Order forms... How do you do yours?

[GingerChris]

I'm trying to build an order form for my Design for Print Company - but it isn't going well.

Because of the wealth of products I have available, I am building a form for each of them, but that would also mean building a sendmail.php for all of them, that would not only max out my disk space, but also take a LONG time...

I'm just wondering how you guys make your order forms, and whether they are in putted into a database, or emailed to you?

Any advice or inspiration would be welcomed!

GC

[Boss Hog]

Unfortunately this is not something I can advise on as it is waaay over my head, hence we employed somebody to do ours: Stationery Direct Printing, not cheap mind.

[GingerChris]

Exactly the reason i'm thinking it's safer to attempt it myself, although this could end up being a project for a freelancer after a week or so when I get so fed up with it!

Thanks for the input!

GC

[Boss Hog]

Maybe you should be looking at a cost effective (FREE) off the shelf solution such as zencart.

[GingerChris]

I've thought about it, but I really want it to just be a simple order form that a user can easily get round.

Visit the Website > Browse Navigation for Product > Read about Product and Prices > Click on the Order Form Link > Fill it in > Hit Submit > Done

rather than trying to skin osCommerce/CubeCart/ZenCart etc

[Helen]

So what are you thinking of? A simple PHP mail form?

[GingerChris]

My form would be:

<fieldset>
<legend>Contact Details</legend>
Full Name [TEXTBOX]
E-Mail Address [TEXTBOX]
Telehone Number [TEXTBOX]
</fieldset>

<fieldset>
<legend>Delivery Address</legend>
Address Line 1 [TEXTBOX]
Address Line 2 [TEXTBOX]
Town [TEXTBOX]
County [TEXTBOX]
Postcode [TEXTBOX]
</fieldset>

<fieldset>
<legend>Order Details</legend>
Product:

A [RADIOBUTTON]
B [RADIOBUTTON]
C [RADIOBUTTON]

Quantity:

250 [RADIOBUTTON]
1000 [RADIOBUTTON]
2000 [RADIOBUTTON]
3000 [RADIOBUTTON]
4000 [RADIOBUTTON]
5000 [RADIOBUTTON]

Extras:
A [RADIOBUTTON]
B [RADIOBUTTON]
C [RADIOBUTTON]
Other: [TEXTAREA]

Remarks [TEXTAREA]
</fieldset>

Send your order! [BUTTON]
(Preferably to an e-Mail address, but a MySQL Database would be acceptable if no other option was available)

[Helen]

That's a really easy PHP form which can be sent to your email no problem.

Here's a link to get you started. Any problems, just ask.

[GingerChris]

The only think im worried about is there will be about 20 forms, each needing an individual process-form, which I think could be resource intensive?

or not?

[Helen]

hmmmm? It's do-able

You may actually find once you have made one, you will be able to use it as a template so to speak.

The actual process forms will only be about 800bytes each if that is what you are worried about.