Your public donation form is where online giving actually happens, so it is worth setting up carefully. Argenta gives you control over its wording, fields, colors, and banner, plus a way to share it.

Open the form designer

From the left-hand menu, choose Fundraising > Public Donation Form. You can also get there from the Design Public Form button on your Donations list. The designer has a Workspace Menu across the top with five sections you work through one at a time.

Form Content

Add a headline if you want one; it only appears if you enter text. Below it is a full editor for the body of the form, so you can explain what the gift supports. Keep it short. People arrive at a donation form ready to give, and long copy talks them out of it.

Choose Form Fields

Turn individual fields on or off with a switch for each: Mailing Address, City, State, Zip, Phone Number(s), Tribute Section (so a donor can give in honor or memory of someone), and Solicited Section. Ask for a mailing address if you send year-end tax letters by post; if you do not, leave it off. Every extra field costs you completed donations.

Choose Form Colors

Match the form to your branding so the page feels like it belongs to your organization. You can set colors for the headline, the icons, the donation amount buttons (including their hover and font colors), and the main buttons. A donation form that looks nothing like your website makes people hesitate at exactly the wrong moment.

Form Banner Image

Turn on Display Hero Image and upload a banner for the top of the form (use Save As Banner Image, or Remove Banner Image to clear it). A real photo of the work you do outperforms a logo here.

Share This Form

This section gives you a QR code you can download and put on printed materials, a slide, or a table sign at an event. You can also copy the form's web link from the Public Donation Form control on your Donations list.

Preview and save

• Preview opens the form as a donor sees it. Always check this before sharing the link.
• Save Settings keeps your changes and leaves you on the page.
• Save & Exit saves and closes.

Before you publish

1. Preview the form and read it back as if you had never seen it.
2. Make a small real donation to yourself and confirm it arrives, so you know the whole path works before donors use it.
3. Check that the donation shows up under your Donations list and against the right fund.
4. Open the form on a phone. Most people will.