Wufoo, Creating Forms the Easy Way

Jul 25, 2008

Creating online forms can be intimidating. It took me a while before I got comfortable making a simple contact form; including form validation, submission to an email, etc.

It’s not impossible, but not exactly something you can whip out in a few minutes (Well, not me anyway). Wouldn’t it be nice if you could just make a form using some sort of drag and drop online application, and tell it you want certain fields to be required and have the data go to a specific email address and…and…

Well, say hello to Wufoo. Wufoo basically makes all of this stuff incredibly easy. Chris over at CSS Tricks, recently did a screencast giving a rundown of how Wufoo works and how to start using it. The video is about 28 minutes but worth the watch.

I have built several forms from scratch, used wordpress plugins, etc but will now be using Wufoo for ALL of my form creation. It simply cuts the time it takes to build a form in half and offers plenty of flexibility. If I need something truly custom I may resort to building it from scratch, but for everything else: Wufoo.

No, I am not getting paid by Wufoo to post this article (I Wish), I am simply in love with their application. Take a look for yourself, play with it. Tell me your thoughts. How do you create forms?

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5 Comments, Comment or Ping

Barbara Swafford

Hi David,

What a great find. Like you, I’ve made forms (for our business). I’ve used every method available, including hand drawing. Wufoo sounds like the way to go. Quick and easy. Can’t beat that.

Jul 25th, 2008
Web Designing Company

Hey Buddy,

Wufoo really sounds great. An easy and less time consuming way to create online forms. Thanks for sharing.

Aug 27th, 2008
Eric Sorensen

Dave, is this similar to what you can accomplish using Google Forms…or are they two very different things? My guess is what you are explaining above is much more powerful. Good article!

Sep 18th, 2008
David Lano

Eric,

True, one can use Google Forms, however I’m not sure they can do as much. I suspect Wufoo is more powerful and has a few more features, but I could be wrong. Let me know what you find. I would be curious to know what Google Forms can accomplish.

Thanks!

Sep 18th, 2008
Jamie Simmerman

I used Wufoo with my previous blog and absolutely loved it. My new WordPress blog from Men with Pens came with a contact form already, so I don’t use them now, but I would also recommend them highly to others.

Oct 9th, 2008