Online Form Resources

Mike Moore — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:13:02 +0000

Recently I've been tasked with coming up with better options for more
functional online forms - on a budget. Improved forms should be:

Easy to setup
Easy to change
Easy to maintain
Be able to generate: Excel, CSV (comma separated values) data files
of selected information

So, with that criteria in mind, I set out, first, via code - commonly:

ASP or php (there may be others via which this can be done - these are
the two I find most often used for this purpose):

Along those lines I found sites like these which generate code based on
user input:

http://www.freeformmaker.com/ (php)

and

http://www.tele-pro.co.uk/scripts/contact_form/ (ASP or php)

just follow the prompts and poof - easy form

that works for sites designed to accomodate do it yourself forms. Not
all hosts are created equal. In that case, my case, I then took to looking
at online form hosts. The form sits on your site (or theirs) but is processed
through their system (free or for reasonable rates). Two sites I found
worth looking at are:

http://www.jotform.com

and

http://www.wufoo.com

I put together a form from jotform in about two hours. Not because it
was difficult but because it was somewhat complex. Have a look:

http://www.elcentrodelaraza.org/volreg/volreg.htm

Mike Moore
Vista Tech - El Centro de la Raza

Digital Arts Service Corps - online forms

Online Form Resources