Many websites have a contact form which will automatically send an email instead of just listing an email address. This is usually set up using PHP. Because the Axure + AxShare combo doesn’t have this option, we will have to look into a 3rd party to accomplish this goal.
Wufoo
If you haven’t heard of Wufoo, it is a basic form builder that allows you to customize and embed a form into your website. They are from the same people that made Survey Monkey.
Wufoo is free up to a certain amount of form submissions, but for most websites this option will not require any payment plan.
On a very basic level, Wufoo will give you an iframe embed code, which you can use with Axure’s existing inline frame widget. They also give you some HTML which you can use in combination with our AxShare plugins.
You can see an example of a Wufoo form on this website which is created/hosted using Axure Contact Good For You!
Google Forms
Another free option to look into is Google Forms. This is part of the Google Docs lineup, and provides a free form builder which can also email you when an entry has been submitted.
The downside to the Google Form is that the visuals cannot be customized, so if your website is… blue for example, you can’t make your Google Form blue.
If anyone can suggest an alternate way to create a form to embed which will send an email, please add it to this thread!
