December 16, 2010

Forms! Two new tools for adding forms to your webpages

One enduring challenge I’ve experienced on the Lewis & Clark LiveWhale website has been what do when people need new forms on their webpages. The only solution we have had is cgi-perl script forms from our legacy server that are frankly a pain to work with. To solve this dilemma once and for all, hooray, we are currently implementing two exciting new tools for adding forms to your webpages. One is an external service called Wufoo and the other is an internal L…

By Morgan Grether

 

One enduring challenge I’ve experienced on the Lewis & Clark LiveWhale website has been what do when people need new forms on their webpages. The only solution we have had iscgi-perl script forms from our legacy server that are frankly a pain to work with.

To solve this dilemma once and for all, hooray, we are currently implementing two exciting new tools for adding forms to your webpages. One is an external service called Wufoo and the other is an internal LiveWhale forms module.

I’ll post more information over the next few weeks as we roll out the tools and learn more about what works best where.