FormSpring is an easy to use form builder but sometimes you need some help. Here you will be able to find tips and tricks in building online forms that work for your organization. Whether it is the building a basic contact form or creating a complex order form you can find all the resources you need.
Now that we have launched our new multi user functionality we thought it would be a good idea to run through a post of the difference between using our share features and using the multi user functionality.
Creating a great user experience is key to getting the right types of responses to your forms. Many people have created contact, order, or newsletter sign up forms but don’t have the type of responses they had anticipated. One often overlooked reason is that people want forms that are easy to use and don’t take a large amount of time to complete. Users who are giving you their information want to know that they can do so with little effort on their part, so creating fields and showing only useful questions that pertain to them goes a long way in creating “friendly” forms.
As a web applications company and as a small business we are always looking for ways to utilize online tools that make our jobs easier. As we explore these tools we like to share them with you and also help explain how many of these tools can work within the FormSpring application. RSS is a tool that is quickly becoming as ubiquitous as email, and an important tool for businesses, big and small.
Maybe you already knew this, but every form created by FormSpring passes XHTML and CSS validation. If you’re a web designer struggling to create forms that comply with web standards, you can use FormSpring to easily create a form and download the XHTML for use on your own site. Use the W3C’s markup validator and CSS validator to test your forms.
There’s now an easier way to use your forms remotely. If you want to include a form on your own site within an existing page, you don’t have to download and manipulate the HTML anymore.
Just go to the “Use Form” page in the FormSpring administration tool and grab the HTML that contains the script tags. Include the code in the spot on your page that you want the form displayed. That’s all — just one line of HTML. This works with all the major FormSpring features such as multi-page forms, skip/branching logic, required fields, password-protected forms, and so on.
Now FormSpring includes a rich text editor that allows you to dress up your forms and messages with images, links and more — all without having to know HTML. Here are some of the elements you’ll be able to add:
