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Publish and share my form

Publish and share a form

Outcome: Open a finished form, copy its public link, or share it with a QR code or responsive embed.

What you'll do

Open a finished form for orders and share its public URL, QR code, or responsive embed.

Steps

  1. Open the form in the builder and choose the Publish tab.
  2. Review the public link and the current open or closed state.
  3. Toggle the form to Open when it is ready to accept orders.
  4. Choose Copy Link, download or print the QR code, copy the responsive iframe or direct-link button, or use the Email, Facebook, X, or WhatsApp share control.
  5. Open the public link in a signed-out browser and complete a final buyer check.

What buyers see

An open public form uses a URL such as ezformz.net/f/your-form-slug. A closed form shows a closed message. A future open date can keep the link shareable while buyers see a countdown until ordering begins.

For an active, Public form, link previews use the form title, description, and header image. The preview title ends with EZFormz, and the description ends with Powered by EZFormz. If the form has no usable public header image, EZFormz uses its standard preview card.

Password-protected, invite-only, inactive, and missing forms use generic metadata so gated details are not exposed before access. Messaging apps may cache an older preview after you update a form; that cache belongs to the receiving platform and may clear only after time passes or the link is shared in a new conversation.

Sharing choices

  • Link: best for messages, email, and social profiles.
  • QR code: best for printed material or in-person displays.
  • Embed: places the form in an iframe on another website and keeps the form theme. The generated code includes a listener for EZFormz resize messages and adjusts the iframe height while checking the expected origin and frame.
  • Direct-link button: creates a styled link based on the form's button theme and opens the public form in a new tab.

The responsive embed sends a message shaped as { source: 'ezformz', context: 'iframe.resize', height, slug }. If a site builder strips the listener script, the form can still load in the iframe but may stay at the fixed fallback height. Test the installed embed at phone and desktop widths on the destination site.

Open, close, and schedule the form

Toggle the form between Open and Closed from Publish or Dashboard. Open accepts orders subject to access, schedule, stock, and submission rules. Closed shows a Form Closed message.

To announce a form before ordering starts, keep it published and configure Settings, Submission Limits, Open Date. Buyers see a countdown until the stored time; the page reloads when it reaches zero. A Close Date stops later submissions. Always confirm both gates from the signed-out public link.

If the public result is incomplete, return to Create your first order form, save the correction, and test the public link again.