Cómo poner y personalizar un formulario de contacto en Blogger

Una de las cosa que más me gustan de Blogger, es la capacidad de insertar y personalizar un formulario de contacto, sin la necesidad de recurrir a servicios como JotForm o Foxyform. Sin duda, un gran acierto, pues muchos de estos servicios tienen una limitación en cuanto a la cantidad de mensajes que puedes recibir en tu correo.

Añadirlo es bastante sencillo, pues esta función se trata de un gadget, es decir, un componente nativo de Blogger. Por lo tanto, se puede agregar desde la pestaña de Diseño.

Dependiendo del lugar donde lo pusiste o del diseño de tu plantilla blogger, obtendremos algo similar a esto:

Para muchos quizá, una de las desventajas de este formulario de contacto nativo de Blogger es su apariencia, pues posee un aspecto bastante básico y un diseño simple. Aunque este último supone una ventaja, pues dicha simplicidad en su diseño hace que sea bastante fácil modificar su apariencia.

Jugaremos con las clases CSS y le daremos a este formulario de contacto de Blogger un "look" más bonito.

Personalizando el formulario de contacto de Blogger

Nos vamos al Editor HTML de nuestra plantilla, presionamos CTLR + F y buscamos la etiqueta ]]></b:skin>. Dentro de ella pegaremos el siguiente código.

#ContactForm1{display: none !important;}

Esto hará que el formulario de contacto se oculte. Ten en cuenta que los siguientes diseños de formularios de contacto que te mostraré en breve, son para formularios grandes, por lo tanto, necesitaremos insertarlo a una página estática.

Nos dirigimos a Páginas > Página nueva.

En la parte superior izquierda del editor de entradas, ingresas a la edición HTML y pegas el código del estilo de formulario que más te guste.

Estilo Colorido

<style type="text/css">.contact-form-widget{margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:600px;max-width:100%;padding:40px 0}.contactf-name,.contactf-email{float:left;width:48.25%}.contactf-name{margin-right:3.5%}.contact-form-name,.contact-form-email,.contact-form-email-message,.contact-form-name:hover,.contact-form-name:focus,.contact-form-email:hover,.contact-form-email:focus,.contact-form-email-message:hover,.contact-form-email-message:focus{width:100%;max-width:100%;margin:0 0 20px;padding:10px 15px;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:1px;color:#444;background:#F3F3F3;border:medium none;-webkit-box-shadow:none;-moz-box-shadow:none;box-shadow:none}.contact-form-name,.contact-form-email{height:37px}.contact-form-email-message{height:170px}.contact-form-button-submit,.contact-form-button-submit:hover{width:13%;height:30px;font:normal 12px Arial;letter-spacing:1px;color:#444;display:block;outline:none;margin-bottom:20px;text-align:center;background:#E6E6E6;border:0;cursor:pointer}.contact-form-button-submit:active{outline:none;-webkit-box-shadow:none;box-shadow:none}.contact-form-cross{border:medium none!important;box-shadow:none!important;padding:0!important;height:11px !important;width:11px !important;} </style> <div class="widget ContactForm" id="ContactForm22"><div class="contact-form-widget"><div class="form"><form name="contact-form"><div class="contactf-name"><input class="contact-form-name" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-name" name="name" size="30" type="text" value="NAME" onblur='if (this.value == "") {this.value = "NAME";}' onfocus='if (this.value == "NAME") {this.value = "";}'  /></div><div class="contactf-email"><input class="contact-form-email" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-email" name="email" size="30" type="text" value="EMAIL" onblur='if (this.value == "") {this.value = "EMAIL";}' onfocus='if (this.value == "EMAIL") {this.value = "";}'/></div><div style="clear:both"></div><div class="contactf-message"><textarea class="contact-form-email-message" cols="25" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-email-message" name="email-message" rows="5" value="MESSAGE" onblur='if (this.value == "") {this.value = "MESSAGE";}' onfocus='if (this.value == "MESSAGE") {this.value = "";}'></textarea></div><input class="contact-form-button contact-form-button-submit" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-submit" type="button" value="SEND" /><div class="contact-form-error-message" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-error-message"></div><div class="contact-form-success-message" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-success-message"></div></form></div></div></div>

Estilo Minimalista

<style type="text/css">.contact-form-widget { margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width: 650px;max-width: 100%;padding: 0px;color: #000;}.fm_name, .fm_email {float:left;padding:5px;width:48%}.fm_message {padding:5px;}.contact-form-name, .contact-form-email { width: 100%;max-width: 100%;margin-bottom: 10px;height:50px;padding:10px;font-size:18px;}.contact-form-email-message {width:100%;max-width: 100%;height:100px; margin-bottom:10px;padding:10px; font-size:16px;}.contact-form-button-submit { border-color: #C1C1C1; background: #E3E3E3;color: #585858; width: 30%;max-width: 20%;margin-bottom: 30px; height:40px; font-size:18px; }.contact-form-button-submit:hover{background: #ffffff;color: #000000;border: 1px solid #FAFAFA;}</style><div class="widget ContactForm" id="ContactForm1"><div class="contact-form-widget"><div class="form"><form name="contact-form"><div class="fm_name">Nombre:<input class="contact-form-name" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-name" name="name" size="30" type="text" value="" /></div><div class="fm_email">Email *:<input class="contact-form-email" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-email" name="email" size="30" type="text" value="" /></div><div style="clear:both"></div><div class="fm_message">Mensaje *:<textarea class="contact-form-email-message" cols="25" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-email-message" name="email-message" rows="5"></textarea><input class="contact-form-button contact-form-button-submit" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-submit" type="button" value="Enviar" /><div class="contact-form-error-message" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-error-message"></div><div class="contact-form-success-message" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-success-message"></div></div></form></div></div></div>

