Creating web contact form in SeaTable is pretty straightforward, you don’t need any coding skill, just focus on the following
- What data to capture
- What is the email to send
- What message to display upon submission
Pre-requisite check
Initial requirement
Let’s look at how it started, as well as the initial design
URL
https://seatable.io/en/
Platform
SeaTable is a cloud SAAS (Software as a service) platform, make sure the one who pay your salary are comfortable with that
Account
You will need a SeaTable account to start to use it. SeaTable do provide free plan, as of now.
Cost
There are some limitation for free plan, and make sure you are totally comfortable with the limitation and terms.
Let's get started
Create a table
1. Start by creating a table, let’s call it “Contact Us”
2. Create the necessary fields, with proper data type according to initial requirements
3. Remember to delete the additional empty rows (created by default)
Configure the form
1. Click on Rule link to create a rule for email notification upon submission
2. The rule to indicate email to send upon submission, you can do it at form level as well.
3. Click on Form link to add a form
4. The form should auto generated based on the table you created
5. Indicate which fields are mandatory by switch on the “Required” flag on each field
6. Indicate the success message upon form submission
Let's try it out
1. You can test the form immediately, or by sharing the link
2. Upon successful submission, you should see the success message you set just now
3. Go back to the table, you shall see the data is recorded immediately
4. Voilà! You just created a simple contact us form
