In this video I go over a few tools you can use to create web forms on your website, Relevant Tools and EmailMeForm. Personally, I’ve been using Relevant Tools for quite some time now (10 years), so I can vouch for them. But EmailMeForm I hear is pretty good as well.
In regards to how a form should be designed, I would recommend downloading and going through a presentation by Luke Wroblewski called Web Form Design Best Practices:
Download the full presentation here:
http://www.lukew.com/resources/articles/WebForms_LukeW.pdf
This is an in depth study done on the best practices for designing your forms. Basically, it goes over information like whether it’s best for form labels to be align on top of the form, to the left, or aligned right, etc. etc. Tons of valuable information on usability in regards to web forms.
Anyway, hope this information is useful to you. At least help ease the pain in creating web forms on your website. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
~ Mike
Thanks, this is relevant since I broke my contact form and my project manager consultant is always looking for new tools to implement. He fixed it but we are rethinking much of the look of things so we may rethink this too.
Thanks Julie, glad you found the video useful. Relevant Tools has done wonders for me. But I've heard good things about Emailmeform.com as well.
HI
I'm in Scotland, but that's irrelevant. What I wondered was how you went about billing clients for the forms if you have to subscribe on a monthly basis for the form service by whichever company you are using? A basic query but I thoght I'd ask.
Following your YouTube stuff. All very good!!
Cheers
Andy
Good question Andy. It all depends on the relationship you have with the client. For instance, If I maintain the site ongoing, I might keep the forms attached to my personal account and just chalk it up as a free service I offer to my client. If the client wants to move on to someone else, I notify them of the cost for the form/database service and allow them to purchase the subscribtion on their own. For larger clients with budgets, they'll purchase the subscription on their own and I'll maintain it. Basically, it's like a domain name. I never wan to purchase the domain name for someone if I can help it. I always want the business owner to purchase domain name and hosting with their corp credit card, and just provide me with login details to maintain the services for them.