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Create a Custom Theme in Zoho Forms: A Step-by-Step Guide

Customize your Zoho Forms theme with colors, fonts, and layouts to match your brand. Follow this step-by-step guide to create a unique form design.

Zoho Forms is quite simple to create and maintain almost all types of online forms – from data collection to running a customer feedback survey. The range you allow them to be customized is the main distinction of Zoho Forms. It’s fully in your power to create your own unique forms, so if you are intent on giving a really captivating user experience this is a feature that is really awesome.Here we are going to talk about the way to personalize Zoho Forms’ themes.

The tutorial will assist you in being professional and stylish whilst your forms will effortlessly blend into the brand guidelines.

Why Customize Your Zoho Forms Theme?


Why Customize Your Zoho Forms Theme

Customizing the appearance of your forms can:

  • Enhance user experience: A well-designed form, with intuitive navigation and easy completion, significantly improves form submission rates.
  • Maintain brand consistency: Ensure the form’s design aligns with your website’s color schemes, fonts, and overall style.
  • Increase credibility: Proper, professional-looking forms would help build much-needed trust with your customers and clients.

Steps for creating a custom theme in Zoho Forms


Steps for creating a custom theme in Zoho Forms

Step 1: Access Zoho Forms

First, access your Zoho account by logging in. If you lack an account, create one through the Zoho website. Upon successful login, you’ll be directed to the dashboard for managing all your forms.

Step 2: Select a Form to Customize

Once you are at the dashboard, there is a dropdown list of already existing forms on which you wish to make amendments or create new ones from scratch. If you are starting a new form, then you will be required to choose among several pre-built templates or begin with a blank form.

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Step 3: Navigate to the Theme Customization Page

In order to begin customizing the theme of your form, you would navigate to the “Themes” section. There, you would find, on the left-hand menu, an option with the name “Themes” or “Design.” Clicking on it would take you towards the page where you can customize the look and feel of your form by tweaking the themes.

While Zoho Forms offers a set of pre-designed themes, to create a really unique look, one has to build a theme from scratch or customize an existing template. The tools to customize are pretty intuitive, even for a person without any knowledge of coding.

Step 4: Select Base Theme

Zoho Forms offers many pre-designed themes, which are responsive and stylish. You can use any of these themes as a starting point to modify one that fits your vision, but if you want to design your form entirely, choose the “Blank” theme.

Step 5: Customize Form Colors

The most important aspect to customize through form is color. You can change the background, form fields, text, buttons, and even header and footer colors in Zoho Forms. You are allowed to input the hex codes of your brand colors or use the color picker to match your branded colors.

For instance, if your brand colour is blue you can change the buttons and headings of your Zoho Form to that colour. To ensure the correct color contrast between the text and the background, for the purpose of readability, Zoho Forms also has ways to help with that.

Step 6: Change Fonts and Typography

The fonts you use on your forms can greatly impact the overall look and feel. You can control the style, size, and weight of every form element – such as labels for the form, input fields, and button text. It offers the use of default or embedded custom fonts through Google Fonts or upload them to the website.

An important part of Zoho Form customizations involves typography. Using it, a harmonious design is put in place. The font must be relevant to the design of your website and readable on any device.

Step 7: Customize Form Layout

Zoho Forms provides full control over the layout of your form. You can choose the width and alignment of your form as well as field arrangement (single-column or multi-column layout). With drag and drop, you can easily reorder your fields and organize their order according to your preferences.

If you require more extensive customization like creating multi-page forms or adding conditional logic to show or hide the field based on how a user fills out a form, you’ll find these capabilities within the “Settings” area of Zoho Forms.

Step 8: Add a Custom Logo or Banner

To make your forms truly personalized, you can upload your company logo or a banner image. Zoho Forms allows you to add custom branding to the header section, which gives your form a professional touch. Simply upload the image file from your computer, and it will be displayed on top of your form.

Step 9: Preview Your Custom Theme

Thoroughly test your form before publishing by using Zoho Forms’ live preview feature. This allows you to see how your customized form will look and function on different devices, ensuring a positive user experience.

Step 10: Save and Publish Your Customized Form

After getting satisfied with your custom theme appearance, don’t forget to save the changes you made. After that, share the link or embed it to your website, or use various methods of sending the form such as email invitation, integration with other Zoho applications, etc.

Zoho Customization Services for More Complex Needs


For more complex customization requirements than what’s available in Zoho Forms, look to Zoho’s customization services. Their team of experts will help you create seamless integrations with other Zoho applications, such as Zoho CRM, and make the workflows highly customized to automate your processes for your business.

# Customize Zoho CRM for Better Form Integration

If a company is already using Zoho CRM, then the integration of Zoho Forms with a CRM is quite smooth. In combination, customizing Zoho CRM and Zoho Forms together will ensure that data which the forms collect automatically reflects in your CRM system and avoids the problem of manual data entry, increasing efficiency in your organization. Using Zoho, you can tailor these platforms according to your business requirements.

Conclusion


In summary, Shiv Technolabs provides an all-inclusive solution for businesses that want to optimize their form creation process with Zoho Forms. With the robust customization tools of Zoho, companies can create branded, user-friendly forms that enhance professionalism, improve user experience, and streamline data collection. Whether simple or advanced customization, we help businesses achieve seamless integrations and enhanced workflows.

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Dipen Majithiya

I am a proactive chief technology officer (CTO) of Shiv Technolabs. I have 10+ years of experience in eCommerce, mobile apps, and web development in the tech industry. I am Known for my strategic insight and have mastered core technical domains. I have empowered numerous business owners with bespoke solutions, fearlessly taking calculated risks and harnessing the latest technological advancements.