Integration guide · SpamKill Transformer

Protect your Capsule CRM form from bots

In short: To stop spam on a Capsule CRM contact form, download the form from Account Settings › Contact Form, copy its stylesheet line and form code, run them through the SpamKill Setup Wizard and paste the protected code on your page. SpamKill checks every submission without a CAPTCHA and real enquiries still become Capsule contacts. It takes about 10 minutes.

Bots are filling your Capsule contact form with fake people. Protect it with SpamKill and real enquiries keep arriving in Capsule as contacts, with their message and a follow-up task. One limitation to know first: use Capsule's Download Form option; the Embed option loads the form in a frame and can't be protected this way.

  • About 10 min
  • 6 steps
  • Copy and paste one snippet

Last verified on Capsule CRM Free (Contact Form, Download Form) with the SpamKill Setup Wizard

What changes, and what doesn't

Stays the same
  • Enquiries still arrive in Capsule as contacts
  • The follow-up task Capsule creates for each one
  • Your form's fields and Capsule styling
What's added
  • Every submission is checked before it reaches Capsule
  • The form sits on your page instead of in a Capsule frame
  • Undo it anytime by putting your old form code back
Done this before? Quick setup: one line per step. First time? Start here. Step by step, with a screenshot for every click.

Before you start

Have these ready so nothing stops you halfway.

  • A SpamKill accountNo account yet? Start a free trial.
  • Capsule admin accessYou need to open Account Settings › Contact Form in Capsule.
  • A text editor and your page's HTMLYou'll open a downloaded file to copy code, then paste HTML into an HTML or code block in your site editor.

Quick setup

For returning users. Each line links to its full step.

  1. In Capsule, open Account Settings › Contact Form, publish it if needed, then choose ⋯ › Download Form. Step 1
  2. Open the downloaded file in a text editor and copy the stylesheet line plus everything from <form to </form>. Step 2
  3. In the SpamKill Console, open Setup Wizard, click No to the WordPress question and paste the code. Step 3
  4. Click Generate Protected Code, check the email field is EMAIL, then click Yes, protect my form. Step 4
  5. Copy the protected code, paste it where the form should go, publish the page, then click Next. Step 5
  6. Submit [email protected] and expect an error, then submit a real enquiry and check Contacts. Step 6
Step 1 of 6 · In Capsule

Download your contact form

Where: CapsuleAccount SettingsContact Form

In Capsule, open Account Settings and click Contact Form. Choose your fields, and if the form isn't published yet, click Publish. Then click ⋯ (1) and choose Download Form (2).

Capsule's Contact Form builder with the more-options menu open, showing Settings, Download Form, Embed and Unpublish
1More options2Download Form

You should see: An HTML file of your form in your downloads.

Already using Capsule's Embed code?

That code loads the form in a frame from Capsule, so the Setup Wizard can't protect it. Use the downloaded form instead.

Finished step 1?
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Next: Copy the form code ↓
Step 2 of 6 · In a text editor

Copy the form code

Open the downloaded file in a text editor, not a browser. Copy the line that starts <link rel="stylesheet", then everything from <form class="capsule-form" down to </form>. Leave out the page's other lines, such as <html> and <head>.

You should see: On your clipboard: the stylesheet line and the form, ending with </form>.

Finished step 2?
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Next: Paste it into the Setup Wizard ↓
Step 3 of 6 · In SpamKill

Paste it into the Setup Wizard

Where: SpamKill ConsoleSetup Wizard

In the SpamKill Console, click Setup Wizard in the sidebar. If your site isn't on WordPress, click No under Is your website developed in WordPress?. Paste the code into the box (1).

The Setup Wizard with Capsule's stylesheet line and form code pasted in the box
1Paste the code

You should see: Tips under the box, then Please select the email field input showing EMAIL.

Finished step 3?
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Next: Generate the protected code ↓
Step 4 of 6 · In SpamKill

Generate the protected code

Where: SpamKill ConsoleSetup Wizard

Click Generate Protected Code. SpamKill asks you to check the email field: it should be EMAIL (1). Click Yes, protect my form (2).

The Check the email field dialog with EMAIL selected and a Yes, protect my form button
1EMAIL2Yes, protect my form
Replace the existing code with this code on your website, above the protected form code posting to protect.spamkill.dev

You should see: Replace the existing code with this code on your website, above your protected code.

Finished step 4?
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Next: Put the code on your page ↓
Step 5 of 6 · On your website

Put the code on your page

Where: Your website editor

Copy the protected code. Open your contact page in your website editor and paste the code where the form should go, replacing any Capsule embed code. Save and publish the page. Then click Next in the wizard.

A Contact us page showing the protected Capsule form with name, organization, email and message fields

You should see: Your page shows Capsule's form fields with Capsule's styling.

Does your site style the form by field name?

SpamKill renames the fields, and the wizard lists the old and new names. Update any CSS or scripts that point at the old names.

Finished step 5?
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Next: Test it twice ↓
Step 6 of 6 · On your live form

Test it twice

Open your page in a private window. Submit the form with [email protected] (1). Then submit it again with your own details. Capsule shows its thank-you page (2), and the enquiry appears under Contacts (3) with a task to check the new lead (4).

SpamKill's That email address doesn't look right page with a Go back to the form button
1Blocked by SpamKill
Capsule's page saying Thank you for your submission
2Capsule's thank-you page
The new contact in Capsule with its organisation and a task to check the lead created by the web form
3Your test contact4Check task
On your page

The first try shows That email address doesn't look right.

In Capsule

The second try appears under Contacts, with the task check lead created by the web form.

In SpamKill

Back in the wizard, click Both Tests Passed.

You should see: Thank you for your submission after the second try.

Finished step 6?
0 of 6 steps done

Your Capsule CRM form is protected

  • Bots are stopped before they reach Capsule CRM.
  • Real leads arrive exactly as before, with no extra steps for them.
  • Every block is logged in your SpamKill dashboard.
Open your dashboard

Something not working?

Find what you're seeing.

Capsule asks me to tick "I'm not a robot"

That's Capsule's own check, which can appear after a submission from the same place, with or without SpamKill. Tick it to finish your test, or wait a while before testing again.

The form looks unstyled

The stylesheet line from step 2 is missing. Copy the <link rel="stylesheet" line from the downloaded file along with the form, and run it through the wizard again.

A real visitor was told their email doesn't look right

SpamKill checks for missing @ symbols, extra spaces and common typos. The visitor can click Go back to the form, fix the address and send again.

Changed your mind? Undo in under a minute

  1. Open the page in your website editor.
  2. Delete the SpamKill code and paste your original Capsule form code back.
  3. Save and publish the page. Your form is back to how it was.
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