Creating static pages to run own scripts and forms

Hi there,

I was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction please?

What I have been trying to do is find a way to create some static (physical) pages which link to some of my own forms that we want to run.

It is pretty basic stuff like a form which we fill in which logs the time we have spent on work for a client, who the client was and things like that. This uses php and connects to a table which I will create.

I have sort of found a way to add a link in the main navigation to a static page, by adding it to the functions.php file in the theme, but the link only shows up on 1 page i.e. when you click on the link the resulting page doesnt contain that link on the nav.

I guess the main questions are:

How do I create a static page which uses our current theme which I can put my own code on to run the form (as outlined above)?

How do I then add a constant link to this page in the main nav (was I on the right path with the functions.php file and did something wrong)?

And probably, is this even the best way to go about this?

I am still very new to wordpress, and finding my way around, so any tips or pointers are greatly appreciated.

Thanks.