google sheets and use Apps script or Zapier to update the google calendar. You can add a required checkbox question for the Terms & Conditions so that the users have to check it to submit their response.

Can I create a form with 2 date fields where the answer for the 2nd date field has to be for a date after the answer already provided for the 1st date field?

Hi Robin, currently Formfacade does not have the option to add a dynamic date validation based on another date field in the form. This feature is part of the roadmap.

Frequently Asked Questions

Hello! Why do some say completed and others read PAID, I am not understanding the difference. Is there something I need to do?

Hi Katrina By default, there are four order status: Abandoned, Submitted, Completed, Trash. You cannot rename the default status, but you can choose to hide a default status. When you enable automated as well as manual payments in your form, the default order status will include Abandoned, Submitted, Paid, Completed, Trash. Abandoned orders If a user starts filling the form, but does not submit it, it will be displayed in the Abandoned status. These orders will be displayed only in the Neartail Orders page and it will not be included in Reports. Abandoned orders will have * prefixed to the order number in the Neartail Orders page. Submitted orders When the user chooses the automated payment option and submits the form, the order will be displayed under the Paid status. When the user chooses the manual payment option and submits the form, the order will be displayed under the submitted status. Once you verify the payment and update the payment status, it will be moved to the Paid status. These submitted orders will be recorded in Neartail and Google Forms. You can sync Google Forms responses to Google Sheets. Submitted orders will have # prefixed to the order number in the Neartail Orders page. The order numbers should be in sequential order. Trash orders You can move redundant orders to Trash. Login to Neartail > click on the form to open it > Edit page will be displayed > click Orders > In the Orders page, you can drag and drop (place the cursor on the profile image/default icon to drag) orders to the Trash status or click on an order to view the details, select the Trash status from the dropdown list for the Move to option and click Submit. Delete orders The orders in Abandoned and Trash status will not be included in the Neartail Reports. You can enable the Privacy option to delete the orders in Trash status permanently. Login to Neartail > click on the form to open it > Edit page will be displayed > click Orders> In the Orders page, click on the three dots next to the Abandoned or Trash status > You can enable or disable the privacy settings. When enabled, the orders in Abandoned and Trash status will be automatically deleted after 7 days. Please note that the Abandoned status will be hidden when the Privacy option is enabled.

Can I remove or edit my name at the bottom of my form? "Created by_______"

Hi James, You can customize the footer, header, theme, logo, but please note that this is common for all the forms you create using your account. Customize header, footer, theme Login to Formfacade. Click on the form to open it. Edit page will be displayed. Click Preview. In the Preview page, theme settings will be displayed in the right pane. Click Page. Enter the required text in the Business name (header / account name), Footer option (replaces "This site belongs to...") and click Save. You can upload your logo (square image 1:1 aspect ratio) to replace the default profile picture in the footer.

Hello, I am getting two errors on my form, when fully submitted, here are two screenshots: 1. Right at submit: https://prnt.sc/C9idKb4uTbtI 2. Another error note, which also happens on submit: https://prnt.sc/d2hkzBekDrAv Thank you!

Submit failed: Not able to update in google forms https://prnt.sc/C9idKb4uTbtI When the user submits the form, the response is recorded in Formfacade and Google Forms. If there are any issues with submitting the form or recording the responses in Google Forms, we show an error message to the user and also send a notification email to the form creator. The submit can fail because there is an issue with the form, internet connectivity issue etc. The notification email will include the error message, draft id, link to the response (abandoned or submitted). If the draft id is prefixed with the *, it indicates that the response has not been submitted. If it is prefixed with a #, it indicates that the response has been submitted. If the error for response shows "Not able to update this response in Google Forms", then this indicates that the submit was successful and the response was recorded in Formfacade, but it was not updated in Google Forms. Google Forms might reject the responses if it fails any response validations (incorrect answers, missing answers for required questions) or if you have enabled any of the features that require signin such as limit to 1 response, collect email address - verified input, send response receipts, response too large etc. You might have also noticed that sometimes Google Forms throws a "Something went wrong" error without giving any additional details. Request entity too large error https://prnt.sc/d2hkzBekDrAv You have added 28 paragraph questions in your form. When the user fills the answer for these paragraph questions along with other required questions in the form, the resulting response exceeds the size limit supported by google forms. That's why you are getting the entity too large error. To fix this, you can add a response validation for these paragraph questions to restrict the max characters or you can enable the option to not record the responses in google forms. Login to Formfacade > click on the form to open it > Edit page will be displayed > In the Formfacade Edit page, click on the form title to select it > click on the settings gear icon > Form settings page will be displayed > click Advanced > enable the toggle button for "Don't submit to google forms" and click Save. When this option is enabled, the responses will be recorded only in Formfacade.

Does this add-on allow a Google Form to be embedded into a website if the file upload feature is part of the form?

Yes, you can use the Formfacade addon to embed a google form with file upload on your website. Google Forms file upload requires login. You must customize your google form using the Formfacade addon to convert this into a html file upload to allow users to upload files without login. You can subscribe to the Formfacade - Embed paid plan. This plan is suitable for occasional light use cases that require collecting files. You get a 10mb max size per file with a total file storage of 1gb. Only the form owner can access the files one at a time after they login with their google account. Formfacade - Embed https://formfacade.com/embed/pricing.html If your requirement is to collect large files and collaborate with your team, you should also subscribe to the file upload plan 10gb, 100gb or 1tb. You can increase the max file size to up to 1gb per file (depends on the plan), the number of files per file upload question, restrict file types, enable unlisted links to allow anyone to access the files, add collaborators to provide access to specific users and use our addon to sync the uploaded files to your google drive. Formfacade - File upload https://formfacade.com/file-upload/pricing.html Convert to html file upload + Sync to drive https://formfacade.com/file-upload/google-forms-file-upload-sync-to-google-drive.html