Html Forms - The Easy Way

This week we worked on HTML forms on our websites. We used the services of JotForm.com. They have a free basic service where you can build a form in order to add some interactive features to your website. The best part about JotForm.com is its ease of use; it is essentially a WYSIWYG online form builder.

Basically there is a pre-designed form with most basic fields that might suffice for most feedback information. This form contain a heading, an email field,a name text box field, a feedback text area field, a drop-down or options field, a checkbox field, and finally, a submit button.

However, on your left, you can pick other common fields to add on to the form. These fields are arranged as follows:

·         Heading

·         Textbox

·         Text Area

·         Drop down

·         Radio Button

·         Checkbox

·         File Upload

·         Submit Button

You can also make the functionality of your forms more complex to cater for advanced usage. For example, whenever you click on a field that you are working on, more advanced options that are appropriate for that field appear at the top. You can, then, pick various function such as, field required, text prompt, field styling, and so on. And more importantly, you can input an email where you want the information of your feedback sent.

Overall, I give this service an A, based on its ease of use, its functionality, and its $0 cost. Having a program like this will enable most people with no programming skills build sites that are interactive. Try it and let me know how you like it.