Background:::
We host 3 business websites and are in the process of building an intranet for SOP’s. The website’s server (Wintows IIS 2003) is off-premise and resides at the owner home. The Intranet is at the office location.

I have several web based forms (currently .asp) on our websites and plan on developing a test that will be used on our intranet that will consist of multiple choice and essay questions for department specific procedures for new and existing employees.

Problem::
My strength is in design. Coding gives me a migraine! I have several correspondence & appointment forms on our web site. Each time the mail service is moved, the web forms cease working. I have went from CGI | Cold Fusion | PHP & ASP. I have Adobe Acrobat Designer 8 and would love to implement an Adobe Acrobat web form, but haven’t been able to master the code. although have been told it can be done. I haven’t found much help from Adobe.com or Lynda.com on how to execute these forms for the web. Flash Forms are a piece of cake. . . . on a Linux-based operating system {:-(. . . . but that is not an option here. I have stayed away from VB because I use a MAC and “Access” is not available for MAC users. So see, I’m in a spin cycle!

What I need:::
Is a solution to all my forms needs! There are various program packages available and I am asking for recommendations, pro’s, cons, etc. Please, I am not interested in any fly-by-night sortware or a sales pitch. I need a proven fix-all solution that won’t blow-up the next time someone here isn’t happy with a various service and decides to pull the plug without warning.

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Jay’s Answer: The basic choices you have are ASP or PHP forms.

Here’s a tutorial on using ASP forms (using Dreamweaver)

Or, a tutorial using PHP

Use a form generator (for basic forms): By tele-pro.co.uk or Free Form Maker

Or using PHP

You don’t have to be a technical wizard to do this, it’s pretty straight-forward. It sounds like the problem you’re having isn’t with the forms, but with the data that’s sent when the submit button is pushed. No matter what software solution you use for forms, you still have to solve that technical headache. One way to solve this is to put your forms completely off your site, and use something like Survey Monkey to create a (survey) form, and compile the information. It all depends upon what you’re needs are.