Do you build online forms? With who?

[abril1127]

Has anyone used appnitro to create forms?Looks like a pretty easy to use software and $40 flat rate compared to wufoo at $10 a month!...although they are easier to use and will allow you to accept payments with their $25 a month plan.

Does anyone use these type things to build forms? Who do you use?

[kayumangi]

Wow, never knew there was a market for this.

I build websites for a living so form building is kinda 2nd nature to me.

One thing I don't understand why do you have to pay monthly fees?

[abril1127]

Originally Posted by kayumangi

Wow, never knew there was a market for this.

I build websites for a living so form building is kinda 2nd nature to me.

One thing I don't understand why do you have to pay monthly fees?

Trust me I agree! I guess they are banking off us who don't code well.
The one thing I can't figure out is how to have the form email me the information they just created. I found one website that will design the for for you but it basically does nothing...well I guess they could print it....but it's of no use to me if It won't email me the info they just filled out.

[kayumangi]

If you have control over your web hosting then you can get some free form mailing scripts.

Are you running PHP or ASP? Maybe I can help.

[gmarblestone]

Sometimes i agree other times i wonder why photographers retain the rights to photographs if i pay for them. If i want more prints, seems like i have to pay more. Hmm, now is this making more sense?

G - yeah i am a software developer.

Originally Posted by kayumangi

Wow, never knew there was a market for this.

I build websites for a living so form building is kinda 2nd nature to me.

One thing I don't understand why do you have to pay monthly fees?

[kayumangi]

I dunno hehehe,

I'm an open-source person. I prefer to give away my code and just be paid a retainer to trouble shoot and add features, so far have been successful that way.

And I do the same with my pictures, I give my clients a disc containing all pictures in high resolution format without watermarks with a PDF on a personal reprints release.

[abril1127]

I know I can do PHP but not sure about ASP...I am with 1&1.com
I have dreamweaver and know just the basics.
This place http://www.phpform.org/ will let you design it simply and fast but won't let you do much else with it.
If I can just figure out how to make this form send me an email
Thanks for any help you may have!

[kayumangi]

Read this

http://www.dtheatre.com/scripts/formmail.php

If you can't follow a step / or have a question just post a message and I'll walk you through.

kayumangi added 20 Minutes and 50 Seconds later...Double Post Merged Below

Sorry i was a bit vague.

1. Build the form using the site you gave and download the html page somewhere.

2. Download and edit FormMail.php from the link I gave.

3. Modify the html page you just created and have the action point to formmail.php

4. Upload both files to your site and test.

[abril1127]

Ok I'm getting this:
Method Not Allowed
The requested method POST is not allowed for the URL /form/form.
I opened the permissions to 777 but this is the same thing I was getting before I added the new code.
This may simply be over my head of understanding.

[kayumangi]

Tell you what, zip the two files you have and send them to me marius@kayumangi.com and I'll take a look.

[abril1127]

Thank You that is very nice of you...I just may take you up on that. Let me get my form just the way I want it. I'll touch base with you tomorrow and see if your still feeling so generous!

[kayumangi]

Well I got a gig from a fellow TPFer and when I offered to pay him something something for his referral he told me pay it forward, I guess this is one =)

Just e-mail me the files when you can, I work from home so no worries...

[abril1127]

Lovely, I just spend 45 minutes designing a stinking form and that website apparently has a glitch. It won't go to the next page and give me the code!
Seriously you do this stuff for a living!? Web designing is for the birds! Kudos to you!

[kayumangi]

Yup, been building websites since 1996. That's why I'm trying my luck with photography, for a change =)

I assume you know basic HTML, so what I'll try to do tomorrow, barring any angry customer calls from London, is to come up with a small two file php demo for you using that formmail parser thingie I just gave you.

Once that's working you can dress up the HTML form to whatever style sheet you like.

[digitaldude400d]

I got fed up looking for online forms a year or so ago and bought Coffee Cups Web Form Builder http://www.coffeecup.com/form-builder/ Very simple program to use and can create as simple or as complex a form as you need.