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Ask HN: What feature(s) should I add to fabform.io for static website forms

2 points by calltrak 5y ago

I have created https://fabform.io to save static website html form submissions to google sheets. I would like to expand it to submit forms to other platforms. I am creating fabform.io publicly and i'm looking to brainstorm so I can see what I am not seeing. Thanks for any input good or bad.

Jugurtha 5y ago
Congrats for launching this. Some improvements: Centering the content and header would make it better. Reducing the height of the header and making it take all the page's width helps. The page's title is: >"static forms google sheets as a database" I'd change that to something else. A sentence with a subject-verb-object would be better. Even "fabform.io" or "fabform.io | Google Sheets as a Database" would be better in my opinion. >Use google sheets as a database to save static website form >form submissions to google sheets I'd write "Google" with a capital "G" and "Sheets" with a capital "S". >Easy no code serverless solution I'd drop the mumbo-jumbo "no code serverless solution". There are ten (10) instances of the word google|Google in that page, that is too many. >Save static website form data direct to Google sheets It should be "directly", not direct. An adverb. >Built in Google sheets integration "Built-in", and I assume there's a built-in Google Sheets given that the whole product is about that. >Add a row to Google Sheets when someone submits a static website form. Why "static"? Does that not work in a dynamic website? >Update a row in Google Sheets when someone submits a static website form. What's the "primary key", given the reference to databases. When will it update a row, and when will it add a row? >* restful google sheets api* What does that mean? >Use Google Sheets as a database for your static website. This has already been mentioned. >example html static website form. Maybe "Example HTML:" (capitalized "E", and "HTML" ending with a colon ":" for what follows). >* <input type="hidden" name="accessKey" value="insert-publice-key-here">* How to generate a public key for the Google Sheets API? Adding a link to a tutorial helps. Adding GIFs and screenshots would clarify how this works. All the best,

2 points by calltrak 5y ago

Jugurtha 5y ago

Congrats for launching this. Some improvements: Centering the content and header would make it better. Reducing the height of the header and making it take all the page's width helps. The page's title is: >"static forms google sheets as a database" I'd change that to something else. A sentence with a subject-verb-object would be better. Even "fabform.io" or "fabform.io | Google Sheets as a Database" would be better in my opinion. >Use google sheets as a database to save static website form >form submissions to google sheets I'd write "Google" with a capital "G" and "Sheets" with a capital "S". >Easy no code serverless solution I'd drop the mumbo-jumbo "no code serverless solution". There are ten (10) instances of the word google|Google in that page, that is too many. >Save static website form data direct to Google sheets It should be "directly", not direct. An adverb. >Built in Google sheets integration "Built-in", and I assume there's a built-in Google Sheets given that the whole product is about that. >Add a row to Google Sheets when someone submits a static website form. Why "static"? Does that not work in a dynamic website? >Update a row in Google Sheets when someone submits a static website form. What's the "primary key", given the reference to databases. When will it update a row, and when will it add a row? >* restful google sheets api* What does that mean? >Use Google Sheets as a database for your static website. This has already been mentioned. >example html static website form. Maybe "Example HTML:" (capitalized "E", and "HTML" ending with a colon ":" for what follows). >* <input type="hidden" name="accessKey" value="insert-publice-key-here">* How to generate a public key for the Google Sheets API? Adding a link to a tutorial helps. Adding GIFs and screenshots would clarify how this works. All the best,