In this tutorial I will show you how to create a contact page on your Google Sites website. You will need a Google Sites account and a Google Docs account to complete this tutorial.
How to create a contact page
- First we're going to create a contact form using Google Docs, so log into your Google Docs account: http://google.com/docs.
- Click the 'CREATE' button.
- Select 'Form'.
- Enter in 'Contact Form' in the field Titled 'Untitled form'.
- In the 'Question Title' field type 'What is your name?'.
- In the 'Help Test' field type 'Enter your first and last name."
- Set the 'Question Type' to 'Text'.
- Check the box next to 'Make this a required question.'
- Click the 'Done' button.
- Mouse hover over the 'Sample Question 2' field and click the 'pencil' edit icon button.
- In the 'Question Title' field enter 'What is your email address'.
- In the 'Help Text' field enter 'Enter you email address'.
- Set the 'Question type' to 'Text'.
- Check the box next to 'Make this a required question'.
- Click the 'Done' button.
- Click the 'Add item' button at the top of the screen.
- Select 'Paragraph text'.
- In the 'Question Title' field enter 'What is your message?'.
- In the 'Help Text' field enter 'Enter your message here'.
- Set the 'Questions type' to 'Paragraph text'.
- Check the box next to 'Make this a required question'.
- Click the 'Done' button.
- Click 'More actions' at the top of the screen.
- Click 'Edit confirmation'.
- Replace the default text in the field with 'Thank you for contacting us, we will respond shortly.'.
- Click the 'Save' button.
- Click the 'See responses' button.
- Click 'Spreadsheet'. When someone sends their information, it will be saved to this spreadsheet so keep that in mind.
- Click on 'Tools'.
- Click on 'Notification rules'.
- Check the box 'A user submits a form'.
- Check the box 'Email - right away'.
- Click the 'Save' button.
- Click the 'Done' button.
- Click on 'Form'.
- Click on 'Edit form'.
- In the popup window click the 'More actions' button.
- Click 'Embed'.
- Copy the code snippet and close the popup windows.
Creating the contact page on Google Sites: - Click the 'New page' icon button.
- Enter 'Contact' in the 'Name your page:' field.
- Click the 'Create' button.
- Click the small '<HTML>' button at the top of the screen.
- Paste the contact form code snippet into the field.
- Click the 'Update' button.
- Click the 'Save' button at the top of the screen.
