Friendly Web Form URL

Jennifer Paquette

Is there a way to create a "friendly" web form URL?

Tony Davidson - SmartSheet Certified User 2016

Hi Jennifer..once you have created your specified column names you can create a web form from that sheet by simply clicking the web form tab at the bottom of the sheet.  Here is a link on web forms as well.  Thanks 

 

https://www.smartsheet.com/product-tour/web-forms

Jennifer Paquette

Hi Tony -- I should have been more clear.  What I actually meant is we're looking for a way to make the URL more "friendly-looking" --  something like https://app.smartsheet.com/RiskRegister (rather than https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form?EQBCT=18ab175e8eb6494cb9761ebd29b31d4).  Thanks!

Tony Davidson - SmartSheet Certified User 2016

Hi Jennifer..it appears neither of those links are still active.  If you're looking to add your logo you can have a logo show on the form if you have a logo uploaded in the workspace?

J. Craig Williams

How are you providing the URL to your users?

 

The display options will be done there - not in the original URL text.

For example, if I send the link to a user using Gmail, then I can change the display text when I add the link to the message.

If you are posting it to a website, use the Embed code and change the display on the back-end.

 

There isn't a way, as far as I know, to change the displayed URL directly within Smartsheet.

 

Craig

 

Jennifer Paquette

Thanks Craig - That's what I figured.    I change the SmartSheet links in Outlook all the time using the "hyperlink" feature, but our Community Manager tells me it cannot be done with our online forums (ie: our company's equivalent to the forum we're using here to communicate).

Shaine Greenwood

Hi Jennifer,

 

Smartsheet doesn't have a way to generate a custom or shorthand URL, and from my knowledge, using a URL shortener website will break the form/publish link. 

 

I'll get your vote down for a way to customize this, but for now I'd recommend going with J. Craig's advice.