There is no silver bullet some tools are better for certain jobs and not so good for other jobs. I know how hard it is to choose between a multitude of libraries and tools, especially when we need to do a non-trivial job. I tried generating documents by hand and converting HTML to PDF, or even LaTeX to PDF. Some of these documents were really sophisticated, including multi-page tables, colorful charts, headers and footers.
I spent a lot of time working with different tools to generate PDF files, mainly invoices and reports. For modern CSS, use either Google Chrome in headless mode or WeasyPrint. the created PDF then can be downloaded and emailed to us perfectly formated.TL DR For HTML to PDF conversion, use Dompdf library if you don’t need CSS Flexbox or Grid layouts. this button creates a pdf based on the information user typed in the fields. Instead of a submit button, there is a "create PDF" button. User goes to an online form built with plain HTML, CSS, and Javascript (for validation).
I have more a "horse and buggy" solution that would put us miles ahead of what we have now. But I believe it to be a long process that can take well over a year to complete. We are in the process of turning our caveman-like structure into more of a "George Jeston" structure with a online system that can create creative request, and schedule the ads to our websites all in one swift motion. Also the Word Document we use often gets changed by the AE without them realizing it. Since we have over 700 AE’s, submitting over 400+ Word Documents to us monthly, there is plenty of room for user errors to occur, such as some fields not being completed, boxes being checked that are not suppose to be checked. To get these online campaigns completed, my company uses a caveman-like process of AE’s submitting a Word document outlining what they want created via email to our In-House Design Department.
My company has over 700 Account Executives (AE) that sell online advertising campaigns. My question is how I would go about creating this web app that I have in my head. I have a working knowledge of JavaScript, and very little knowledge of PHP. I am designer by trade, but I am familiar with CSS.
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