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Adding forms and comments to your site

Messages and the guestbook

Note for existing users

If you set up a guestbook prior to March 2012, you had to have a separate contact form to receive the messages. This is no longer required, and you can have a form on the same page. To turn this on, edit the guestbook section and click on the content tab. Locate the form content item and ensure it is set to Live. You can also edit its position and change the styling options.

When users submit forms on your site (except the checkout form), the response is added to the messages list and flagged as New. A note indicating you have new messages also appears in the top menu. Click on this link to show new messages. Alternatively click messages in the admin menu. Viewing new messages applies a “filter” to the message list. To clear it and show all messages, click Show all from the top menu.

To view a message, click edit for the respective message. When you have read the message, either delete it or change its status to read if you want to save messages for future use.

Messages left via forms can be added to your guestbook by changing their status to Show on guestbook. They are listed in descending order of date. To amend the order, you can use the sort order field which by default is set to 0.

NOTE: When displaying messages on the guestbook only the main message is shown.

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