Question: what size should my form widget be?
By default, the KIMBIA form widget is designed to work in areas of 180px to 600px
In terms of KIMBIA best practices, we recommend the following guidelines ...
- More space equals more money
The smaller it is, or the less it is featured, the less it will be used. - Big enough for what you want to do
e.g. bigger than your video player/images etc. that will be embedded in the form. - Some points of reference about widths on the web
- 625 pixels is the default central column size on Blogger
- 425 pixels is the default size of an embedded YouTube video or Google map
These are both comfortable presentation sizes. - Below 300 pixels it starts to get too small
better than nothing but significantly less used than wider forms.
Placing a widget in a Sidebar
When first evaluating where to install your widget, you may find it convenient to place your widget on every page of your website by placing it in the sidebar of a page template. Beware: depending on the existing content in the sidebar, this may work against your fundraising/registration goals.If your sidebar currently contains items that are unrelated to the content of the page (links to external websites, ads, promotional items etc.) our experience shows that your existing web users will consider any new items in the sidebar also be unrelated, and therefore not a focal point.
If the sidebar is the only viable solution, we strongly recommend:
- customizing the look and feel of your form through a custom CSS stylsheet that allows your form widget to stand out from other sidebar items
- Placing the form at the top of the sidebar and hopefully 'above the fold' so it will grab your visitor's attention
