FORM
The Theory & History of It
Form begun when Plato found it. He found it having in the cave one foot, the other on the website.
Don’t know why.
Then, decades ago, in 1998 and the early 20s, web forms used to be coded via HTML, CGI and things like that, almost manually, it was tedious.
Now a days we use the following: No need for someone the wheel to reinvent:
Use Google Forms. Use Third-parties. Use Contact Form7. Use Forms by Microsoft. MS Dynamics.
Options exist.
Free ones for personal/ charitable use, paid plus minus for the Business Corporate.
Now we go to the practicals.
FORM PRACTICE
When you create a form do not start with “What is your name?” Put it in a nice and pleasant way.
Make it as concise as possible. Make use of drop downs, selections, radio buttons.
Apply Sections, if applicable. If the user selects this then take them to another place in the form process.
Word Press core, SharePoint Online, Google Workspace/ Forms, SurveyMonkey Forms, Formidable Forms, Gravity Forms, Contact Form 7, Custom Design Forms, Microsoft Forms Pro (Dynamics Customer Voice), Google Workspace/ Forms, Jetpack Forms, and others.
CONT’D FROM FORM PRACTICE
Some of the nice stuff with the Microsoft Forms
Rating, Ranking, Likert(Used to gauge attitudes and opinions about a topic – from Microsoft Form), Net Promoter Score® , Uploads.
Export to Excel, Access via QR code or embed the html code or just share the link.
Some of the nice stuff with the Google Forms
Note that most of the features are generally similar.
Paragraph, Multiple choice, Short answers, Checkboxes, Dropdown, File upload, Linear scale, Multiple choice grid, Checkbox grid, Date, Time, Image/ video, Sections
Some of the nice stuff with Contact Form 7
I have been using this tool with WP Websites for a long time, and it has been a nice tool.
And finally, by the power of your mobile phone scan the QR code and check out an instance of a Form in the Act »
Thank you for attending the presentation made on the theory, history and practicals of the Form. In a word this is called the Philosophy of the Form.
Footnote
(Some people seriously think philosophy is the study of just history and mere thinking theory; I severely disagree with them for I believe there is joy & practice in it.)