2. Hosts 26% of the total 164 million blogs worldwide
(TECHNORATI STATE OF THE BLOGOSPHERE 2011)
11% of bloggers earn their primary income from blogging
82% are using Twitter and nearly half of them link to it
9 out of 10 bloggers use Facebook for promotion
25% are using mobile devices for blogging
(INVESP AND TECHNORATI)
3. [Essential blog interface elements]
navigation contact page
menu search box
web forms
About page / author’s bio box
footer (useful links)
RSS feed & newsletter subscription
posts pages
5. Embedded forms for Blogger are excellent tools to:
[… give people a handy way to get in contact with you without disclosing your email address publicly
… keep your communication spam-free
… encourage reader-author interaction, present a strong call-to-action
… convert casual visitors into engaged audience for your blog ]
6. [Types of forms for Blogger]
o Contact Us & Feedback form
o Newsletter subscription
o Request-a-quote (for advertising or extra
services – e.g. copywriting, proofreading,
design)
o Order form for e-commerce
o Event registration
7. Forms use server-side scripts (PHP,
ASP.Net) for submitting data and sending
it via email
Blogger does not support such scripting
natively
mailto () function is inaccessible
No widgets for build forms available
IMG:
STORYDESTINATION.COM
The only way to create & run a form for Blogger is to use an
external 3rd party service that provides the needed scripts
8. [Web form generators]
What to seek for?
o Intuitive interface
o CSS support for styling the form design
o Solid security options
o Customizable email notifications
9. “123ContactForm has provided me a wonderful service,
which made me breath easy about the forms on my website. ”
Merog Chaitanya @ merogdesign.com
10. [How-to guide – create & embed a form on Blogger
using 123ContactForm ]
1. Log in/sign up to www.123contactform.com.
2. Go to your dashboard and choose Create New Form, then select the form
you need (contact form, order form, survey etc).
3. Edit your form in the drag & drop workspace. You can add fields of various
types, change labels, rearrange elements. Make sure you include extra field
validation where necessary.
4. Next step – Settings for your form. You can create custom notifications in
the event of form submission and set email addresses to receive submitted
content (even multiple ones). Also, at this point you can make advanced but
easy design customizations. Choose and adapt a color theme for your form and
tweak the CSS if needed, to make it match the exact look and feel of your blog.
Multi-language translations can be used within the form. For order forms, you
can set payment integration with either PayPal, Google Checkout or
Authorize.Net.
5. Last action: Publish your form on the blog. Copy the code that has been
generated for your form and paste it onto a new page of your blog, which you
can entitle Contact Us, Feedback or however you like.
Here it is – your brand new form, in just the right place and ready to use!
11. [Are you social? So are we!]
You can employ 123ContactForm for a multitude of form building tasks
beyond the boundaries of Blogspot.
o Create forms for your Facebook page
o Synchronize web forms with Twitter for a broader cover
o Go mobile with your forms and surveys!
12. 123ContactForm – create your web forms as
easy as 1-2-3!
http://www.123contactform.com/contact-form-for-blogger.html
13. [About 123ContactForm]
123ContactForm is an online form builder for web and mobile that serves a wide
range of customers, with a focus on small businesses, blogs and web design agencies.
At present, thousands of websites and blogs across the world run live forms created
with 123ContactForm.
JOIN US!
www.123contactform.com
Blog.123contactform.com
Twitter.com/123contactform
Facebook.com/123contactform
YouTube.com/123contactform
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