# Publish and share a form (/docs/forms/share-a-form)
Publishing a form gives it a link anyone can open without signing in. The form's **Settings** tab holds everything about sharing it: the link and its QR code, a readable ending, your own domain, whether the conversation carries on in WhatsApp, and the message people see when they finish.
- **Who can use it:** Owners, admins and members can publish, close and change a form's settings. Anyone in the workspace can copy a live form's link and download its QR code, including viewers. See [Roles and permissions](/docs/settings/roles).
- **Before you start:** Build the form ([Build a form](/docs/forms/build-a-form)). To share it on your own domain, add a forms domain first ([Custom domains](/docs/settings/custom-domains)).
## Publish the form [#publish-the-form]
### Click Publish [#click-publish]
In the builder, click **Publish**. If something would stop respondents from finishing, a list of problems appears instead: fix them and click **Publish** again (see [Fix problems before publishing](/docs/forms/build-a-form#fix-problems-before-publishing)).
### Copy the link [#copy-the-link]
The toast says **Form published. Share the link to start collecting responses.** The status changes to **Accepting responses**, the form opens on its **Settings** tab, and the main button becomes **Copy link**.
Paste the link into a chat, your bio, an email or a campaign. Anyone who opens it can respond. You can also copy it from the **⋯** menu of the form's row on the Forms list.
## The Share panel [#the-share-panel]
Open a form and click the **Settings** tab. The **Share** panel holds:
- **Domain**, if your workspace has a forms domain (see [Use your own domain](#use-your-own-domain)). Without one, it says which address links use.
- **Custom link (optional)**, a readable ending for the link.
- **Link to the form**, with **Copy link** and **Open form** (which opens the public form in a new tab). Only live and closed forms have a link; a draft says **Publish the form to get a link anyone can open, no sign-in needed.**
- **QR code**, which opens the same link.
On a closed form the link stays, and says **The form is closed, so this link shows that it stopped taking responses.**
## Give the form a readable link [#give-the-form-a-readable-link]
Without a custom link, the form's address ends in a long id. A custom ending makes it readable, such as `/f/workshop-oct`.
### Type an ending [#type-an-ending]
In **Custom link (optional)**, type the ending, or click **Use the title** to make one from the form's title. Letters, numbers and hyphens; spaces and capitals turn into hyphens and lowercase as you type.
### Check it's free [#check-its-free]
Under the field, **Available. Save the form to use it.** means you can have it. The **Link to the form** already shows the new address, while the QR code keeps opening the saved link until you save: **This code opens the saved link. Save the form to point it at the new one.**
### Save [#save]
Click **Save changes** (or **Publish** on a draft). The help now says **The form opens at this ending. Earlier endings keep working too.** Links and QR codes you already shared, with the id or an older ending, still open the form and move to the new address.
| Message | What to do |
|---|---|
| **Use at least 3 characters.** / **Use 64 characters or fewer.** | Make the ending longer or shorter. |
| **Use lowercase letters, numbers and hyphens, starting and ending with a letter or number.** | Remove other characters, and any hyphen at the start or end. |
| **That looks like an id. Pick a word or phrase people can read.** | Use words rather than a code. |
| "*ending*" **is reserved. Pick another ending.** | `new`, `edit`, `links`, `admin`, `api`, `app`, `login`, `logout`, `signup`, `settings`, `help`, `support`, `mokanata`, `f` and `l` can't be used. |
| "*Form*" **already uses this ending.** | Another of your forms has it, now or from before it was renamed. Pick another. |
| **Another workspace already uses this ending. Pick another.** | Endings are unique across Mokanata. Pick another. |
## Use your own domain [#use-your-own-domain]
Once an owner or admin has added a forms domain in [Custom domains](/docs/settings/custom-domains), the **Share** panel shows a **Domain** picker.
### Pick the domain [#pick-the-domain]
Choose your domain instead of the Mokanata link. Domains still waiting for DNS are listed as **Waiting for DNS** and can't be picked yet.
