A small optional script that adds inline errors and takes nothing else over.

What it actually changes

Without the script, a submit navigates. With it, the submit is intercepted, sent with fetch, and the answer is written into a status element. That is the entire feature. There is no widget, no iframe, no injected stylesheet, and no layout decision taken on your behalf.

<!-- before the closing </body> -->
<script src="https://freelyform.com/embed.js" defer></script>

<form action="https://freelyform.com/f/FORM_ID" method="POST">
  <label for="email">Email</label>
  <input id="email" name="email" type="email" required>

  <label for="message">Message</label>
  <textarea id="message" name="message" required></textarea>

  <button type="submit">Send</button>
  <p class="fs-status" role="status"></p>
</form>

If you place the .fs-status paragraph yourself, the script writes into it. If you do not, it creates one immediately after the form with a small amount of inline spacing — deliberately minimal, because a script that guesses at your design system gets it wrong.

The attributes it reads

What it will not do

It will not send files, because it builds a URLSearchParams body from string values and skips everything else. It will not validate your fields; browser attributes and server rules do that. It will not retry a failed submission, because a silent automatic retry on a public form is how one visitor becomes five records.

When not to use it

If you are already in a framework with a submit handler, you do not need this script — post directly and render the response yourself. If the page must work with JavaScript disabled, keep the native form and let the success page do the talking; adding the script does not break that, but it does remove the guarantee that the outcome is visible in the page.