JotForm 4.0: Build Forms Anywhere, Anytime
by anthony on 02/07/17 at 8:00 am
Forms are hard to manage if you don’t have coding experience. You often have to go through the developer to edit form elements and widgets. This can take many meetings, emails and revisions to get right.
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