The latest inclusion in Connected Data is the Contact Form widget. This widget enables visitors to submit information to the owner of the website. With Connected Data, you now have the ability to link Contact Forms on your website to an email address in the Content Library or a Collection. Furthermore, you can incorporate collection fields like apartment ID or team member name into the email subject or as external fields sent through the form. Additionally, these extra fields will not only be accessible in the form email but also when viewing the form response data from the site overview.
By utilizing this enhanced feature on Dynamic Pages, the efficiency of contact form inquiries is significantly improved. By linking the recipient email to an email field in your collection, you can effortlessly assign a unique contact form recipient email for each page item (which are automatically generated when connecting a page to a collection). Additionally, you have the option to connect supplementary collection fields to the contact form, providing additional context when receiving the form submission email.
How to Use This in Dynamic Pages
- Add a Contact Form widget to your Dynamic Page.
- Right click on the widget and select ‘Connect to Data’ - this will open the Connected Data popup.
- From here, you can connect the email address and additional fields you’d like included in the contact form email.
Use case: Real Estate Dynamic Pages
Imagine you own a real estate company. On each page of your website, there are different properties from various areas of the country, along with a contact form. Each area has its own real estate agent. Your goal is to ensure that the relevant agent receives an email whenever there is an inquiry about a property in their specific area.
To achieve this, simply link your contact form to the agent's email field in your collection. Since each area has multiple properties, you can provide the agent with more details about the specific property in question by connecting the "email subject suffix" to the property name.
If necessary, you can also connect two additional fields that will be included in the email response to the form submission.
Use Case: Gym Classes Dynamic Pages
You work at a local gym and are in charge of recruiting new members. You set up your dynamic page with all of your gym classes and add a contact form.
In this case, you’re the one who receives all the emails. You can connect the contact form to your Content Library Email - or just fill the recipient address manually. To know which class people are interested in, connect the email subject suffix to the class name from your collection. You can also connect the additional fields to the tutor’s name, and the class date.
