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Office Support Online · #1 (**permalink**) 01-21-2009

Hi All,

I'm not very experienced at web site design and am trying desperately to learn more. I have a client who in the future would like to have a form on her site that people can fill in and send to her, registering for music lessons.

From what I've seen I can set up an on-line contact style form on the site and someone else suggested an online pdf, but I'm not sure how that works.

What would you suggest, bearing in mind my level of experience? I know how to design a form in Dreamweaver8 but haven't figured out how to get the info to me, although I think I now have a script from my web host that will help.

Any direction and assistance would be sooooo welcome!

Thanks,
Marie

virtual writing · #2 (**permalink**) 01-21-2009

Marie - I think your best quick bet would be to ask your website host. You'll need info from them to insert in your script anyway, and they can set you up with the form and database, most likely.

Ivy Freelance · #3 (**permalink**) 01-22-2009

I'm not sure about building forms on websites or if there's any real easy way to do it.

This is kind of off the wall, but what about using an online survey builder like SurveyMonkey? I know it's not a survey you're doing, but it's the same idea - you could use the text questions for things like names, address, phone number, etc - and the "pick one" questions for choosing different music lessons, etc. You can even design it using your own logo, etc (in the paid version).

These are pretty easy to set up. You can download the responses and there are some reports you might be able to use. On her site, you would just need to insert a link.

I'm not sure if it would work for what you want - just kind of thinking out loud here. If all else fails, it might be an option. There are some limits to the free version.

Anyway, just a thought...

Deb

indigogirl · #4 (**permalink**) 01-22-2009

If you want to get some ideas of the scripting you can find a web page that matches your needs right click on it and review their source code. This will give you some idea of what is needed.

virtual writing · #5 (**permalink**) 01-22-2009

Marie - Go to http://www.tectite.com/ and you'll find what you need, I think.

Office Support Online · #6 (**permalink**) 01-23-2009

I'm loving these suggestions ladies - thank you so much!

Looks like I will be busy playing with my web pages on the weekend. It's a long weekend here for Australia Day - woohoo!

Perfect Solutions · #7 (**permalink**) 01-23-2009

There is an online site that allows you to create 3 forms for free. It was easy to create and you put it on the site as a widget. Take a look at it. It's called Wufoo. Http://www.wufoo.com

Hope this helps.

leedrozak · #8 (**permalink**) 01-23-2009

Marie,

There are lots of free form sites available to you as well as free appointment scheduling widgets if she even wants to go a step further. These are alternatives to do-it-yourself coding.

Best of luck to you.

Office Support Online · #9 (**permalink**) 01-30-2009

This has been an eye opener for me and thank you everyone! I've now discovered that because I'm using 'free' hosting through my email/internet provider, they don't support PHP or CGI scripts, so I've had to search around a bit more. I found these guys: http://allforms.mailjol.net/ that I'm about to try out and also Freedback.com. I honestly just thought I had to do it all on my Dreamweaver. It's good to learn something new. Have a great weekend!

uniquely40 · #10 (**permalink**) 01-31-2009

I am not a web designer, but I do perform the task some what. I wanted a Request for Services form on my web site, so I created one with Adobe Acrobat Professional 7, (PDF) it can be filled out online and email to me. I do not know if this will help.

View my site and let me know, http://www.uniquely40virtualoffice.com Good Luck