---
title: Improving the Formkeep and Wistia Experience
teaser: Submitting forms in Wistia is now a smooth and seamless experience.
tags: formkeep,wistia,web,news
author: Joel Oliveira
published_on: 2017-05-26
---

In addition to [the other changes we've recently shipped for FormKeep] we've
also taken a look at how we interface with the video player provided by our
friends at Wistia. Until recently the Wistia integration, using their
[Turnstile or Timeline Action] features, had one unfortunate limitation.  When
your custom FormKeep form displayed in a video, submitting it would perform an
entire request/response cycle - leaving your video progress behind in the
digital ether. An example of how that normally looks:

![](http://g.recordit.co/TIB1fxAZr6.gif)

Bummer, right?

* * *

After looking into what was possible with Wistia's platform we found that
we could create a plugin for their video player that does all that work in
the background and, upon successful submission, resumes the video playblack.
Not bad! Here's how it would look after configuring our video with the
necessary code:

![](http://g.recordit.co/xe1kno3nc2.gif)

If you'd like to get your form set up properly in a Wistia video we've
[provided some instructions in our guide] to help you get things in shape.

Last but not least, much thanks to [Wistia] for their support and guidance! ❤

[the other changes we've recently shipped for FormKeep]: https://thoughtbot.com/blog/recent-formkeep-improvements
[Turnstile or Timeline Action]: https://wistia.com/doc/turnstile
[provided some instructions in our guide]: https://formkeep.com/guides/custom-form-wistia-call-to-action
[Wistia]: https://wistia.com