Creating interactive web forms

[Holmberg, Lisa]

Mary,

I've used http://www.formstack.com/ for a forms on 4 different websites over the past 5 years and have been very happy with them every time. The easily meet all the criteria you have and more.

By the way, we take the form they generate and host it on our site, so it even looks like part of our site.

And they offer discounted pricing for libraries... I believe it was 20% off...

Please let me know if you questions.

--Lisa

Lisa Holmberg
Web Specialist
Boulder Public Library 
1001 Arapahoe Ave, Boulder, CO 80302
303-441-3472
holmbergl at boulderlibrary.org




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From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Mary Davis
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 11:10 AM
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Subject: [WEB4LIB] Creating interactive web forms

Hello!

I'm new to this listserv, and I hope that reaching out in this way will help me stay abreast of the best emerging technologies for libraries.  Also, I need to pose a question to this community!  My library is in the process of creating interactive web forms for typical library requests like interlibrary loan, instruction request, instruction evaluation, research consultation, etc.... I am looking for a good web form builder, but my search is complicated by the fact that we have lots of specific functions we want our forms to have.  For example:

1.  Multicolumn questions (instead of just one question per line in one, long column, which is like many of the open source form builders).

2.  Form must have query-capable database "behind the scenes" where all information is collected and displayed.

3.  All submitted information should be able to be in a printable form, or be converted to one.

4.  Forms should be web-based and preferably should email creator of form when form is submitted.

I have found many open-source and pay form builders but have yet to find one that has ALL of these functions.

Can anyone please pass along experiences and/ or recommendations for form builder sites to me?

Thank you!

Katie

Katie Davis
Reference / Emerging Technologies Librarian Ottenheimer Library Pulaski Technical College
3000 West Scenic Drive
North Little Rock, AR  72118
(501) 812-2274
mdavis at pulaskitech.edu<mailto:mdavis at pulaskitech.edu>

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