# Forms

Forms are how members submit answers in Discord. You build them in the dashboard, publish a message to a channel, and members click **Open Form** (or pick your form from a panel).

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## Before you start

- Formify is in your server and you can open it in the [dashboard](https://formify.pro/dashboard).
- You know which channel should show the form.
- You know which channel (or thread/forum/ticket mode) should receive submissions.

If publishing fails, check [Permissions](/getting-started/permissions/) first.

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## Create a form

1. Open your server in the dashboard.
2. Go to **Forms** → **New form**.
3. Work through the tabs:

### Basics

- **Title** and **description** — shown on the open-form message.
- **Disabled** — stops new submissions without deleting the form.
- **Only submit once** — one submission per user until staff reset them.
- **Submission cooldown** — optional wait time between submissions from the same user.

### Questions

Add each question you want members to answer.

| Field | Meaning |
|-------|---------|
| Question | The label shown in the modal |
| Answer type | Short (one line) or Paragraph (multi-line) |
| Min / Max | Character limits for the answer |
| Placeholder | Hint text inside the answer box |
| Required | Whether the question must be filled in |

Discord modals fit five inputs per page. Longer forms automatically split into multiple pages when someone submits.

### Output

Choose where submissions go:

- **Channel** — posts a review embed in a text channel (most common)
- **Thread** — creates a thread on a parent message
- **Forum** — posts into a forum channel
- **Ticket** — opens a ticket channel instead of (or in addition to) a log channel, depending on your ticket settings

Pick the output channel (or parent) Formify should use.

### Roles

- **Mod roles** — who can use Approve/Deny/Ticket Response buttons
- **After approve / remove on approve** — optional role changes when staff approve
- **Blocked roles** — members with these roles cannot open the form

### Tickets

If this form should open support tickets on approve or via **Ticket Response**, configure ticket naming, categories, and limits here. See [Tickets](/guides/tickets/) for the full picture.

4. Click **Save** at the top.

![Form editor overview](https://cdn.formify.pro/api/uploads/330yusw6/raw)

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## Customize embeds

Before or after publishing, open **Embeds** from the form editor or the forms list **Manage** menu.

You can edit:

- The **open form** message (what members see before they click)
- **Submission output** — the review embed staff see
- Approval, denial, DM, and ticket-open messages

Changes to embeds do not always update the live Discord message until you **Publish** again. See [Embeds](/guides/embeds/).

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## Publish to Discord

1. From the form editor or **Forms** list, choose **Publish**.
2. Select the text channel where the open-form message should appear.
3. Confirm.

Formify sends (or updates) the message with your open button. Members click it to fill out the form in a modal.

![Publish form to a channel](https://cdn.formify.pro/api/uploads/ir21v408/raw)

**Important:** Saving the form does not post it. You must publish at least once.

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## Manage existing forms

From **Forms**, open **Manage** on any form to:

- Edit settings
- Open the embed editor
- Publish to a new channel
- View submissions (links to Submission Logs filtered by form)
- Export CSV
- Copy to another server (if you manage it)
- Delete the form

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## Create a form with `/create` (Discord)

In Discord, run:

```
/create
```

Follow the prompts to set title, color, questions, and channel. This is faster for simple forms but skips some dashboard-only options.

To repost an existing form message:

```
/resend form:<id>
```

Use `/list forms` to see form IDs.

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## Limits worth knowing

- **Blocked / mod / after roles:** up to three roles per field where applicable
- **Claimed roles:** up to five on ticket-related settings
- **Discord modal pages:** five questions per page (Formify splits longer forms automatically)
- **Discord `/create` limit:** four forms per server by default, unless your server has the weekly top.gg vote bonus

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## Next steps

- [Form panels](/guides/panels/) — multiple forms in one message
- [Submissions](/guides/submissions/) — review and export responses
- [Embeds](/guides/embeds/) — message appearance
- [FAQ](/help/faq/)