---
title: "How to add a new field to aiContactSafe forms"
description: "The default form in aiContactSafe contains the following fields: Name Email Phone Subject Message With aiContactSafe, you can add additional fields to your forms in order to get more information from..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/joomla/joomla-2-5/add-new-field/
date: 2012-06-29
modified: 2021-08-16
author: "Brad Markle"
categories: ["Joomla", "Joomla 2.5"]
tags: ["Joomla v2.5"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# How to add a new field to aiContactSafe forms

The [default form in aiContactSafe](/support/edu/joomla/joomla-2-5/create-contact-us/) contains the following fields:

- Name
- Email
- Phone
- Subject
- Message

With aiContactSafe, you can add additional fields to your forms in order to get more information from the user. For example, if you wanted a field where someone can enter their website URL, you can easily do this. In this aiContactSafe tutorial, we’ll walk you through the steps for **adding new fields** to your forms.

## Creating a new field in your form

1. Log into your Joomla dashboard
2. In the top menu, hover over **Components** » **aiContactSafe** » and then click **Fields**
3. Click **Add new** in the top right menu
4. You can set many attributes for this new field. In this example, we are only configuring the minimum. Below are the settings we are using: Field name: website-url Field label: Website URL (when you fill in this value, the same text is added to Field label in message:) Field type: Textbox (as the user needs to type in their website url, we are using textbox) Default value: https:// (by default, we want the field to already include “https://”. This will help the user know we want a web address.) [![minimum-field-values](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/edu_joomla25_aiContactSafe_minimum-field-values.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/edu_joomla25_aiContactSafe_minimum-field-values.gif)
5. When you are finished configuring your field, click **Save** in the top right menu. You will then see the message **Modification saved!**When you visit your form, you should now see the new field! [![website-url-field-has-been-added](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/edu_joomla25_aiContactSafe_website-url-field-has-been-added.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/edu_joomla25_aiContactSafe_website-url-field-has-been-added.gif)