### Save the form [#save-the-form]
The help reads **Save the form to share it on this domain. Links you already shared keep working.** Click **Save changes**.
If the domain is later removed or stops verifying, the form falls back to the Mokanata link and the **Domain** help says so; pick another domain or keep the Mokanata link.
## Download or print the QR code [#download-or-print-the-qr-code]
The QR code opens the form's saved link. Print it on flyers, receipts or a table card. It's always dark on white so every phone camera can read it.
### Open the QR code [#open-the-qr-code]
Use the **QR code** block on the **Settings** tab, or click **⋯** on the form's row in the Forms list and choose **QR code**. In the builder, **⋯** → **Download QR code** downloads the PNG straight away.
### Download, copy or print [#download-copy-or-print]
Click **Download PNG** (1024 px), or click **⋯** for **Download for print (PNG, 2048 px)**, **Download SVG**, **Copy image** and **Print**. Files are named after the form's ending or title, such as `workshop-oct-qr.png`.
## Choose what happens when someone responds [#choose-what-happens-when-someone-responds]
The **When someone responds** panel on the **Settings** tab sets how answers are saved.
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| **Save answers as they're given** | Every answer is saved the moment it's entered, so you see people who started and stopped (**In progress** responses). Respondents can close the page and come back. **Submit** marks the response complete. This is the default. |
| **Save on Submit, then continue in WhatsApp** | Nothing is saved until **Submit**. Then WhatsApp opens with a message to your number, so the conversation starts in your inbox. |
## Continue the conversation in WhatsApp [#continue-the-conversation-in-whatsapp]
### Choose Save on Submit, then continue in WhatsApp [#choose-save-on-submit-then-continue-in-whatsapp]
More settings appear under the choice.
### Pick your WhatsApp number [#pick-your-whatsapp-number]
Under **Your WhatsApp number**, choose one of your connected WhatsApp numbers, so replies land in your inbox. To use a number that isn't connected, choose **Another number** and type it with its country code; respondents can still message it, but their replies won't reach Mokanata. If a connected number can't send right now, the help says why.
### Write the opening line [#write-the-opening-line]
Edit **Opening line**, the first line of the message. `{form}` becomes the form's title. Switch on **List their answers under the opening line** to add each answer below it. Respondents can edit the message before sending.
On the right of the tab, **What respondents see when WhatsApp opens, with sample answers** previews the message as it will be typed out for them.
### Save [#save-1]
Click **Save changes**. The public form's button now reads **Submit and open WhatsApp**, and the form's row says **Continues in WhatsApp**.
## Change the confirmation message [#change-the-confirmation-message]
In the **Confirmation** panel, edit **Message after submitting**: what respondents read once they submit. It starts as "Thanks, your response has been recorded." Save the form to use it.
## Change a live form [#change-a-live-form]
Edit the questions or settings, then click **Save changes**. Until you do, respondents keep seeing the saved version. A toast says **Changes saved. The live form shows them now.** Saving a live form checks for the same problems as publishing.
## Stop accepting responses [#stop-accepting-responses]
### Close the form [#close-the-form]
In the builder, click **⋯** and choose **Stop accepting responses**. The toast says **Form closed. The link now says it stopped taking responses.** The status changes to **Closed**.
### Reopen it later [#reopen-it-later]
On a closed form, click **Accept responses**. The toast says **Form reopened**. To close or reopen several forms at once, use the selection bar on the Forms list ([Change several forms at once](/docs/forms/forms#change-several-forms-at-once)).
## Troubleshooting [#troubleshooting]
Some browsers block the clipboard. Copy the link from **Link to the form** on the **Settings** tab instead: click in the box to select it.
The QR code follows the saved link. Save the form after changing its ending or domain, then download the code again.
**Print** opens a print window: allow pop-ups for Mokanata and try again. If your browser can't copy images, download the PNG instead.
The form continues in WhatsApp but has no valid number. Pick a connected number, or choose **Another number** and enter it with its country code, like +62 812 3456 7890.
## Next steps [#next-steps]