Using Excerpts and Form Add-ons

[Casey Maynard]

I have a table (that acts like a 'form') on page 1 wrap with an excerpt 

There are 2 columns that have form activities

Column 1 uses the Gumville Checkbox Add-on

Column 2 uses the Easy Drop Down Add-on

The table is referenced via excerpt-include on another page

The original table has the checkbox and pulldown options remaining unused

I use the Excerpt so that I do not need to maintain the pages from my templates, since they are same page, one in original state, and one in 'completed' state.

The 2nd page allows users to 'interact' with the table's checkbox and drop down selections

The PROBLEM is that while I can change the checkboxes/dropdowns, they are not 'saved' and reverts back to the original state as seen on the Excerpted page.

My questions are WHY allow the 'interaction' if they cannot be saved in a separate state from the original? How can I get them to be saved and not have to maintain two different pages with the SAME content, but still allow the 2nd page to have the content changed from the original.

The current solution I am trying to develop is maybe a 'nested' table where column one has the 'original' content (without the add-ons), and the 2nd column has the the interactive add-ons, BUT as I am discovering, row alignment is not exact.

How have other users resolved this issue?