Estilo Sombreado

<style type="text/css">.contact-form-widget {width: 500px;max-width: 100%;margin: 0 auto;padding: 10px;background: #F8F8F8;color: #000;border: 1px solid #C1C1C1;box-shadow: 0 1px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25);border-radius: 10px;}.contact-form-name, .contact-form-email, .contact-form-email-message {width: 100%;max-width: 100%;margin-bottom: 10px;}.contact-form-button-submit {border-color: #C1C1C1;background: #E3E3E3;color: #585858;width: 20%;max-width: 20%;margin-bottom: 10px;}.contact-form-button-submit:hover{background: #4C8EF9;color: #ffffff;border: 1px solid #FAFAFA;}</style><div class="widget ContactForm" id="ContactForm1"><div class="contact-form-widget"><div class="form"><form name="contact-form"><div class="fm_name">Nombre:<input class="contact-form-name" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-name" name="name" size="30" type="text" value="" /></div><div class="fm_email">Email *:<input class="contact-form-email" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-email" name="email" size="30" type="text" value="" /></div><div style="clear:both"></div><div class="fm_message">Mensaje *:<textarea class="contact-form-email-message" cols="25" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-email-message" name="email-message" rows="5"></textarea><input class="contact-form-button contact-form-button-submit" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-submit" type="button" value="Enviar" /><div class="contact-form-error-message" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-error-message"></div><div class="contact-form-success-message" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-success-message"></div></div></form></div></div></div>

Estilo Azul

<style type="text/css">.contact-form-widget{margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:600px;max-width:100%}.contactf-name,.contactf-email{float:left;width:50%}.contact-form-name,.contact-form-email,.contact-form-email-message,.contact-form-name:hover,.contact-form-name:focus,.contact-form-email:hover,.contact-form-email:focus,.contact-form-email-message:hover,.contact-form-email-message:focus{width:100%;max-width:100%;margin:0 0 15px;padding:10px;font-size:14px;color:#777;background:#E2DEDB;border:1px solid #CBC7C4;-webkit-box-shadow:none;-moz-box-shadow:none;box-shadow:none;-webkit-border-radius:20px;-moz-border-radius:20px;border-radius:20px}.contact-form-name,.contact-form-email{height:33px}.contact-form-email-message{height:130px}.contactf-message{position:relative}.contactf-message:after,.contactf-message:before{border-bottom:50px solid transparent;border-left:80px solid #E2DEDB;bottom:-32px;content:'';position:absolute;right:50%;margin-right:-100px}.contactf-message:before{border-left:80px solid #CBC7C4;bottom:-34px;right:50.3%;margin-right:-101px}.cbluebutton{margin-top:25px;width:30%;height:35px;float:right;font-size:15px;color:#fff;display:inline-block;text-align:center;background:linear-gradient(to bottom,#339ad9 0%,#224bbc 100%);box-shadow:0 1px 1px rgba(34,75,188,0.5);border:0;-webkit-border-radius:20px;-moz-border-radius:20px;border-radius:20px}.cbluebutton span .contact-form-button-submit{background:linear-gradient(to bottom,#52b1e2 0%,#397fd0 100%);font:bold 16px "Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;height:35px;width:100%;color:#FFF;text-shadow:0 1px 1px #224BBC;display:inline-block;box-shadow:0 1px 1px rgba(255,255,255,0.3) inset;cursor:pointer;outline:none;-webkit-border-radius:20px;-moz-border-radius:20px;border-radius:20px}.contact-form-button-submit:active{top:1px;outline:none;-webkit-box-shadow:none;box-shadow:none}.contact-form-cross{border:medium none!important;box-shadow:none!important;padding:0!important;width:11px !important;height:11px !important;}</style><div class="widget ContactForm" id="ContactForm22"><div class="contact-form-widget"><div class="form"><form name="contact-form"><div class="contactf-message"><textarea class="contact-form-email-message" cols="25" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-email-message" name="Message" rows="5" value="Message" onblur='if (this.value == "") {this.value = "Message";}' onfocus='if (this.value == "Message") {this.value = "";}'></textarea></div><div class="cbluebutton"><span><input class="contact-form-button contact-form-button-submit" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-submit" type="button" value="Send" /></span></div><div class="contactf-name"><input class="contact-form-name" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-name" name="name" size="30" type="text" value="Name" onblur='if (this.value == "") {this.value = "Name";}' onfocus='if (this.value == "Name") {this.value = "";}'  /></div><div class="contactf-email"><input class="contact-form-email" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-email" name="email" size="30" type="text" value="E-mail" onblur='if (this.value == "") {this.value = "E-mail";}' onfocus='if (this.value == "E-mail") {this.value = "";}'/></div><div style="clear:both"></div><div class="contact-form-error-message" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-error-message"></div><div class="contact-form-success-message" id="ContactForm1_contact-form-success-message"></div></div></form></div></div>

Algunas plantillas, por lo general las hechas por terceros, los efectos no funcionan, esto debido a que suelen cambiar algún código del widget. En tal caso, házmelo saber en los comentarios.