How to add a contact form to a Canva website

If a customer wants to contact your brand, how will they get a hold of you? For most online businesses, the answer is through a contact form. Contact forms offer an easy way for customers to provide feedback, voice concerns, and more. But adding these forms to your website requires a user-friendly solution.

Canva is a popular application for creating websites that allows you to upload contact forms to your site easily. And with third-party applications like Jotform, you can quickly add these essential elements to any page. Wondering exactly how to add a contact form to your Canva website? Follow this step-by-step guide to find out.

What is Canva?

Canva is an online design suite that makes graphic design accessible to everyone, no matter their skill level. Its drag-and-drop interface lets users create their own visual assets — from social media graphics to printed flyers. It’s also becoming a popular solution for designing websites. 

With a variety of premade templates and design elements, Canva makes it easy to build your own website. But for a truly successful site, it’s important to know which elements are essential for optimizing the online experience as well as customer engagement.

Why contact forms for your Canva website matter

Contact forms are often the core pathway for users to communicate with your business. These forms allow you to collect leads, field concerns, and interact with your customers, which means how you structure them is essential to gathering the right information. 

Elevate your Canva website with Jotform

Getting the most out of your contact forms requires a solution that makes it easy to build and customize your forms to perfection. Jotform has the tools to help you create a custom contact form that will increase the value of your Canva website without the hassle of a complicated design process.

Jotform offers several features to simplify the contact form design process:

• Drag-and-drop contact form generator
• Over 300 contact form templates
• Data organization and tracking with Jotform Tables

And a native application within the Canva design suite lets you connect your Jotform account directly to Canva, making it easy to upload custom contact forms to your Canva website.

How to add a contact form to your Canva website with Jotform

Adding contact forms to your Canva website is just a few clicks away with the native Jotform app in Canva. But before you can add your form, you must decide which method you’ll use to create it.

Method 1: Use a template

Using a template can save your team time on design and customization. Here’s how to add a contact form to a Canva website from a template:

1. Go to the Jotform Form Templates page and select Contact Forms.
2. Find the template you want and click the Use Template button to open it.

3. Make any adjustments you want using the Jotform Form Builder. Click on the Add Element button on the upper left to insert items. Select the blue Form Designer button on the upper right to change how they appear.

4. Once your form is customized, open your Canva account.
5. Select the Apps option on the left side of the design screen.
6. Enter “Jotform” in the search bar and click the Jotform icon to open the application window.

7. Click the Open button to start connecting your application.

8. Once in the Jotform app, select the Your forms tab and click Log in to start connecting your account.

9. Allow Jotform to access your Canva account by clicking the Connect button.

10. After you’ve granted access to your account, select the contact form you want from the list under Your forms and click to add to your website.

Method 2: Start from scratch

Building a contact form from scratch may take a little more time, but it allows you to create the exact form you need. Here’s how to make a contact form from scratch and add it to your Canva website:

1. Go to the My Forms page on Jotform.
2. Click on the Create Form button.

3. Select the Start From Scratch option on the Create a Form menu.

4. Choose Classic Form or Card Form and click on your selection.

5. Enter your desired title at the top of your contact form.
6. Click the Add Element button on the left side of the Form Builder to open the Form Elements menu.

7. Drag and drop the elements you want to add to your contact form.
8. Update the design of your contact form by clicking on the blue Form Designer button on the upper right.

9. After your form is complete, switch to your Canva account and open your website.
10. Click on the Apps option on the left of the design screen.
11. Enter “Jotform” in the search bar and click the Jotform icon to open the application window.

12. Click the Open button to start connecting your application.

13. Once in the app, select the Your forms tab and click Log in to start connecting your account.

14. Allow Jotform to access your Canva account by clicking the Connect button.

15. Select the contact form you want from under the Your forms tab and click to add to your website.

You can also create a new contact form directly in Canva by clicking the Create new form button at the bottom of the Jotform app.

Contact forms are crucial to the success of your Canva website, and with Jotform, adding them to your site is simple. Create your own custom forms today and elevate your connection with customers.

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