[Plugin: Custom Contact Forms] Is anyone using this plugin to handle a created form?

  • Resolved djzero23

    (@djzero23)


    13 years, 5 months ago

    I love this plugin it has been great to me, I use it on the majority of sites that I build. That said, I’ve hit a place that I just can’t figure out how to add certain features and style it properly. I need a label with multiple checkboxes and I need finer controls (I think) with CSS in order to get the labels and fields to display inline and look good. I’m wondering if anyone is using the plugin to handle a form that they have created in html because I really don’t want to lose the ability to have the ccf save the contact form submissions in the website.

    Thanks!

    https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/custom-contact-forms/

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  • Plugin Author Taylor Lovett

    (@tlovett1)

    Are you talking about the “Custom HTML Forms” Feature? If so, CCF still saves the form submissions if you use that feature.

    Thread Starter djzero23

    (@djzero23)

    Yep, that’s what I mean, is there any documentation on how to use this feature? I know how to create an html contact form, but how does it hook into the form’s php?

    David

    (@thatseoguydavid)

    I think it uses the hidden inputs to process the form. You should leave those intact according to it’s documentation. It also says to leave the action blank. Have you tested it yet?

    Thread Starter djzero23

    (@djzero23)

    No, I haven’t tested it yet. I was trying to work with the form I made as it is. Maybe I’ll try a test today.

    Plugin Author Taylor Lovett

    (@tlovett1)

    Yea, it explains exactly what to do within the Custom HTML Forms section of the admin panel.

    About this feature (Custom HTML Forms), I’m wondering how good can be to have a hidden field specifying where emails are to be sent.
    This could lead to spam problems: a not-to-advanced user could modify that field “on the fly” (via firebug for example”) and then use the form to send spam messages usign webserver mail service.

    Similarly, would a self-created HTML form be able to access the field slugs created in CCF, so I could re-use the form slugs built in basic forms?

    I am fairly certain that my client will want to more formatted forms than the plug in generates directly. I already know that I want to be able to more finely format and break up long forms into sections.

    Plugin Author Taylor Lovett

    (@tlovett1)

    If you use the Custom HTML Forms feature you will have no access to any of the field slugs. You simply write your own form and use the plugin to process the form.

    Thread Starter djzero23

    (@djzero23)

    With the custom html form, is there a script that is checking the fields to protect against hacking?

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