Carrd

When is one page enough?

Use one page when a visitor has one decision to make. A workshop page can show who it is for, the date and the price, then send people to an existing booking page or collect a message. You can start with a Carrd address while deciding what belongs on the page.

Where does a message or signup go?

Choose a contact form when you want an enquiry in an inbox. Choose a signup form when people are asking to join a mailing list. Before publishing, check the recipient or the connected list and decide what the visitor should see after submitting.

Carrd Pro Standard supports contact and signup forms. A custom form that sends data to a destination such as a web address or automation service is a Pro Plus feature.

Can you check a workshop page before you publish?

Use a paper sketch for an invented workshop and one fictional visitor. Leave accounts, inboxes and live sites untouched.

1. 1
   Write the decision

   Show the date, who the workshop is for and one action. Decide whether that action starts a booking or sends an enquiry.
2. 2
   Trace the enquiry

   Draw the form and its confirmation. Write which test inbox would receive the message and what the visitor would see if a required field was missing.
3. 3
   Check the phone layout

   Sketch the same page in a narrow column. Check that the date and action are easy to find and that the confirmation explains what happens next.

What changes when you add your own address or move away?

Pro Standard is billed annually and is the first Carrd Pro tier that supports a custom domain and basic forms. Pro Plus is the first tier that lets you download the page’s HTML, CSS, JavaScript and images. Check the current annual plan before upgrading.

The download excludes server-side code. Before moving, plan to replace any Carrd-hosted form handling and keep a separate record of your domain, form destinations and services.