{"id":1033,"date":"2023-05-21T09:20:19","date_gmt":"2023-05-21T08:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatsite.dev\/makegreatsite\/docs\/contact-forms\/actions-of-a-contact-form-when-it-is-submitted\/"},"modified":"2023-05-21T09:23:23","modified_gmt":"2023-05-21T08:23:23","slug":"actions-of-a-contact-form-when-it-is-submitted","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/greatsite.dev\/makegreatsite\/docs\/contact-forms\/actions-of-a-contact-form-when-it-is-submitted\/","title":{"rendered":"Actions of a contact form when it is submitted"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You can choose what your site visitors see when a contact form is submitted on your site. Thus, you can redirect them to a external source, another page on your site, and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Follow the instructions below to see how you can set up an action of a contact form when it is submitted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Important:<\/strong> This feature is available for Pro sites only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Setting up an action of a contact form when it is submitted<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1. Open the editor, hover over to the contact form on your site and click on the “gear”:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2. In the form settings navigate to the\u00a0Action<\/strong>\u00a0tab:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Possible actions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After you open the form settings, go ahead and choose the suitable click action from the drop-down menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Open page<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This feature allows you to redirect the visitors to another page of your site once they submit a contact form. For that, choose\u00a0Open page<\/strong>\u00a0in the dropdown and then select the needed page:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Show thank you message in pop-up<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

1. This is a confirmation message that your site visitors will see if the form has been submitted successfully. For that, choose the\u00a0Show thank you message in pop-up<\/strong>\u00a0option in the dropdown:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2. You can also edit the text of the message and on the button:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Web address<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This action redirects your visitors to the external resource. For that, choose\u00a0Web address<\/strong>\u00a0in the menu and paste the link with the\u00a0https:\/<\/a>\u00a0extension:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Close Pop-up<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

1. This option will come in handy when the contact form added to a pop-up window on your site. Thus, after the visitor submit the form, it will automatically close the pop-up too. For that, choose the\u00a0Close Pop-up<\/strong>\u00a0click action from the dropdown:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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