Sunday, November 15, 2009

Xsites by "a la mode" - Forms Manager Issues

There are two things on the Xsites form manager that really bug me.

1 - There is no email confirm. You know, where you enter your email twice and it must match. The powers to be at "a la mode" feel it is not needed. It is. We trick the system by adding a second field for email, and in this field we title it "Confirm Email." Now it will not actully function as a confirmation, but you now know if there is a bad email if they don't match. For an example visit - http://www.floridahomes.pro/home_search and look at the set up of the form at the bottom of the page.

2 - Another thing that really bugs me, is Xsites have a hard code Phone Number request on all forms. There are a lot of folks that will not give you their phone number and get offended when you ask, so we bury the Phone request at the bottom of the form. See the same link below. It is not required field with Xsites, but it still shows up, and there is no way to delete it. Once again the Tech Gurus at "a la mode" feel there is a reason to drive us all crazy with the phone request. You know . . . if we want the phone number, we can include it in our form.

If you have questions about Xsite forms - how to create them, how to tweak them, how to make them most effective, please post a Question/Comment here or email me at Mike@MikeMorgan7.com

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