Web Forms & Publishing
As well as exporting PDFs, you can publish your form as a live web page and collect submissions directly. This requires a Starter plan or above.
Publishing your form Available on StarterAvailable on GrowthAvailable on Business
Click Publish in the editor header to open the publish panel. Toggle the panel below to see how it changes when you publish a form.
This is a demonstration — no form is actually published.
When you publish, your form gets a public URL at formgenius.co.uk/f/[slug]. Anyone with the link can access and submit the form without an account. The web form is WCAG 2.2 AA compliant.
Warning
The form locking system
When a form is published and active, the editor displays a lock banner. This prevents you accidentally changing a form that people are currently submitting.
You have two options:
- Duplicate to edit
- Creates a copy of the form that you can edit freely. The original published form continues to collect submissions unchanged. Once you’re happy with your changes, you can publish the duplicate as a replacement.
- Pause for editing
- Temporarily suspends new submissions and unlocks the editor. A blue banner appears indicating the form is paused. When you’re done editing, open the Publish panel and click “Resume” to make the form live again.
Important
Custom URL slugs Available on Business
By default, your form URL is formgenius.co.uk/f/[random-id]. Business plan users can customise the slug — the part after /f/ — to something readable like formgenius.co.uk/f/volunteer-application.
Slugs must be 3–40 characters, lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens only. Each slug must be unique across all FormGenius forms.
Embedding your form Available on StarterAvailable on GrowthAvailable on Business
Any published form can be embedded in another website using an <iframe>. Embedding requires a Starter plan or above, as it relies on your form being published as a web form. The embed code is in the Publish panel. Paste it into your website’s HTML.
The embed script (embed.js) automatically adjusts the iframe height to match the form content, removing the need for a fixed height or scroll bars within the iframe.
Confirmation messages Available on Growth & Business
By default, after a user submits your web form they see a standard “Thank you, your response has been submitted” message. Growth and Business users can customise this message in the Publish panel.
Use the confirmation message to tell users what happens next — when they’ll hear back, what the next step is, or where to go for more information.