how do i use the online forms tool available in the aplus.net control panel?

Answer by: Stuart Pierce, Knowledge Base Support

With the Online Forms tool, you can create HTML forms in order to collect certain data from your website visitors. The results can be emailed to a particular email address or stored for later analysis. With this tool you can:

• Create a new form and publish it to your web pages.
• Archive existing forms.
• Choose the format (Excel or XML) and download the results of a form you have already published.

Here is how to use the Online Forms tool using the Aplus.Net Control Panel:

1. Start by logging into the Aplus.Net Control Panel at http://cp.aplus.net using your Registration Number and Customer Password.
2. Select Web Hosting from the top navigation bar.
3. Next, select Hosted Domains and click on Manage Hosted Domains.
4. Select the hosted domain name that you’d like to manage.
5. Click on the Design tab.
6. Click on the Online Forms icon.
7. Select from the available templates using the drop-down menu and click on Create New.
8. Now, you can select the newly created form and do any of the following:

• Open – will open the form in Edit mode.
• New From – will open a copy of the selected form in Edit mode.
• Rename.
• Publish – will publish the form online in the specified directory of your website.
• Delete.

ARCHIVES:

Use the Archives button to store online forms inside your web space. With the available options, archived forms can be easily saved to a file on your local computer or sent to a particular email address.

RESULTS:

Use the Results button to view results of online forms which are already filled in by your website visitors. The statistics are available for download in both Excel and XML format.

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