1. Start
  2. Installing GForm
  3. Requirement
  4. Using GFormBuider
  5. Building Form
  6. Uploading Form

GFormBuilder

Beautiful forms with Google Worksheets

GFormBuilder is a dynamic form builder which helps you to create beautiful forms associated with your Google spreadhsheet. But there is a major difference. Unlike Google's official form builder, you can add unlimited forms in a single spreadsheet. Each form will store their data in separate worksheets, effectively.

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Installing GForm

Installing GFormBuilder is easy. Just download the project from yoru Envato download center after purchase and unzip it in the document root of your browser. Now point your browser to the following URL

http://localhost/gform

If everything is perfect, you will be able to see a form like below

GForm Login Form

You will find a folder named "cache" inside the gform folder that you just unzipped. There is a file named config.php inside this folder. Please make sure to give it write access because we will be saving your forms and other configuration data in this file.

If you are in windows, then this folder is writeable by default

If you are in Linux or in Mac osx, apply the following commands in terminal to make it writeable.

  • cd cache
  • chmod 0777 config.php

Requirement

To run GFormBuilder successfully in your web server you need the following tools setup properly

  • WebServer (Apache or nginx)
  • PHP 5.2.X

 

Using GFormBuider

When the login screen appears, you need to login using your Google Docs username and password. Dont worry, everything is saved in your local machine.

Once logged into GFormBuilder you will see a list of spreadsheets and worksheets in the screen like below. If you click on any SpreadSheet name, all the worksheet in that spreadsheet are shown immediately below it.

List of spreadsheets

Just selec the spreadsheet and worksheet and click on "Use" button. You will see the exciting form builder in next step.

Building Form

After you selected the spreadsheet and worksheet, you clicked on "Use" button and came to the form builder section. To understand how to build form, check out the video below.

 

 

Uploading Form

After you created the form by clicking on "Save" button in the Form Builder window, your form is prepared and saved in the cache folder. Copy all the contents in this folder to your php enabled web server. And share the URL with your users and you are done. By default you will find the following files inside your cache folder

File list to upload

Enjoy your user's feedback directly in your Google Spreadsheets right away.