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10 Tips To A Better Form  Forms are a staple of every web programmer's diet. Whether we like them or not, forms are the gatekeepers, and often their design alone determines whether a user will try what you're selling or simply walk away. Here are ten tips to transform your plain vanilla into double chocolate chunk with marshmallows.

Accessible HTML/XHTML Forms Tutorial: Beginner Level  Covers the very basics you should consider if you are to help as many users as possible to interact with you and your web site, just as you would like them to.

Best Practices for Form Designs  is a PDF file discussing form design topics.

  Biz Mail Form  is a forms processor CGI script that sends delimited form data to a data file and to unlimited E-mail addresses. This form processing script also has an auto-response with optional file attachment. This feature sends an optional instant email reply, in either plain text or HTML format, to the person filling out the form. This auto response can be fully personalized with the form data you specify. This form processing cgi script is perfect for those wanting to import their form data into a database.

  Form Garden  is a CSS Stylesheet Collection for Web Forms.

  FormMail  is a generic HTML form to e-mail gateway that parses the results of any form and sends them to the specified users. This script has many formatting and operational options, most of which can be specified within each form, meaning you don't need programming knowledge or multiple scripts for multiple forms. This also makes FormMail the perfect system-wide solution for allowing users form-based user feedback capabilities without the risks of allowing freedom of CGI access. There are several downloading options available below and more information on this script can be found in the Readme file.

  FormLogix  is an online form builder tool for creating web databases and web forms. Forms may be embedded in your website, blog, or may be used internally. Forget all you know about databases and forms creation .. this form builder is a WYSIWYG tool and it requires zero coding skills. It enables a user to easily create web forms and web databases such as: Contact us forms, Feedback forms, Events registration forms, Surveys, online Polls, Order forms, Invitations, and CRM.

FormSite.com  offers free and commercial services to create sophisticated HTML forms using only a web browser. Database stored results can be optionally emailed.

  Form Tutor  is an easy to use guide for adding fill out forms to your web pages. Presented in HTML format, it will take you step by step through all the major form tags.

  HForm.com Secure Forms  HTML form handler with email notifications, autoresponder, SSL, file upload, and database. Free standard service with commercial options.

Hypertext Markup Language - Forms  w3 outline and explanations.

  Response-o-matic  Put an online contact form on your site in about 8 minutes. No programming required. Easy to use Form Wizard lets you choose which kind of input fields you want to add to your form. Simply choose the kind of field you want and type in a label for your field. You can even specify whether your field should be a required field or not. After you've added all your fields, simply save your form and Response-o-matic automatically generates the HTML code for you. Copy and paste the HTML code into your webpage and upload it to your server. Your form is ready to use.

Simplified Form Errors  One of the most frustrating experiences on the Web is filling out forms. When mistakes are made, the user is often left guessing what they need to correct. This article takes the approach that shows the user in no uncertain terms what needs to be fixed.

  Web Form Builder  is an online form builder tool for creating web forms.