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A collection of missives and messages, along with nerd talk and company carryings-on.
HelpScout Add-On 1.6 Update
By Jonathan CalderonWe are introducing a brand new update to our HelpScout Add-On for Gravity Forms. In this important update you will find: Compability with Help Scout’s Mailbox API 2.0. Addded various functionality enhancements With the update to API 2.0, the upgraded Mailbox API 2.0 will use OAuth2 which provides a smoother, more secure experience for both developers and users of third party integrations. Legacy Mailbox API 1.0 will be retired on June 6th, 2019. If you’ve built an integration using legacy Mailbox API 1.0, now’s the time to start updating your apps so you don’t experience any interruptions when this version is turned off on June 6th, 2019. Additional updates include Strict meaning of the HTTP verbs (POST and PUT will always overwrite whole resource (entity) in 2.0), being able to read and update some sub-resources directly, increase rate limits from 400 requests per minute, up from 200 requests in the legacy API and many other things. View Help Scout’s documentation to learn more about the update.
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Survey Monkey Advantage Plan vs. Survey Add-On Gravity Forms
ByIn this article, we’d like to compare the features of SurveyMonkey versus Gravity Forms to help you make the best decision for your survey needs.
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9 Exciting Things You Can Do With Gravity Forms
By Will MorrisRegardless of what kind of website you run, forms can be very useful. They’re a simple and efficient way to build your email subscriber list, collect user feedback, enable customers to get in touch, and more. The first step to using them effectively in WordPress is choosing a top form-builder plugin. Gravity Forms, for example, offers thirty ready-to-use form fields and a huge library of third-party Add-Ons. Using these features, you can create custom forms that are just right for your website with minimal effort. In this article, we’ll introduce you to Gravity Forms and discuss nine exciting things you can do with it. Let’s get to work! An Introduction to Gravity Forms Usually, creating forms in WordPress takes a fair amount of work. If you want to create custom fields for users to input information, you’ll have to do a lot of coding to build a form that meets your needs. On the other hand, using pre-built forms can limit the fields you’re able to include.
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Chained Selects Add-On 1.2 Update
By Jonathan CalderonWe are introducing a brand new update to our Chained Selects Add-On for Gravity Forms. In this important update you will find: Updated a few minor bug fixes Added various functionality enhancements
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User Registration Add-On 4.1 Update
By Jonathan CalderonGood news Gravity Forms users! We have just released a new update to our User Registration Add-On for Gravity Forms. In this recent update you will find: Added various functionality enhancements Updated a few minor bug fixes
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Gravity Forms and Merchant Integrations
ByWith Gravity Forms and the right merchant integration, you can create simple payment forms to process your own transactions online. Learn how here.
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Gravity Forms v2.4.9 Released
By Jonathan CalderonWe’re excited to announce the new release of Gravity Forms v.2.4.9! Inside this release, you’ll find: Security updates accessibility enhancements Added various bug fixes Gravity Forms v2.4.9 is now available for auto-update from the WordPress plugins page and also on the downloads page in the account area. This is a security and maintenance release and we recommend that customers update as soon as possible.
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Build a Service Agreement Form with Gravity Form’s Signature Add-On
ByWith Gravity Forms, you can create a service agreement form that doesn’t need to be printed, faxed, or scanned. They can even sign their name!
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Webhooks Add-On 1.2 Update
By Jonathan CalderonWe just published a new update to our Webhooks Add-On for Gravity Forms. This update includes: Added support for delaying feed processing until after payment has been successfully completed using the PayPal Standard Add-On. Added “gform_webhooks_post_request” action. Added GPL to plugin header Added various enhancements and updates. This release adds support for delaying webhook feed processing until after PayPal payment has been successfully completed. We also added gform_webhooks_post_request action. The complete changelog is located below
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Zoho CRM Add-On 1.7 Update
By Jonathan CalderonWe just published a new update to our Zoho CRM Add-On for Gravity Forms. This update includes: Added Multi DC (multiple data center) support for Zoho CRM. Important Note: Zoho’s Version 1 API has been deprecated and you must switch to use version 2 REST API (OAuth authentication) from Zoho CRM Settings, before 12/31/2019. Please take a look at our Zoho documentation on the new REST API and any potential errors. If you have any other questions, we also have great documentation on: creating a feed. We added support for Multiple Data Center when authenticating with v2 API. Prior to this change, Zoho CRM users with accounts outside of the U.S., depend on two extra filters to connect with Europe or India data center, see https://docs.gravityforms.com/zoho-european-hosted-accounts/ Now with this release, if users authenticate with the v2 API (we also changed the setting option name to “OAuth Authentication”), we will automatically connect accounts to the correct data center, no extra filters anymore. Also, previously the new authentication method was named “REST API” which caused confusion that users may think they’ll have to enable REST API in Gravity Forms to make it work. Thus we change the option name to “OAuth Authentication… READ MORE
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How to Improve Your Survey Form Response Rate
ByIt’s important to take steps to maximize your survey response rate. In this article, we’d like to offer some tips to get more people to take your surveys.
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Stripe Add-On 2.7 Update
By Jonathan CalderonWe’ve great news for all you ecommerce WordPress power users! We are introducing a brand new update to our Stripe Add On for Gravity Forms. Added fixes for various minor issues Addded various Stripe Card field enhancements Updated webhook events and added various filter supports
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