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Danielle_Campa2
Danielle_Campa2
Level 1
August 15, 2017
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Trying to create iFrame Form

  • August 15, 2017
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Trying to create an iFrame form. Adding form to a landing page and overlaying HTML/CSS. Form is to act as a pop-up and landing page URL with form will be added to our CMS system Umbraco. Need help as form fields not syncing to Marketo.

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SanfordWhiteman
SanfordWhiteman
Level 10
August 15, 2017

You need to provide more info: a demo URL, everything you've currently tried, and the expected vs. actual results.

Also, technically, there's no such thing as an "Iframe form." LPs (full HTML documents) are used in Iframes. That LP can contain a form but the form need not have any awareness that it's not on a regular LP.

I also need to ask why you're not using the Forms 2.0 embed code, which is highly recommended over Iframe+LP+form.

Gareth_Spencer
Gareth_Spencer
Level 2
November 16, 2017

Hi - I have a similar question, we are looking to use a MKTO LP in an iFrame within "Unbounce" so the form can be pre-filled.  Are you implying that this method is not possible with Forms 2.0, but that the form should in fact pre-fill anyway?  If it will not, can you suggest a workaround?  Thanks.

SanfordWhiteman
SanfordWhiteman
Level 10
November 16, 2017

I didn't say anything about Pre-Fill either way.

You can embed a Marketo LP as in IFRAME inside an Unbounce LP, if that's the way you want to go.

An embedded Forms 2.0 form without any other enhancements will not Pre-Fill.  If you want Pre-Fill in an Unbounce, you don't actually need a Marketo form at all, but you do need some development to Pre-Fill the Unbounce native form.

    Pieter_Leeflan1
    Pieter_Leeflan1
    Level 2
    February 8, 2018

    Were you ever able to figure out your embed problem with Umbraco. We have an agency that just built our website and put our forms in an iframe which is totally the wrong way to do it and we told them not to. They said its cause we didn't know how to create a followup message with out it being in an iframe (they didn't read the doc i sent them at developers.marketo). I think it might be a limitation of the CMS. Anyway wondering what your solution was.

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    ​Cheers,

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    ​Pieter

    SanfordWhiteman
    SanfordWhiteman
    Level 10
    February 8, 2018

    They said its cause we didn't know how to create a followup message with out it being in an iframe (they didn't read the doc i sent them at developers.marketo)

    If they don't read the docs, they aren't really qualified to answer.

    Simply catching the onSuccess event from the Marketo form allows you do anything you want: stay on the page and print the form fields, redirect to a Thank You page, display a follow-up message on the same page, anything.

    Pieter_Leeflan1
    Pieter_Leeflan1
    Level 2
    February 8, 2018

    I'm sent them the docs but I don't think they were ever passed off to their developer.

    I have a call with their dev to figure out why they really went through rout but wanted to see if Danielle had a different solution.

    Have you used Umbraco before?

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