Connect card
Add a form visitors fill in on their phone, show it on the page or in a pop-up, and read or download the answers.
The Connect card block is a form people fill in on their phone: a welcome card for first-time guests, an event sign-up, a prayer request. Answers go straight to your church’s portal, ready to read or download.
Add a connect card #
- Add the blockClick + Add block → ✍️ Connect card. It comes with common questions ready to go: name, email, phone, first visit or regular, next steps and a prayer request.
- Write a title and introFor example “Glad you’re here!” and a line about what happens next.
- Edit the questionsOpen each question to change its wording, answer type and whether it’s required. Use ↑ ↓ to reorder, ✕ to remove and + Add question for more.
- Set the finishChange the Send button text and the Message after sending, like “Thanks! Pastor Dave will be in touch this week.”
- PublishForms only collect answers on a published page.
Answer types #
| Type | Good for |
|---|---|
| Short answer | Names, a child’s age, a group name. |
| Email / Phone | Brings up the right phone keyboard, and checks an email looks real. |
| Long answer | Prayer requests, questions, comments. |
| Pick one | “This is my… first visit / second visit / I’m a regular”. Put one choice per line. |
| Pick any (checkboxes) | “I’d like to… learn more / serve / talk with a pastor”. One choice per line. |
| One checkbox (yes/no) | “Add me to the weekly email”. |
Questions marked Required show a * in the list and must be answered before the form sends. Keep required questions to a minimum; every extra one means fewer people finish.
Show it in a pop-up #
A long form can crowd a welcome page. Instead, tuck it behind a button:
- Set Show itIn the connect card’s settings, set Show it to In a pop-up, opened from a button, and pick a pop-up icon. The form disappears from the page itself.
- Point a button at itOn any button, banner or hero, set When tapped to Open one of my pop-up menus or lists, then pick the connect card (it’s marked “connect card”).
The Sunday welcome template works this way: its “Fill out a connect card” button opens the card in a sheet.
Read the answers #
When someone sends a form, the page’s card in the portal shows 📥 3 connect card answers, with a green new count for ones nobody has opened yet. Click it to see every answer, newest first.
- ⬇ Download for Excel saves all the answers as a spreadsheet file (CSV) that opens in Excel, Numbers or Google Sheets, one row per answer.
- 🗑 deletes a single answer for good, like a test or spam.
- Answers are marked as seen when anyone on your team opens the list.
Owners and editors on your church can. People added as Stats only can’t, because answers often include personal details. A stats link only shows them if you tick “Also show connect card answers”.
Forms in a Spotlight #
A Spotlight block can have its own short form under a photo or video, like a baptism sign-up. Its answers arrive in the same place, labeled with the Spotlight’s title.
Spam and test answers #
Forms have quiet spam protection built in, and each phone can send a handful of answers every ten minutes. When you test the form yourself, delete your test answers with 🗑 afterward so your counts stay accurate.
Answers are collected for pages published from the portal (through the install code or live link). A form in a page copied out of DoorStep some other way won’t send anywhere.
Related guides #
Still stuck? Ask whoever set up DoorStep for your church, and mention this article: Connect card.