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[IMP] CRM: updating flow and screenshots of generating leads via Contact Form
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Generate leads/opportunities from your website contact page
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Generate leads/opportunities using a website contact page
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Any visitor who uses your website’s contact form will create a lead/opportunity in your pipeline.
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This feature can be accessed through the Website application installed on your database.
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Automating the lead/opportunity generation will considerably improve
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your efficiency. Any visitor using the contact form on your website will
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create a lead/opportunity in the pipeline.
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Use the contact us on your website
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You should first go to your website app.
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By default, the *Contact Us* page will have your company’s stored information as well as Odoo’s
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ready-to-use contact form on your website to automatically generate leads/opportunities.
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.. image:: generate_from_website/default-contact-us-page.png
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:align: center
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:alt: Default Contact Us Form
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With the CRM app installed, you benefit from a ready-to-use contact form
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on your Odoo website that will generate leads/opportunities
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automatically.
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This can be activated or deactivated at any time by going to :menuselection:`Customize -->
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Contact Form` on your website and toggling the option on or off.
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.. image:: media/generate_from_website03.png
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.. image:: generate_from_website/contact-form-toggle.png
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:alt: Contact Form Toggle
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To change to a specific sales channel, go to :menuselection:`Website
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--> Configuration --> Settings` under *Communication* you will find the
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Contact Form info and where to change the *Sales Channel* or
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*Salesperson*.
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When the form is toggled off, the *Contact Us* page will have a message letting customers know
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that your company accepts email contact and a send now button.
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.. image:: media/generate_from_website04.png
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.. image:: generate_from_website/default-contact-us-page-no-form.png
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:alt: Contact Us Page Using Email
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Create a custom contact form
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You may want to know more from your visitor when they use the contact form to
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you will need to build a custom contact form on your
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website. These contact forms can generate multiple types of records in
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the system (emails, leads/opportunities, project tasks, helpdesk
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tickets, etc.)
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To change the form to a specific sales channel, go to :menuselection:`Website --> Configuration -->
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Settings.` Under *Communication,* you will find where to change which *Sales Team* or
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*Salesperson* will be assigned to any incoming leads or opportunities from your Contact Form.
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Configuration
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.. image:: generate_from_website/contact-form-settings.png
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:alt: Contact Form Settings
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You will need to install the free *Form Builder* module, only
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available in Odoo Enterprise.
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Creating a custom contact form
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Wanting more info from visitors using the contact form? Contact forms can be customized for the
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specific information your team needs because they can generate multiple types of records in the
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system, such as emails, leads/opportunities, project tasks, helpdesk tickets, and more.
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.. image:: media/generate_from_website05.png
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Create a custom contact form
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Form configuration
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First, go to the page where you want to put your contact form. In edit mode, drag
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the form builder onto the page, and you will be able to add all the fields
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you wish.
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The free *Form Builder* module can be installed from either the apps page or automatically when
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added to a page in the Website Builder. Adding a whole new form can be great if you are
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soliciting certain information that needs filtering, such as suggestions, bug reports, etc.
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.. image:: media/generate_from_website06.png
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.. image:: generate_from_website/form-building-blocks.png
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:alt: Form Builder Building Blocks
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However, if editing the available predefined options is all that’s necessary, editing the Contact
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Form itself is the best option.
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.. note::
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This module is only available in Odoo Enterprise.
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Editing contact form fields
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In edit mode, click on the field to change, and you can edit any of the following information for
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the specific field:
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- **Type**: Choose a custom field option or an existing field. Examples include phone, file
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upload, language, etc.
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- **Input Type**: This determines the type of entry customers should input. Available options are
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text, email, telephone, and URL.
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- **Label Name**: Type in the display name to show users what information is needed from them.
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- **Label Position**: Choose the way the label is aligned with the rest of the form. The label
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can be hidden, above the field, to the far left of the field, or right adjusted and closer to the
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field.
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- **Required**: Toggleable option for information that you absolutely need entered
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- **Hidden**: Toggleable option to hide the given field for this form or not
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- **Shown on Mobile**: Toggleable option to show the field to users on mobile devices.
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.. image:: generate_from_website/editable-field-options.png
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:alt: Editable Field Options
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By default, any new contact form will send an email. You can switch to
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lead/opportunity generation in *Change Form Parameters*.
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By default, any new contact form will send an email. You can change this to lead/opportunity
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generation in edit mode by clicking any of the form’s fields, and under the form options,
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selecting **Create an Opportunity** as the action.
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If the same visitor uses the contact form twice, the second
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entry will be added to the first lead/opportunity in the chatter.
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If leads are activated in your CRM settings, selecting **Create an Opportunity** will generate
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a lead.
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Generate leads instead of opportunities
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When using a contact form, you should use a qualification step
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before assigning the form to the right sales people. To do so, activate *Leads*
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in CRM settings and refer to :doc:`convert`.
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.. |image0| image:: ./media/generate_from_website01.png
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.. |image1| image:: ./media/generate_from_website02.png
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by activating *Leads* in CRM settings and refer to :doc:`../sales/crm/acquire_leads/convert`.
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