Most people don't want to write code, especially when you get up to acronyms like PHP and MySQL. MachForm from Appnitro Software offers a clean interface and an easy way to setup web-based forms for your web site.
This software requires that you have PHP and MySQL installed on your web site, as this is not a hosted service - you install it on your own domain. Appnitro will even install if for you if you like. But you should not fret about these requirements, as they are staples of most all web hosts.
Installation was fast. Setting up a MySQL database is a snap with any of the popular web control panels (my host uses cPanel). After that, you edit a config file, and run the installer script. MachForm uses reCAPTCHA, so you will need to setup an account to use that feature. That as well was a simple and quick process. It really took longer to write this than it did to get the software up and running on my domain.
The MachForm admin interface is a slick looking Web 2.0 setup. Creating forms is as easy as clicking and dragging. Just drag fields around to rearrange them. There are a number of pre-defined field sets such as Name, Address, Email, Phone, etc. Some of these, such as Email and Phone have validation built in.
If you want the field to be required, you simply check that box, and the field is required. If you want to have a file upload, you just add that field type. This is where the coding would come in if you were doing this all manually. There are a number of options, but as any tool designed for many, it has limitations. Luckily, not many people looking for an easy-to-use tool such as this will run into a brick wall.
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