Contact form for Jekyll
Jekyll turns your files into a static website. A form can be submitted there, but nothing can receive it. FormPost accepts the input and sends it to you by email.
Before you start: create a form in FormPost
Sign up for FormPost, create a form and enter the domain your site runs on. We then show you your form's address. It replaces https://www.formpost.eu/f/abc123 in the code below – nothing else needs to change.
1. Create the form as an include
Save the form in the _includes folder. It then lives in one place and can be used on any page.
<form action="https://www.formpost.eu/f/abc123" method="POST">
<label for="email">Email</label>
<input type="email" id="email" name="email" required>
<label for="message">Message</label>
<textarea id="message" name="message" required></textarea>
<input type="text" name="_gotcha" style="display:none;" tabindex="-1" autocomplete="off">
<button type="submit">Send</button>
</form>
2. Use the include on a page
On your contact page – Markdown or HTML – include the form with a single line.
{% include contact-form.html %}
Good to know
- Kramdown, Jekyll's Markdown processor, passes HTML through. You could write the form straight into the Markdown file; the include pays off as soon as you need it on more than one page.
- We only accept submissions from the domain you entered. Submissions from the local server (jekyll serve on localhost) are rejected; to try things out, use the test form in your dashboard.
- The action attribute is a full address. You don't need relative_url or baseurl for it.
What FormPost cannot do today
- Forms are submitted the classic way, meaning the page changes. Sending in the background via JavaScript is not supported at present.
- We do not accept file attachments.
- FormPost does not collect consent from your visitors. The notice in your own privacy policy remains your job – the wording for it is waiting, ready to copy, next to your form.
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