Custom feedback form

Discussion in 'aMember Pro v.4' started by noelmaniraj, Jan 12, 2013.

  1. noelmaniraj

    noelmaniraj New Member

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    Hi, how can I create a simple form (with a question, and a simple 'YES' 'NO' radio button, for e.g. - Did you have your breakfast this morning? YES, NO) - and the user can make their selection and click on 'submit' to trigger an email that is sent to the web admin.

    I'm creating an online coaching website - I am the coach and I require my clients to report to me on a daily basis, whether or not they have completed their task for the week - by simply logging in, and sending me a 'YES' or 'NO'.

    Is this possible? If yes - how?

    Thank you in advance.
  2. gswaim

    gswaim CGI-Central Partner

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    If you are using aMember as a stand alone product, not sure. But if you are using a front end like WordPress this could be handled by a form plugin such as Gravity Forms.

    If you don't need this integrated with aMember there are also polling services that can do this such as PollDaddy.
  3. davidm1

    davidm1 aMember User & Partner

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    I second grants suggestion to use a wordpress form- gravity forms, or contact for 7 works fine. You can also use the amember page protection to allow only logged in members to submit.

    David
  4. noelmaniraj

    noelmaniraj New Member

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    Hmm ok. Problem is, I'm running amember as a standalone, not integrating to wordpress.
    I'm a personal trainer - coaching my clients for weight loss. I require my clients to report on a daily basis via email right now. However, I'd like them to be able to do a simple:

    1. Did you workout today? YES/NO
    2. Did you eat right today? YES/NO

    And I need the database to keep track of their replies. So at the end of the month, I can see their compliance.

    Can anyone help me with this feature? I'm willing to pay for your services.

    I have a few more features I'd need as well (monthly weight report, progress photo upload 1x/month).
  5. gswaim

    gswaim CGI-Central Partner

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    This type of functionality is not built into aMember or any other membership solution that I am aware of. I think your best approach is to use a totally separate system for this. There are many online polling services that could do this. I would Google this and start the process of researching and testing.
  6. noelmaniraj

    noelmaniraj New Member

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    Thanks for the suggestion - my concern would then be - if I used a separate system for this, can I tie it to the individual user in my amember system? I guess that's why I thought of building something from scratch first.
  7. alexander

    alexander Administrator Staff Member

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    In anyway, it will be more simple to make integration with existing system, rather than build such system from scratch.
  8. davidm1

    davidm1 aMember User & Partner

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    Integrate with wordpress- simple, reliable, free!

    David
  9. everbatim

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    I operate several aMember powered sites, including a few powered by Magento, and I've found the form systems in all of them, well, lacking for loss of a better word. The form system in WordPress is OK, but I use a proprietary CMS that gives me additional PHP controls that WordPress just doesn't handle correctly.

    That being said, ALL of my sites use a central PHP form submission system called MachForm. I use a single installation on my primary domain to manage all the forms and submissions for all 6 of my sites, and when you use iFrames to embed the forms into the site they are completely seamless. MachForm is VERY affordable, EXTREMEMLY powerful, yet very easy to use. I don't have a stake in that company, nor do I make money or referrals from them, I just love their script. Here's a link to their site:

    http://www.appnitro.com/

    And here are a few examples my from websites using the forms that MachForm creates. Note that all of my forms listed below have been embedded into the sites using iFrames.

    http://www.everbatim.net/store/index.php/contact
    http://www.eclipsewebinars.com/contact.php
    http://www.eclipsewebinars.com/support_ticket.php
    http://www.reporterwebinars.com/contact.php
    http://www.eclipseusers.com/contact_site_support.php

    Again, I just need basic forms, which reflect in the links I listed above, but their script is SO much more powerful than that and is capable of MUCH more than I am using it for. While it doesn't currently integrate into aMember it WILL serve you well.

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