HOWTO: Embed a form into a blog post using Google Docs | Help Desk | Yakezie Forums

Post edited 7:26 am – September 14, 2010 by Invest It Wisely

Want to embed a form into a blog page or post? Using Google Docs, it's easy:

1) In Google Docs, select Create New->Form.

2) Now you can choose the different elements to place on your form. You can select different types of questions and whether you want them to be mandatory or optional.

3) Once your form is the way you want it, select More Actions->Embed.

4) Copy the html code, and paste it into your blog post/page while in HTML mode.

• Remember: every time you update your blog post while not in HTML mode, your form will be erased. You can simply paste it back in again if this happens.
•  Any changes to your form will automatically be reflected in the blog post/page.
• Sometimes, you will see scrollbars or the form won't fit. To get rid of horizontal cropping/scrolling, change the width value to "100%". Get rid of the vertical scrolling by increasing the height value. These changes are made in the HTML code that you paste into your blog page/post.

5) To make changes to the form, simply click on the document in your list of documents. You will see a spreadsheet. You can then select "Form->Edit Form" to make changes to the form.

Hope this helps! To see an example of this in action, check out my contest at: http://www.investitwisely.com/…..y-contest/

I used the Google Docs form for a couple of giveaways and found I got less entries although I'm not sure why.