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Webform 8.x-5.x
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### About this Module
The Webform module is a form builder and submission manager for Drupal 8.
The primary use case for this module is to:
- **Build** a new webform or duplicate an existing template
- **Publish** the webform as a page, node, or block
- **Collect** submissions
- **Send** confirmations and notifications
- **Review** submissions online
- **Download** submissions as a CSV
### Goals
- A comprehensive form and survey building solution for Drupal 8.
- A stable, maintainable, and tested API for building forms and handling submission.
- A pluggable/extensible API for custom form elements and submission handling.
### Demo
> [Watch a demo](http://youtu.be/sQGsfQ_LZJ4) of the Webform module.
> Evaluate this project online using [simplytest.me](https://simplytest.me/project/drupal/8.2.x?add[]=webform).
### Presentations, Blog Posts, & Articles
- [Webform 8.x-5.x @ NJ DrupalCamp](https://www.drupalcampnj.org/program/sessions/building-webforms-drupal-8)
- [Getting NYU onto Webform](https://www.fourkitchens.com/blog/article/getting-nyu-yaml-form)
- [Webforms for Drupal 8](https://www.gaiaresources.com.au/yaml-forms-drupal-8/)
- [Creating Webform Handlers in Drupal 8](http://fivemilemedia.co.uk/blog/creating-yaml-form-handlers-drupal-8)
- [Les formulaires en Drupal 8](https://makina-corpus.com/blog/metier/2016/les-formulaires-en-drupal-8)
### Installing the Webform Module
1. Copy/upload the webform module to the modules directory of your Drupal
installation.
2. Enable the 'Webform' module and desired sub-modules in 'Extend'.
(/admin/modules)
3. Set up user permissions. (/admin/people/permissions#module-webform)
4. Build a new webform (/admin/structure/webform)
or duplicate an existing template (/admin/structure/webform/templates).
5. Publish your webform as a:
- **Page:** By linking to the published webform.
(/webform/contact)
- **Node:** By creating a new node that references the webform.
(/node/add/webform)
- **Block:** By placing a Webform block on your site.
(/admin/structure/block)
6. (optional) Install third party libraries(/admin/help/webform).
7. (optional) Install add-on contrib modules](/admin/structure/webform/addons).
### Releases
Even though the Webform module is still under active development with
regular [beta releases](https://www.drupal.org/documentation/version-info/alpha-beta-rc),
all existing configuration and submission data will be maintained and updated
between releases. **APIs can and will be changing** while this module moves
from beta releases to a final release candidate.
Simply put, if you install and use the Webform module out of the box AS-IS,
you _should_ be okay. Once you start extending webforms with plugins, altering
hooks, and overriding templates, you will need to read each release's
notes and assume that _things will be changing_.
### Project Status
- [Webform Project Board](https://contribkanban.com/board/webform/8.x-5.x)
- [Webform 4.x features currently missing from the Webform module](https://www.drupal.org/node/2807571)
### Similar Modules
- **[Comparison of Webform Building Modules](https://www.drupal.org/node/2083353)**
Drupal has a lot of modules aimed at helping site builders and users add webforms
to their sites. The [Comparison of Webform Building Modules](https://www.drupal.org/node/2083353)
page includes rough comparisons of three of them for Drupal 8 and five of them
for Drupal 7.
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- **[Contact](https://www.drupal.org/documentation/modules/contact) +
[Contact Storage](https://www.drupal.org/project/contact_storage)**
The Contact module allows site visitors to send emails to other authenticated
users and to the site administrator. The Contact Storage module provides
storage for Contact messages which are fully-fledged entities in Drupal 8.
Many of its features are likely to be moved into Drupal Core.
- **[Eform](https://www.drupal.org/project/eform)**
The EForm module enables you to create front-end webforms (fieldable entities),
which contain fields that you define! These webforms use the standard Drupal
fields.
[Is this module still needed?](https://www.drupal.org/node/2809179)