Posted by Paolo | Posted in feedback | Posted on 10-08-2009
WuFoo.com is a great way to get user input with slick, web 2.0 forms. It’s free for up to three forms and 100 entries per month, which means it’s a great option for blogs, small businesses, and community organizations that want to collect a survey, a registration, or contact info. (You can link it up with a PayPal account for in-form payments if you have a premium account.)
The form builder is very intuitive, easy, and fast, but be sure to test whatever you create before you put it out into the world! Also pairing your form with a privacy policy or terms of use statement is a best practice to reassure people that you’re not just harvesting their info. For anyone that’s gotten spammed by unsecured PHP contact form scripts, WuFoo is also worth checking out, as it supports Captcha and you can limit responses to one-per-IP if desired.
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Posted by Paolo | Posted in design | Posted on 04-08-2009
If you know a little about web design, and have an eye for it but perhaps not the most up-to-date coding skills, you should consider the wide world of HTML templates.
No longer stuck in the 1997 frames-and-tables mode, you can now find a wealth of XHTML-compliant, beautifully CSS’ed templates all over the internet. Most recently I’ve been using some from ThemeForest, where you can find one for most any site design, including e-Commerce, for around $12.
The only downside is their stupid account refill system, which only lets you put in denominations of $20, $30, or $50, while most templates are not charged in multiples of $10. On the plus side, you can use your credit at any Envato site, which includes FlashDen, which has customizable Flash code and tools.
These days a template can be a great starting point for a design, and a lot of template designers will include original Photoshop files so you can customize to your heart’s content.
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