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Question

having customers fill out a form online

May 10, 2012 2:42AM PDT

I sell legal forms on my website and instead of just handing out a download of the file I want to make it more like legalzoom.com where you input your information on the website. What program/code/installation would be the best to accomplish this and if there any developers out there I would be willing to work with.

Note: This post was edited by a forum moderator to remove site links which unnecessary for the topic at hand. on 05/10/2012 at 2:25 PM PT

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What is powering your website right now?
May 10, 2012 7:26AM PDT

If you use a content management system, there may very well be a plugin that you can install that can do this, but it will depend on the system you have. If this is a custom website, all you would need to do is add an intermediary webpage between the download button and the checkout to collect that user information. That new page would contain a form that, upon submission, would direct the user to the checkout. Also, you will need a privacy policy that explains what you will do with this information. Right now, I only found a terms of use.

If you're open to something entirely a new, you can take a look at a content management system like Drupal or Wordpress where you can accomplish something like this as well.

Lastly, if you're looking for developers to help you implement this, I suggest putting your project out for a bid on one of those freelance websites like freelancer.com. You could also look locally in your city on LinkedIn or Twitter for developers in your area. It often helps to have the ability to sit down face to face.

~Sovereign

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RE: Sovereign
May 10, 2012 10:11AM PDT

What do you mean "system I have" my ]website is hosted by godaddy.com and I use a website editor (Adobe Contribute) to edit. So a good analogy to what you're saying is instead of learning how to change my own oil, I should just have somebody that knows what they are doing do it for me?

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Yes
May 11, 2012 12:43AM PDT

I looked at the software you are using and its features, and it doesn't appear that there are any tools that help create forms (https://www.adobe.com/products/contribute/features.html), so that part must be manually created by someone who can write that code, since you're not using a content management system like Drupal or Wordpress where you'd be able to use plugins.

Also, please avoid linking to your website, as there is no reason for that and is considered spam.

~Sovereign

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About learning to change the oil.
May 11, 2012 7:21AM PDT
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Perfectdocs
Feb 12, 2013 8:25AM PST

Try shopify. They have a nice plugin that allows for the sale of downloadable content. check out www.perfectdocs.org for an example