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I am trying to add a simple registration form to my website that will send an email of confirmation to my customers and send their info to my data base. I also need my data base to create a registration number for each registrant. Someone Please Help!

Hi Laura, 

I assume your site is using the Office Live Web Design tool vs a 3rd party tool such as FrontPage or Dreamweaver.  If so, then this task is fairly simple to accomplish in Office Live to create the registration form. And you'll need SharePoint Designer to create a workflow process to send confirmation emails to customers (This task is not so simple. I recommend you obtain the services of a Web Designer/Developer for this part).


 
First, you must do two things:
 1. Activate the advanced design features (Go to Home>Web Site> Site Actions>Activate Advance Design features to activate).

 2. Activate the Office Live Business Applications if not already.

Go to business applications and create a blank workspace or application.

Then create a custom list and add the column fields for your registration form (e.g. first name, last name, email, address, city, state, zipcode). Open SharePoint Designer and create a new workflow that will email users upon submission. 

Publish the form to your Public site and your set.

You won't need a database because Office Live Business application already uses a database engine (SQL Server 2005) .

This is just a high level step by step instructions. If you need more details visit Tutorials Live for more information.

Hope this helps!

Norris

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Hello,

I tried everything listed above, and was unable to get any "custom" fields to be inserted.... This seems like a very difficult or not well worked process for something that should be fairly easy with a wysiwyg website tool.  Been pulling my hair out for 2 days now. 

Laura,  I am moving your question to the Customize and Use Business Applications forum.

Is there an error message such as a column being blocked?

where can I get sharepoint designer from peeps?

Norris,

 I modified my form in Sharepoint Designer 2007 and I can see all my changes in business application.  However, when I go to my website and upload form module I am getting same old form without any of my modifications.  I am desperate for help.

Thanks.

Lidia

I set up a form no problem, but can't seem to figure out how to delete a "field/column." There's no delete option in the settings (that I can see). 

Also, I can't export data to excel-I assume because I'm using Office 2000 and it says I don't have  a Sharepoint compatible app. and a box opens asking to save or open owssvr.dll. Can someone confirm that's the problem?