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HTML5 Contact Form

I hate building contact forms.  They are such a pain.  To get around my frustration of building my own forms, I usually use Wufoo.  Wufoo is a great way to build many different types of forms without writing a single line of code.  The only problem I have with Wufoo, is that it’s a bit hard to customize the look and feel of the form.  They do give you some styling options, but sometimes I want a bit more control.  I ran across this article by Landon Miller on creating a simple HTML5 contact form, complete with client-side validation, and jQuery fallbacks.  The one great thing about building your own forms is that you have complete control over everything.  It’s a great little piece of code and I’m now using it on my contact page.