Form Creator for WordPress

WP Forms Creator – Beta Release Today!

Today we submitted our new WP Form Creator to WordPress for inclusion into the extensions directory and once approved you will be able to download the plugin as a beta application. This release includes all the foundation features we wanted to add in from the onset of the project so bloggers using our free plug-in can have a way to quickly, easily and effectively add in a fully XHTML compliant forms. Initially designed as a tool for clients of the UltimateIDX this plug-in will take all of the guess work out of adding compliant forms to your WordPress blog in a simple drag and drop style environment making it super easy to implement. From entry level bloggers to experienced professional designers, the new WP Form Creator makes form creation and design a snap.

Built with the same forethought and planning as our other free plug-ins, we always approach each of these projects with several important questions and a wide range of perspectives before we commit the development. In that regard, WP Form Creator solves problems. Experience had demonstrated that after looking at literally dozens and dozens of methods for including common forms such as a Competitive Market Analysis or even a basic contact form, were proving to be a challenge and confusing for novice bloggers. Our WP Form Creator does what no others currently do and that is add in truly easy to create forms and functionality to any blogger regardless of skill level and yet keep it fully XHTML Compliant.

What is an XHTML Compliant Form?

Site validation for compliance is more than just a buzzword or trendy way to bolster a coders character or ego (all though it may include such). Compliance standards help designers and developers demonstrate a level of competency and quality by adhering to a preset base line standard of rules for good coding. The XHTML standard as outlined by W3C states;

XML was conceived as a means of regaining the power and flexibility of SGML without most of its complexity. Although a restricted form of SGML, XML nonetheless preserves most of SGML’s power and richness, and yet still retains all of SGML’s commonly used features.

In essence, XHTML forms are built upon a foundation of structural and semantic tags suitable for authoring well formed documents that can be displayed with relative consistency for all modern browsers. A quick inventory of modern browsers would include all of those that adhere to the standards compliance with exception of Internet Explorer 5, 6, 7 and 8 as Microsoft browsers have never been “modern browsers”. To get an idea what XHTML markup for a form looks like, I’ve generated generated an example for your examination.

[html]
<form action="action.php" method="get" id="wpmcdemo">
<div class="row">
<label for="txt_Tryitout!Typethefieldnamesoutfirst,e.g.:">Try it out! Type the field names out first, e.g.:</label>
<input id="txt_Tryitout!Typethefieldnamesoutfirst,e.g.:" name="txt_Tryitout!Typethefieldnamesoutfirst,e.g.:" type="text" />
</div>
<div class="row">
<label for="txt_Firstname">First name</label>
<input id="txt_Firstname" name="txt_Firstname" type="text" />
</div>
<div class="row">
<label for="txt_Surname">Surname</label>
<input id="txt_Surname" name="txt_Surname" type="text" />
</div>
<div class="row">
<label for="txt_Town">Town</label>
<input id="txt_Town" name="txt_Town" type="text" />
</div>
<div class="row">
<label for="txt_State/Region">State/Region</label>
<input id="txt_State/Region" name="txt_State/Region" type="text" />
</div>
</form>
[/html]

Although the full release documentation is yet to be finished you are none the less more than welcome to post questions and issues with this release for assistance.

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SanDiego Al says:

July 28, 2009 at 10:38 am

I see this as a major WP enhancement! Is this something that is an exclusive to Ultimate IDX or do others offer the same and can you brake it down barney style as to exactly what this will do for us WP users?
Todd Lambert says:

August 27, 2009 at 12:15 pm

I installed it in a virgin WP 2.8.4 install. Activated it and went to the settings page, but nothing works. I see:

NewOpen | Save

Form
Controls
Attributes

Nothing is clickable and nothing works.

Would love to get this working, let me know if you need any more info from me.

Thanks!
- Jared Ritchey says:
  
  September 2, 2009 at 9:17 am
  
  Hello Todd, yes its a beta version the actual pre release version will be published today.
  - Andy says:
    
    May 18, 2010 at 11:10 am
    
    I have installed the pluggin with the latest version of WordPress and I have the same issue Todd pointed out. Any suggestions?
- Gayan says:
  
  January 10, 2011 at 3:05 am
  
  When extracting the wp-form-creator.zip file make sure to rename the folder as "wp-formcreator" before activate the plugin. By this way you can rectify the errors occurred to such as Todd Lambert
  - Roman says:
    
    February 22, 2011 at 4:34 am
    
    Thaks man! It works!
Types of bridges says:

August 29, 2009 at 9:33 am

Hi, I love your mini application which can be used with “Form Creator for WordPress” This is super helpful.
Jared Ritchey says:

September 2, 2009 at 9:20 am

Another note, this plugin will have some substantial edits before it reaches final release and its best you DO NOT upgrade without first sending us an email.
margot darby says:

September 13, 2009 at 10:18 am

Hello, the Beta version I just downloaded is still up there, and I get what Todd gets. I'm not nagging you, maybe I downloaded it from the wrong location? Looking forward to testing it out.
- Jared Ritchey says:
  
  September 13, 2009 at 10:43 am
  
  Yes just had another bug fix to tend to this morning. I'll get it posted here shortly.
David Nordyke says:

September 15, 2009 at 2:59 pm

Has this been fixed yet? I just installed and am getting same result as Todd & Margot.
skip says:

September 21, 2009 at 3:19 pm

i'm digging the potential, but it's VERY frustrating not being able to even test it out. i've tried this with a number of different themes, but still not getting any functionality... :(

also, i used artisteer to generate my main site...is that going to be a problem?

i have a handful of custom forms i need to get integrated ASAP, and i hate the thought of having to code them by hand...
Lisa says:

September 29, 2009 at 9:44 am

How do we manage the costs and the effects of environmental activities (environmental account)?
- Jared Ritchey says:
  
  September 29, 2009 at 2:42 pm
  
  I'm not sure I understand your question! ??
Robert Seymour says:

October 2, 2009 at 10:39 am

I'm getting path issues. When saving the form it errors out by trying to save it to document root /export/www/html/wp-content instead of WP home /export/www/html/security/wp-content.

How can I change that path?

"File does not exist: /export/www/html/wp-content"

Thanks!

Robert
eagleout says:

October 2, 2009 at 2:46 pm

When I try to install the package from inside WP I get this error:

Could not copy file /wp-content/upgrade/wp-form-creator.0.9.82/wp-form-creator/license.txt

Any ideas? Thanks-