Our Thoughts.
A collection of missives and messages, along with nerd talk and company carryings-on.
How to Beat Procrastination While You WFH – Top Tips from the Gravity Forms Team
By Megan JonesStaying on task and ensuring productivity while working from home can be challenging. If you find procrastination is getting the better of you then it might be time to introduce new strategies and tools, helping you to alter your habits and improve your concentration.
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How to Create and Incorporate a Privacy Policy into a WordPress Website
By Gravity FormsWritten by Donata Kalnenaite If you read our previous blog, Why you Need a Privacy Policy if you are using a Contact Form, you may be wondering where you can actually obtain a Privacy Policy and how to incorporate it into your website. This is exactly what we’ll be discussing within this article.
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After Submit: What Happens After the Form?
ByWhat happens after users click the submit button? In this article, we lay out the post-submission options to ensure your users have a healthy experience.
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Working Remotely the Gravity Forms Way (Top Tools from the GF Team)
By Megan JonesMost businesses have seen some major changes over the last couple of months, and those that have been lucky enough to survive this roller coaster ride are still be adjusting to the new norm – mainly working remotely. After the initial disruption, most people have managed to settle into a personal routine, and have adapted well to their new ‘work from home’ situation. However, although your employees may have become more settled, by now it’s probably becoming apparent that your organization is lacking some key tools and strategies that are needed to ensure maximum productivity while remote working.
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Why You Need a Privacy Policy If You Are Using a Contact Form
By Gravity FormsWritten by Donata Kalnenaite When you really sit back and think about it, contact forms are a bit magic – anyone, anywhere in the world could inquire about you or the products or services that you offer at any time. This sure beats the old ways of snail mail! Contact forms allow you to make more sales, provide better customer support and simply grow your business, making them indispensable and thus featured on almost every modern website. Unfortunately, there is one thing that you need to keep an eye out for if you have a form on your website, and that’s compliance with privacy laws. Spoiler alert: there are many great solutions to help you with this compliance!
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Struggling to work from home? Our remote team here at Gravity Forms share their expert advice…
By Megan JonesChris Hajer (Support Engineer) … “My #1 recommendation for anyone new to remote working, or new to working from home, would be: stick to your routine. Get to sleep and get up at the same time of day as when you commuted for work. Work out at the same time. Get dressed in the same way as if you were going into the office. Keep a semblance of a schedule, so you are not easily distracted by “all the things” that could also be done.” In the last couple of months, millions of people across the globe have had to adjust to the challenges of working from home. For some this has been harder than others, and as time moves on, many may find different issues or setbacks emerge. Change on this scale is never easy, but luckily the Gravity Forms team is here to help.
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Authorize.Net Add-On 2.8 Update
By Jonathan CalderonHello Gravity Forms ecommerce users! We are introducing an important update to our Authorize.Net Add-On for Gravity Forms. We encourage to download this latest Add-On release. Added translations for Hebrew, Hindi, Japanese, and Turkish. Add Solution ID to single transactions. Fixed a PHP 7.4 notice on the settings page.
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Gravity Forms CLI Add-On 1.2 Update
By Jonathan CalderonGreat news Gravity Forms power users! The Gravity Forms CLI Add-On v1.2 is now available in the WordPress plugin repository. Updated Gravity API domain. Updated the ids format of the entry list command to support the page-size and offset args. Added various fixes. The CLI allows users to manage forms, entries and notifications on the command line. It supports import and export for both forms and entries and will resend notifications for individual entries. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO3fLW6SWk0
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Need a Privacy Policy on Your Website? Let Us Introduce You to Termageddon
By Gravity FormsIn 2020, the issues around consumer privacy and collecting customer data are paramount for websites and businesses across the globe. The bottom line is, if you display so much as a contact form on your website, then you need to invest in a privacy policy for your site. You also need a strategy in place to ensure that the policy stays up to date as new and future privacy laws go into effect.
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Website Popups: Valuable Tools or Annoying Distractions?
ByIn this article, we discuss the advantages and disadvantages of popups so you can decide whether this controversial tactic is right for your website.
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Say Hello to ‘Adderley’ – All You Need to Know About WordPress 5.4
By Megan JonesOn the 31st March, the newest version of WordPress was released – WP 5.4. Named after the famous American jazz trumpeter, Nat Adderley, WordPress 5.4 has some exciting additions and enhancements that focus on improving the block editor as well as privacy tools and the developer experience.
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How to Translate Gravity Forms to Create a Multilingual WordPress Form
By Gravity FormsFind out how Gravity Forms and Weglot integrate to help you create a stylish and professional multilingual WordPress form for your website.
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