Online email form wedding invitation

My friend just got married. The mess of it all…invitations, dress, ring, flowers, catering, dj, photographer, hall…what not. I suggested she use an online email form to invite guests and track who ever is coming since she didn’t really have the time to find out herself. “good idea” she said, “but…I don’t know how to create such a thing. And I don’t have the time to learn and anyway, don’t you need to be a programmer for that?”

“no” I answered “you simply need to use a form builder, you don’t need any programming skills”.

After 5 minutes of explaining she calmed down. I took out my laptop, and logged in to my form maker. We started to drag and drop elements from the toolbar: a textbox to collect the person’s name, an email element to collect his/her email address, a checkbox to turn on if you plan to attend and a text area for comments.

The bride to be got so excited that she wanted to play with the web generator herself: started changing the text font and size, the color scheme and generally just moved everything around. She remembered that she had a nice picture of her and her boy friend in her mailbox…”do you think we can add the pic to the form?” she asked. “sure” I answered and dragged an image element on to the form’s design area.

From here to there a great looking form was created. We published it as an email and a link to the form was sent to all of her recipients.

The online invitation was a great success. People were calling to congratulate and say what a beautiful invitation it was and wanted to know how to create a similar form for a friend/relative.  

 

 

How to easily create an email form

An email form, once submitted, sends all the data entered in the form to you by email.

Sounds hard to build such a form? Maybe so, if you have no background in programming, but actually it can be really easy if you are using an email form maker.
 

FormLogix is such a tool – it is a WYSIWYG form creator which allows a person with no programming skills whatsoever to create simple as well as sophisticated email forms.

 

All you need to do in order to build an email form is:

1-     Enter the form creator

form builder design area

 

2-     Drag and drop the elements on to the design area

drag elements onto the design area

 

3-     Design the form (background color, fonts, element’s layout on the page, etc.)

design the form

 

4-     Save the form

save the form

 

5-     Publish the form

publish the form

 

 

That’s it! – sounds simple? That’s because it really is!

 

How an Email Form Builder Works

When you use a tool like a fn email form builder there are three major steps for you to do before you can begin using your new forms.  These steps include making the web form, the database, and analyzing the data.

 

A form builder is a tool that allows you to design a form like an email form where people can type in their information and give you important data for your online business.  This includes information like email addresses, names, addresses, phone, and more.

 

The first step to designing a web form with a form builder is to create the form.  This is usually really simple and doesn’t require you to be a professional web developer to be able to do it.  You can usually drag and drop most of the web form when you put it together.  The form builder allows you to create, change, and delete a web form.

 

Once people enter information into an email form and click on submit the data will be viewable through a web interface or however you decide you want the data to be viewable.  The database will allow you to be able to sort through the data and slice it.  You can create, edit, and delete the information that users submit to you.

 

As you gather data through a web form you can also use a form builder query functionality to filter data and create charts based on the information you have received.  There is no point in using an email form through a form builder if you aren’t going to use the information to your advantage.

 

There are three primary functions of a form builder that you can use to your advantage for your online business.  These steps include building an email form, maintaining the data through a database, and analyzing the data.

What to Look for in an Email Form Builder

When you look for an email form builder there are a few things to consider.  You should be sure it is easy to use and manage, low cost, compatible, and will allow you to achieve what you want to with your site.

 

There are many form builder software solutions out there on the web you can find today.  Most people assume you have to hire a coder to design the best email form for your site.  This isn’t the case.  You can design your own web form through form builder software but you need to be sure you choose the right solution.

 

The most important thing when you choose form builder software is that it is easy to use.  You don’t have the time to take a class and learn difficult web form software to create a simple email form for your online business.  In addition, if eventually you want to pass the task on to another employee later the cost of training could be difficult to absorb.  You need to use a form builder that is easy to use.

 

There are many form builder tools that are free.  You can find a tool that will help you build an email form you can send out to your email lists free.  You usually have to pay for a tool when the software offers more features.  The free tools usually are limited to the things you can do.  If you just want a basic form for people to fill out to generate email addresses you might consider a free email form builder.

 

Another thing to think about when you choose web form builder software is that you can achieve what you want to with it.  If you are going to pay for a software solution then you should see if you can test the software out first before you send any money.  Also be sure the software will work with your website if you want to integrate a web form into your site. 

 

There are many things to look at when you are trying to find the right form builder for your online business needs.