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A collection of missives and messages, along with nerd talk and company carryings-on.
Creating a Modal Form with Gravity Forms and FancyBox
By Carl HancockThere have been a few questions on how to create a Gravity Form in a modal window. For this example, we’re going to use the jQuery script “FancyBox” to create the modal form. Basically, what you’re going to do is to create a form, embed it in a simple page and then link to it from the page you want to include the modal form. Pretty simple right?
Read moreGravity Forms 1.3.6 Released
By Carl HancockGravity Forms v1.3.6 has been released via automatic upgrade. This is a bug fix release, no features or enhancements have been added to this release. We strongly recommend you always run the latest version of the plugin.
Read moreGravity Forms 1.3.5 Released
By Carl HancockGravity Forms v1.3.5 has been released via automatic upgrade. This release fixes a few minor bugs and includes an additional enhancement to the form field variables. Added support for {all_fields_display_empty} variable that includes empty fields Added form id to sub-label filters to allow different forms to have different labels Fixed issue with variables not getting replaced correctly (i.e {entry_id}) Fixed issue with date picker styles on export screen You can upgrade to the latest version of Gravity Forms using Automatic Upgrade or by downloading the latest version of the plugin from the Downloads page. Please Note: Automatic Upgrade will only work if you have entered your Support License Key in the Settings page of Gravity Forms in your WordPress Administration Panel.
Read moreGravity Forms 1.3.4 Released
By Carl HancockGravity Forms v1.3.4 has been released via automatic upgrade. This release fixes one additional bug related to a PHP configuration. If “magic_quotes” are turned off in the configuration, it could cause problems with saving forms properly. If you have already upgraded to version 1.3.3, we recommend that you update to the newest version right away. You can upgrade to Gravity Forms version 1.3.4 by Automatic Upgrade or by downloading the latest version of the plugin from the Downloads page. Please Note: Automatic Upgrade will only work if you have entered your Support License Key in the Settings page of Gravity Forms in your WordPress Administration Panel.
Read moreGravity Forms 1.3.3 Released
By Carl HancockGravity Forms v1.3.3 has been released via automatic upgrade. This release fixes a few minor bugs and includes an additional enhancement to the post submission action. Fixed issue with file upload creating a broken link when filename contains a single quote Fixed issue with conditional logic that prevented field values from being updated when field was changed Fixed issue with conditional logic that caused value to be truncated when selected value contained a single quote Fixed issue that corrupted the form meta when saving forms on servers where magic quotes where turned off Added $form parameter to gform_post_submission action (Thanks to d4le for the suggestion) Included a minor CSS update to fix a reported IE issue where the labels on the radio buttons and checkboxes weren’t displaying properly You can upgrade to the latest version of Gravity Forms using Automatic Upgrade or by downloading the latest version of the plugin from the Downloads page. Please Note: Automatic Upgrade will only work if you have entered your Support License Key in the Settings page of Gravity Forms in your WordPress Administration Panel.
Read moreGravity Forms 1.3 Released
By Carl HancockWe are excited about the release Gravity Forms v1.3! This is an exciting release that adds some new, exciting and very powerful features to an already feature-packed plugin. Developers will love the conditional logic form fields and novice users will love the new features andn options that make managing forms even more flexible. The plugin is available via Automatic Upgrade in your WordPress Administration Panel, or you may Download it and install it manually.
Read moreClearing Default Field Values with jQuery
By Carl HancockA few people have asked about automatically clearing the default field values on focus. While that’s not a feature in the current version of Gravity Forms, It’s easy enough to accomplish with a little bit of jQuery goodness. This script will remove any default value from input fields and textareas on focus, and if you haven’t changed it, will restore it on blur.
Read moreGravity Forms v1.2.2 Released
By Carl HancockGravity Forms v1.2.2 has been released via automatic upgrade. This releases fixes a bug with the notification email that prevented the advanced name and address form fields from being displayed correctly. It also consolidates the display of checkbox fields so that they appear under one heading instead of multiple. The {all_fields} formatting in notification emails is now in line with how entries are displayed on the entry detail page. You can upgrade to the latest version of Gravity Forms using Automatic Upgrade or by downloading the latest version of the plugin from the Downloads page. Please Note: Automatic Upgrade will only work if you have entered your Support License Key in the Settings page of Gravity Forms in your WordPress Administration Panel.
Read moreGravity Forms v1.2.1 Released
By Carl HancockWe have released an update to Gravity Forms that patches a character encoding issue. It is recommended that you update your Gravity Forms install to the latest version to avoid any issues with character encoding in form submitted data. You can upgrade to the latest version of Gravity Forms using Automatic Upgrade or by downloading the latest version of the plugin from the Downloads page. Please Note: Automatic Upgrade will only work if you have entered your Support License Key in the Settings page of Gravity Forms in your WordPress Administration Panel.
Read moreGravity Forms v1.2 Released
By Carl HancockWe are happy to release Gravity Forms v1.2! This is an exciting release that adds some new, exciting and very powerful features to the mix. Developers will love the data integration capabilities and novice users will love the new features that makes managing forms even more powerful. The plugin is available via Automatic Upgrade in your WordPress Administration Panel, or you may Download it and install it manually. Don’t own Gravity Forms yet? What are you waiting for? Purchase it now! We are very excited to introduce a variety of new features with this release and we have outlined those features and enhancements below.
Read moreGravity Forms v1.2 BETA Now Available!
By Carl HancockWe are very excited to make Gravity Forms v1.2 available as a BETA release. After this beta phase we will release it for general use via Automatic Upgrade. Already own Gravity Forms and want to try out the v1.2 BETA? Download it now! Don’t own Gravity Forms yet? Purchase it now and get access to the 1.2 BETA release! We are very excited to introduce a variety of new features with this release and we have outlined those features and enhancements below.
Read moreSneak Peek At Gravity Forms Version 1.2
By Carl HancockOne of the cool new features we will be introducing in Version 1.2 of Gravity Forms is the ability to bulk edit drop down field data. This will allow you to quickly populate drop down field data without having to enter the options one by one. Along with this we are introducing predefined choices that you can choose from. This will save you time in populating drop down fields with commonly used field data.
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