Contact Form

[BrianT]

Xara Designer Pro X 18

I want to add a Contact Form to a website. There are 4 options in the Online Content Catalogue:

Google Forms:- this entails the contact having a Google account. Not everyone has or wants a Google account.

JotForm:- This has 3 paying options and 1 very limiting free option

WuFoo: This has 4 paying options and 1 even more limiting free option

Form2Go:- This widget changes to Form2Pay with a free trial offer

How do I install a simple, free, customisable contact form to my page?


Perhaps I should add that I'm quite new to Xara, but have been using other web design software without problems for years.

[Acorn]

Get a Google account.

All the ones you mention are Third Party.

If you want "customisable", you need First Party: web service with PHP & the skills to code a form with anti-spam and all the other things you don't want to know.

Acorn

[FLySOLO]

You could get a template from xaratemplates.com

eg: https://xaratemplates.com/demo/web-t...tf01-template/

There's a very simple contact form with an attached php-script.

It's well documented and copy and pastable.

bb,

fly

Xara Designer Pro X 18

I want to add a Contact Form to a website. There are 4 options in the Online Content Catalogue:

Google Forms:- this entails the contact having a Google account. Not everyone has or wants a Google account.

JotForm:- This has 3 paying options and 1 very limiting free option

WuFoo: This has 4 paying options and 1 even more limiting free option

Form2Go:- This widget changes to Form2Pay with a free trial offer

How do I install a simple, free, customisable contact form to my page?


Perhaps I should add that I'm quite new to Xara, but have been using other web design software without problems for years.

[Acorn]

You could get a template from xaratemplates.com
eg: https://xaratemplates.com/demo/web-t...tf01-template/
There's a very simple contact form with an attached php-script.
It's well documented and copy and pastable.
bb,
fly

But not "customisable" (unless you know how).

Acorn

[RKissane]

If your server can run PHP then you can make your own form and host them on your site. I used formmail-maker.com but they have changed it to https://jqueryform.com/. You can design simple forms and run them under a place holder on your site. Works great, check them out to see if it will meet your needs.

Ray

[Acorn]

If your server can run PHP then you can make your own form and host them on your site. I used formmail-maker.com but they have changed it to https://jqueryform.com/. You can design simple forms and run them under a place holder on your site. Works great, check them out to see if it will meet your needs.
Ray

Ray, might be useful for some but all should read https://jqueryform.com/license.php - it expects a separate payment for each form used, if used commercially.
The reCaptcha requires a Google account (square one?)

Acorn

[yellowbird]

I use simfatic forms and it works very well, and have had no spam issues. There documentation is very good. You do have to use the manual upload option for a secure site unless they have updated it. It is not a subscription service, you purchase and own it.

[behzad]

Here is a free one and good. You can donate money if you wish, which is nice to do. https://jqueryform.com/

And another one

https://scriptgenerator.net/html-php...ntact-form-v2/

[FLySOLO]

The jqueryform.com seems to be very usefull. Just tried it here:

https://www.geno50.de/ek6/kontakt.htm#Kontaktanfrage

Payment seems to be starting with 1 $ per form. That's ok to me. It greatly reduces the coding (especially since i'm no coder).

Only downside is the lack of styling options.

This was done with the xaratemplates-way:

https://rmigmbh.de/kontakt.htm

Adding fields is hard. Adding functions (pull down menu eg) even harder.

Are there other good tools or sites for form-building?

Fly

Ray, might be useful for some but all should read https://jqueryform.com/license.php - it expects a separate payment for each form used, if used commercially.
The reCaptcha requires a Google account (square one?)

Acorn

[Lylo]

Hi,

I don't understand why Xara don't offer a native form field for Designer Pro+, for me it's incredible en a pity.

Some other webdesign sites as Webaccapella have his own form field so why Designer Pro + is with a bad solution, form field is a master part of a website no ?
For me it's a shame and I want know if this missing will be corriged in the future.