Enquiry form for mobile website

[anilsojitra]

If Tiggzi were used to create a mobile website, is it possible to include an enquiry form that can be completed and submitted from the mobile device?

[maxkatz]

Sure you can. Create the form and then invoke a REST service, on button click - for example. There is no form as in HTML form element. All data is submitted via a REST service.

[anilsojitra]

Thanks for your reply.

Would i need to develop REST service that performs the form submission?

My regular website is an ASP.NET website and I want to replicate the enquiry form submission on my mobile website.

[maxkatz]

If you already have this functionality on the server, then you probably just need to expose the service as REST.

[anilsojitra]

Do you mean I need to develop and expose an asp.net REST service that accepts the form parameters and performs the submission?

[maxkatz]

Well, if you already have a regular form, then some service already exists that processes the form and does something with the data. You would just need to expose the service as REST.

[RichardGolko]

This is something that most people won't be able to do if they are not hard core programmers. The REST service has to be written and compiled into a program. That program has to sit somewhere (where since this is a self-contained mobile app?). Form submission for autoresponders and enquiries is an everyday task; if Tiggzi is a true drag-and-drop app designer, it should have a 'form' component that can be easily wired in the custom javascript event handler and the REST service should be invisible to us users. Why make it so darn hard to do something so simple like this?

[maxkatz]

If you know of a REST service that support this sort of functionality, we'll be happy to add a plug-in that does what you describe.

[anilsojitra]

Hi Richard. I would be very interested in some sort of form REST service. Any more ideas on this? Max, is there anything you can offer to help?

[maxkatz]

I'll help.. I'm just not aware of any services out there that do that. It's a matter of finding it.