Contact Forms for ZeroPoint

Contact forms are a common requirement for website stakeholders, so static sites often need a way to support form submissions.

Static sites don't have a server to process forms — but several services accept form posts directly, store your submissions, and notify you by email. Your HTML form stays the same; the service handles everything else.

Both options below require no JavaScript, no backend, and no javascript packages. A plain HTML <form> tag is all you need.

Option 1: Netlify Forms

If your ZeroPoint site is deployed on Netlify, form handling is built in. Netlify detects your forms at deploy time and automatically provisions an endpoint for them.

  1. Add the netlify attribute to your form

    <form name="contact" method="POST" data-netlify="true">
  ...
</form>

    That's it. Deploy to Netlify and your form is live. Submissions appear in the Forms tab of your Netlify site dashboard, and Netlify sends you an email notification for each one.

  2. Customize the success page

    By default, Netlify redirects to a generic confirmation page after submission. Point to your own instead using the action attribute:

    <form name="contact" method="POST" data-netlify="true" action="/contact/thanks/">
  ...
</form>

Option 2: Formspree

Formspree works on any host. Once you create your account, you'll receive a unique form endpoint URL to use as your form's action attribute.

  1. Add your Formspree endpoint to your form

    <form action="https://formspree.io/f/YOUR_FORM_ID" method="POST">
  ...
</form>

    Replace YOUR_FORM_ID with the ID from your Formspree dashboard. Submissions appear in your Formspree dashboard and are emailed to you immediately.

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