[Hidden-tech] hosted web forms

[Maria Korolov (Trombly)]

Google Spreadsheets has a function to export forms -- and then use the data
coming in to populate the spreadsheet. Cuts out a step, if it works for you.

http://docs.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?hl=en&topic=15166

- Maria

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On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 2:24 PM, DAVID SPOUND <dspound at mac.com> wrote:

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> I have a friend who needs some forms on his web site. For a variety of
> reasons (a long story that I will not go into), the forms need to be hosted
> on a different web server than his main web site. He asked me if I knew of a
> service that allows one to create and host forms to which he would provide
> links on his site. Ideally, all of the responses could be downloaded in a
> spreadsheet.
>
> I tried doing this for him quickly using my Survey Monkey account. The
> problem I ran into was that if I pasted a multi-paragraph block of text into
> one of the fields, Survey Monkey "mashed" it into one paragraph in the
> output. Line breaks were ignored. That won't work as he needs people to
> submit several short essays, each of which could contain a few thousand
> characters and therefore multiple paragraphs.
>
> He is hoping to find a service with a reasonably straightforward user
> interface so he can add and edit forms as his project evolves. He is not
> looking for someone to build the forms for him. He wants to be able to do it
> himself.
>
> If you can recommend a web form hosting service, please let me know and I
> will pass the name along to my friend.
>
> Thanks,
>
> David
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