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Edit forms

There are two ways to edit a form. You can edit the properties of a form, such as title, categories and tags and you can edit the content of a form by adding layout elements and form widgets.

Editing the properties of a form

You can edit the properties of a form in the following way:

  1. On Forms page, click the Actions link of the respective form and in the dropdown list, click Properties.
    The Edit a form page appears.
  2. In Title input field you can change the title of the form.
    The title of the form is used in the backend only and is not displayed on the website.
  3. In Name used in code you can change the automatically generated name that is used to refer to the form in the code.
  4. When you are finished, click Save changes.

Edit the content of a form

You can edit the content of a form, such as layout elements and widgets.


To do this, on Forms page, click the form or click the Actions link of the respective page and then click Content.
The form opens in content editing mode.


For more information, see Sitefinity CMS overviewand Sitefinity CMS overview.

Publishing and deleting a form
  • Publishing and unpublishing a form.
    After you have chosen whether to publish or save as draft a form when editing its content, you can change the status of the form.
    • To publish a form in status Draft or Unpublished, perform one of the following:
      • On Forms page, select one or more forms and in the toolbar click More actions » Publish.
      • On Forms page, click the Actions link of the form and then click Publish.
      • In content editing mode, click Publish.
    • To unpublish a published form, perform one of the following:
      • On Forms page, select one or more forms and in the toolbar click More actions » Unpublish.
      • On Forms page, click the Actions link of the form and then click Unpublish.
      • In content editing mode, click More actions » Unpublish.
  • Delete a form
    You can delete a form in the following ways:
    • On Forms page, select one or more forms and click Delete button in the toolbar.
    • On Forms page, click the Actions link of the respective form.
      From the dropdown list, click Delete.
    • A dialog box appears where you must confirm the deletion.

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