'Net Features : form builder

Optimize Web Forms for Mobile Devices

Allison Howen — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 18:30:00 GMT

Creating a form that engages consumers can be a difficult task – especially when it comes to optimizing those forms for mobile devices.

However, a new integration between mobile website service provider Mojaba and web application Wufoo offers a simple way for Web workers to not only add forms onto their sites, but also create forms that are accessible over a variety of devices.

In order to leverage the integration, web workers must sign up for an account on both services (which, by the way, both offer free trials), and then enter their Wufoo acount information into Mojaba in order to link the accounts. Once the forms are placed on a Mojaba site, consumers will be able to access the optimized forms from computers, tablets and smartphone devices. It is also important to note that Web workers are not required to know HTML in order to use Wufooo or Mojaba.

"Wufoo made it simple to access form data and bring it into Mojaba," says Christian Gurney, co-founder and president of Torsion Mobile. "We are now able to provide smartphones users with a seamless forms experience with all the elements and convenience features they expect."

Formstack Enhances Landing Page Builder

Allison Howen — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:10:00 GMT

Web based online form builder Formstack has launched additional features to their landing page builder application.

The original landing page builder allowed pages to be built with stylized content, videos, feeds and forms. However, now the application includes A/B testing and a saved content feature.

The A/B testing feature helps choose which landing page converts the best. Conversions can be tracked by things such as form submission or referrer to your website. After the conversion page is set up, Formstack provides the number of impressions and conversions per landing page, to help determine which page is the most successful.

The other new main feature is for saved content. This is most helpful for someone that is creating multiple landing pages. It allows content areas to be copied into new landing pages, which prevents the hassle of re-creating content.

A smaller yet new feature is the ability to view the correct size for a picture on the landing page before you put the picture there. This stops the guess and check method, which also saves a lot of time.

The Formstack landing page builder is meant to be easy and customizable, and although it is a service for paid members, a free trial is currently being offered.

Adobe on the Move with FormsCentral

Administrator — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 08:30:00 GMT

Adobe announced the release of FormsCentral today, an online forms service for designing, distributing, collecting and analyzing data from HTML forms.

The solution is an instant contender in the hyper-competitive market of online form services thanks to the reach of Adobe and their recent acquisitions including Omniture and Day Software (CMS).

Potential uses include forms for feedback, event registration, mailing lists, resarch, memberships, etc.

FormsCentral has three pricing levels - free (one form, 50 responses), Basic for $14.00/mo (five forms and 500 responses), and Plus for $199/mo (unlimited forms, 5,000 responses).

Wufoo Gets (very) Notification Friendly

Pete Prestipino — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:13:00 GMT

Online form building service Wufoo announced this week that they have made some serious headway into real time notification integrations.

The Wufoo notification platform enables users to send real time updates about entries collected in Wufoo to Web applications such as Twitter, Campaign Monitor, HighRise, Campfire, MailChimp, Freshbooks and Webhooks. Let's dig a little deeper.

Perhaps the most newsworthy feature (but far from the most interesting in my opinion) is the ability tie Wufoo into Twitter. The integration enables members of your team to stay up to date about form activity. Wufoo and Twitter together could also help you build some excitement around events by showing participation in real-time.

Wufoo has also integrated with a few email services, including Campaign Monitor and MailChimp. Both of these integrations essentially enable Wufoo users add new leads to their database without having to import CSV files, including custom fields and/or conditional checkboxes.