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A collection of missives and messages, along with nerd talk and company carryings-on.
Gravity Forms v1.7 Beta 2 Released
By Carl HancockGravity Forms v1.7 Beta 2 is now available for download. We are pleased with how the testing and development is going and THANK YOU to those users who are helping us test it out. Gravity Forms v1.7 is a major update and introduces several powerful new features and enhancements. We want to make sure that it is tested thoroughly and refined prior to releasing it via automatic update.
Read moreGravity Forms v1.7 Spotlight: Confirmations
By Carl HancockLike the notifications, the confirmations saw a similar update for Gravity Forms 1.7. You can now have any number of confirmations, instead of just a single one per form. This will mean that you can, based on user selection, show different messages, redirect users to different pages, or send different query strings, increasing the flexibility of this system by a great deal.
Read moreGravity Forms v1.7 Spotlight: Notifications
By Carl HancockOne of the two biggest changes in Gravity Forms 1.7 is the new notifications system. Notifications were traditionally set-up to only allow a single message to administrators and a single message to users. Now, you can set-up as many notification messages as you would like.
Read moreMarch Gravity Forms Add-On Updates
By Carl HancockIt’s Add-On update release day here at Rocketgenius and along with major updates to several of our popular Add-Ons, we also have a few minor updates that contain fewer changes and did not warrant an entire blog post for each of them. We have released updates to the Picatcha Add-On, FreshBooks Add-On and the Signature Add-On and you can find details below.
Read moreGravity Forms PayPal Pro Add-On v1.0 Released
By Carl HancockThe Gravity Forms PayPal Pro Add-On has exited beta and is officially available as a v1.0 release. It’s been a long, frustrating trip for us to release this Add-On due to the fact PayPal has shuffled around their product offerings and what they are currently offering is PayPal Payments Pro is not the same thing as what they previously offered as PayPal Pro.
Read moreGravity Forms MailChimp Add-On v2.0 Released
By Carl HancockGravity Forms MailChimp Add-On v2.0 has been released via automatic update. This release introduces new hooks and developer functionality as well as resolving some minor bugs.
Read moreGravity Forms Campaign Monitor Add-On v2.1 Released
By Carl HancockGravity Forms Campaign Monitor Add-On v2.1 has been released via automatic update. This is a maintenance release that resolves issues related to SSL and AJAX as well as several other minor issues.
Read moreWordPress Version Requirements for Support
By Carl HancockAs we continue to work hard to support the new features and updates in WordPress, we sometimes have to leave older versions behind, and so after reading Joost de Valk’s great post entitled Why we don’t support old WordPress versions, we decided it was time to make our policy clear relating to WordPress version support.
Read moreGravity Forms AWeber Add-On v1.4 Released
By Carl HancockGravity Forms v1.4 is now available via automatic update. This release brings the AWeber Add-On in line with other Add-Ons by providing the capability to integrate with the PayPal Add-On so that a subscriber is added only after a payment is received.
Read moreGravity Forms v1.7 Developer Notes
By Carl HancockGravity Forms v1.7 introduces powerful new changes to the Form Settings, Notifications and Confirmations. All these fantastic changes come with some possible challenges to developers that have implemented hooks to extend or customize Gravity Forms default behavior related to these features. We have put a lot of thought into making this version as backwards compatible as possible, but with all the different hooks involved we cannot guarantee that you will not need to make some adjustments to your code.
Read moreGravity Forms v1.7 Beta 1 Released
By Carl HancockGravity Forms v1.7 Beta 1 is now available for download. We are extremely excited about this release as it introduces extensive changes to the Gravity Forms admin tools and sets up limitless possibilities for the future. We have completely re-written the Form Settings functionality so that it has its own dedicated area and is not contained within the Form Editor. This change has given us the flexibility to expand and enhance not only Form Settings capabilities, but also introduce significant enhancements to the Confirmation and Notifications. Please Note: This is a beta release and as such you should use at your own risk. We are still actively working on UI enhancements and refinements for the final public release. Developers should read the note at the bottom of this post regarding impact to existing customizations that Gravity Forms v1.7 may introduce.
Read moreGravity Forms Quiz Add-On v1.0 Beta 2 Released
By Carl HancockGravity Forms Quiz Add-On v1.0 Beta 2 is now available. This update adds some exciting new features to the Quiz Add-On to make it even more powerful and useful for Gravity Forms users. The major new feature being introduced is the Results display. Quiz Results allow you to quickly see an aggregate overview of Quiz Results.
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