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Quickly and easily build forms with a simple drag-and-drop interface and in-place editing.
There are dozens of form-building plugins out there to create forms, but most are confusing and overly complicated. With Formidable, it is easy to create forms within a simple drag-and-drop interface. You can construct custom forms or generate them from a template. Shortcodes can be used as well as spam catching services.
Upgrade to Formidable Pro
Formidable Pro is an upgrade to Formidable with more form fields, flexibility, and power. Learn more at:
http://formidablepro.com
Features
- Integrates with WP reCAPTCHA and Akismet for Spam control
- Shortcode Please select a valid form for use in pages, posts, or text widgets for WordPress version 2.8 and above.
- Alternatively use
<?php echo FrmEntriesController::show_form(2, $key = '', $title=true, $description=true); ?>in your template - Customize most HTML when editing the form (code for editing HTML when creating the form is soon to follow… and documentation too)
- Create forms from existing templates or add your own. A contact form template is included.
- Direct links available for previews and emailing surveys with and without integration with your current theme. Make these links pretty with Pretty Link integration
- Select an email address to send form responses under “Advanced Form Options”
- Input default values into form fields with the option to clear when clicked
- Saves responses to the database for future retrieval, reports, and display in Formidable Pro
- PHP ninjas can display data in templates using functions in FrmApiController. However, there is currently no documentation for these functions.
PRO Features
- Visual form styling editor. Want to check it out?
- Additional fields which include page breaks for multiple paged forms, file uploads, section headers, rich text editor, date with calendar, email, phone, website, and a dynamic field populated with data from other entries.
- View graphical reports for the form results (replace Google docs surveys)
- Add, edit, search, and CSV export entries from the WordPress admin
- Make your default values dynamic
- Conditionally hide and show fields
- Display your gathered data in a page, post, or widget
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Only the admin seems to have access to formidable. I would also like editors to be able to access as well. Is there a way to change the user permissions for the plugin?
This option isn’t yet built-in, but you can change it in the code. Just remember what you change so when you upgrade you don’t lose your changes.
There are several spots where the menu items are added. Ex:
add_menu_page(FRM_PLUGIN_TITLE, FRM_PLUGIN_TITLE, ‘administrator’, FRM_PLUGIN_NAME, array($frm_forms_controller,’route’), FRM_URL . ‘/images/icon_16.png’);
You will need to change ‘administrator’ in each of these menus to ‘level_5′ or whatever you need. If you need more help, please use the support forum.
Hi Stephanie,
I would like to use Formidable as the base for my subdomain of support forms. The plugin is very useful. Before I upgrade however, I have been testing the free version.
I can’t see to understand why the paragraph test boxes are only 20px wide in the final form. An example is on
http://forms.dilimanprep.edu.ph/index.php?plugin=formidable&controller=forms&action=preview&form=yauqrk
Please advise how this can be solved.
Thank you
Under “Field Options” you will see a box labeled “columns wide”. If you insert a number here, it will change the size of your text box. However, if you upgrade to Pro, this number overrides the width set in the Pro styling settings.
Hello,
is it possible to save the responses in a mysql database which is different to the wordpress database from my site in the pro version?
i want to use an extra database on the same server only for the responses from 2 or 3 forms.
if this works, is it also possible to show, change and print this database entries in Formidable?
Thank You
Thomas
This would be possible with a bit of custom code, although you would be duplicating since it would also be saved to the WordPress database. Please post in the forum if you would like more help on this. If you are an unlimited licensed user, please post in the Pro forums at formidablepro.com/forum. Thanks!
Hello,
I just bought pro version. I’ve got a few question.
1° How editors can access to the pro formidable-entries?
2° I’m using it for professional reason, is it possible to remove the serial, even if you want to sell me a special license type.
Thanx to answer fast
Tom
First point solve, editor can access to pro formidable entries.
So, for the second point ( serial formidable ), contact me by mail, it s for a specific use: a lot of installations and I need to don t be dependent of your website. I can buy a specific license for this, and of course I’ll keep all the copyrights.
User role capabilities will be included in the next release so you will be able to open up access to lower level users. This release is in final testing right now and will be released very soon.
Am not entirely sure what you mean when you say “serial Formidable”. The auto-updating will only work by inputting a username and password on the “Formidable Pro” page.
If you have more questions, please post in the forums at formidablepro.com/forum
Thanks!
I would like a special version with out the obligation to enter my user name and password to access to the pro version. As i said, i’m going to use this plugin for professional use.
Hello. Thanks for the very nice form plug-in… but alas, I have an issue.
Have you ever seen this before with the re-captcha module added?
http://powercarpetkleen.com/contact
Note how the text entry box for the re-captcha is moved to the right of the captcha module… I have no idea how to fix that! I’ve google’d it to no avail. Any ideas? Does the re-captcha module use CSS that perhaps my site is telling it to right justify that box somehow by freakishly having the same css tag?
It all functions fine, great in fact, but it just looks bad! Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Ok, found if I changed the WP-ReCaptcha plug-in settings to use “Clean” for the style for “registration” captchas… (apparently what this formidable form ties into) it works fine. Using White, Red, or Black Glass styles, all break it and right justify the text entry field (covering the buttons) on the captcha.
I used Artisteer to design the site’s theme, so that may be part of the issue if it used some odd CSS or something. Anyway, if you get a fix, feel free to email it to me. If not, I’m happy for now.
Thanks again.
This sounds as simple as a space issue. I think the “Clean” style isn’t as wide as the other styles. Perhaps you don’t have enough space for it to fit where it needs to be.
Hello Steph,
i would like to ask what happen to this form.
“”we’re sorry. there was an error processing your responses” appears when someone submit the form.
i checked the settings and nothing wrong with it.
do you mind to explain this?
thanks
This happens if the entry is unable to save to the database. Please deactivate and reactivate the plugin to install the database tables. Let me know in the forum if you continue seeing this message.
Haven’t tested the plugin yet, but could Formidable be potentially used as a frontend custom post form (similar to TDO Mini Forms)?
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