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		<title>Creating online forms with Google Docs and WuFoo</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Designing the login form was one thing, but how about if you wanted to create something a little more lengthy and use it to obtain meaningful data from your readers. Well you may just find what you&#8217;re looking for using Google Doc&#8217;s new form builder. This is just one of the products that Google offers [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="/index.php?p=167">Designing the login form</a> was one thing, but how about if you wanted to create something a little more lengthy and use it to obtain meaningful data from your readers.  Well you may just find what you&#8217;re looking for using <a href="http://docs.google.com/">Google Doc&#8217;s new form builder</a>.  This is just one of the products that Google offers as part of their online productivity suite.  As always you will find that the interface is clean and only takes a couple minutes to understand how to get it up and running.  You can also specify required fields which is a nice touch.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.mikebobiney.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/gdocs_forms_builder.gif"><img src="http://www.mikebobiney.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/gdocs_forms_builder.gif" alt="" title="Google Docs Form Builder" width="500" height="248" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-269" /></a></p>
<p>The form results are displayed to you in a nice pie chart.  The actual data is output into a spreadsheet behind the scenes if you need to use it for any other reason which is a nice touch as well.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.mikebobiney.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/gdocs_forms_chart_result.gif"><img src="http://www.mikebobiney.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/gdocs_forms_chart_result.gif" alt="" title="Google Docs Form Result" width="500" height="303" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-268" /></a></p>
<p>An alternative service that I also recommend is called <a href="http://wufoo.com/">WuFoo</a>.  This service is free to try and allows for further customization of your web forms.  I kid you not when I say that seemingly everything that you could ever want is included with this service such as phone number and date fields which include custom validation messages built in.  There is a monthly fee as your usage increases however. </p>
<p><img src="http://www.mikebobiney.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wufoo_form_builder.gif" alt="" title="WuFoo Form Builder" width="500" height="319" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-270" /></p>
<p>For me personally, Google Docs does just fine for my needs.  Feel free to <a href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=ptUJYn6vF8Wly4a0NHAWfaw">give your ice cream preference</a> if you&#8217;d like to try out a sample form.</p>
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