'Net Features : wufoo

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."

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.

Wufoo Gets JavaScript Embeds

Pete Prestipino — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:36:00 GMT

Online form management service Wufoo has released a round of new features and updates, including a JavaScript Embed Snippet and field charts in addition to some much needed redesigned forms and report managers.

The addition of the JavaScript version of the Embed form code is a dramatic improvement over the static iframe to which Wufoo customers have previously had access. The new version allows for auto-resizing (with easier access to other features, like forcing a specific height), loads faster, and sets the foundation for paging (creating forms with multiple pages, which looks likely to be coming in the future).

The other important change to Wufoo is the addition of Field Charts, static tables designed to show the breakdown of the choices selected by certain fields.

These are both great improvements to an already very reliable and effective Web-based form tool.

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