Custom Fields

Gleam has the ability to capture additional information from your users via Custom Fields when entering a contest or redeeming a reward. These custom fields are incredibly flexible & powerful, they are currently available to customers on the Business plan.

Applications that support Custom Fields:

Preset Fields

We have a number of preset fields that you can add by clicking the Add Field button. You can also drag and drop the fields to change the ordering (which includes dragging above the Full Name and Email field).

Gleam interface showing fields with add field button and fields being dragged and dropped

Address	Ask users to submit their address
Phone	Ask users to submit their phone number
Zip	Ask US or Canadian users to submit their Zip code
Postcode	Ask users to submit their Postcode
Terms & Conditions	Require users to agree to the widget terms and conditions. You can also link to an external terms and conditions (on your own site)
State	Allow users to enter their state. Has prefilled states for US, UK, Canada & Australia
Country	Ask users to enter their country from a dropdown.
Title	Ask users for their job title
Company	Ask users for their company name
Question	Ask a question from users before they signup. For example How did you hear about us?
Separator	This option allows you to split your fields across multiple screens. Good if your data spans different categories or themes.

Add Custom Field

You can also add your own complete custom fields which opens up endless possibilities for data collection.

Custom Field Types

String
Small
Large
Text
Date of Birth
Checkbox
Select
Large Select
Country

Custom Field Options

Inside each custom field you have a number of options that can be configured.

Label	This is the label on the field, normall describes to the user what you want to capture.
Placeholder	Each form element can have placeholder instructions inside it.
Hint	A hint will appear below the label to give additional information to users.
Instructions	Allows you to add some instructions before the field.
Instructions After	Allows you to add some instructions after the field.
Options	Allows you to have multiple options for Select or Large Select fields.
Default	This will automatically default to one of the Options.
Dependant	This allows you to make one list that is dependant on another. It'll stay hidden until the first list has been selected.
Pattern	Pattern allows you to use REGEX patterns to validate the input on the field. This should only be used by users that are able to write regular expressions.
Required	Required is always on by default for each field. It requires that a particular field is complete before allowing the user to continue. You can turn this off with this checkbox.
Max length	Specify a maximum number of characters for a field.