Project Requirement Jeremy Knauff, owner of Spartan Media in Tampa, Florida, is developing an expert SaaS (Software as a Service) business application with Formidable Forms. The yet to be revealed product is designed to nurture relationships between the application’s subscribers and its media contacts. To nurture their relationships, SaaS subscribers designate the type of relationship [Read More…]
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Change WordPress User Role when Editing Field in a View
Introduction We check several Formidable related community support sites daily, sometimes more than once a day. We’re always looking for opportunities to help others, but once in a while we’ll bypass an opportunity or two because the amount of research required to solve the challenge takes as much time as doing the job itself. With [Read More…]
Format Radio Buttons as Text Blocks
Problem Data Scie posted the following question in the “How To” channel of Formidable’s Slack Community. Anybody able to style FF radio buttons like blurbs: sections with icons and styled text that act like radio buttons instead of the default style ? This image is attached to the question to illustrate Data Scie’s target design. [Read More…]
Building a Workflow Engine
Overview One of the most frequently asked questions when it comes to building a Formidable Forms business process is “How do I build a workflow to assign tasks, track sequence completions, and move to next steps?” Workflows can be complicated. Oftentimes, there are security considerations such as “How can I allow the project manager to [Read More…]
Integrate QR Code With Formidable
Requirement A long-term client asked us to integrate QR Codes with Formidable Forms. This particular client runs an agency out of Denver, Colorado. Her client is a grocer. This grocer uses Formidable Forms to sign up ambassadors (affiliates) and partners. When an ambassador entry is submitted, the user is sent an email that includes this [Read More…]
How to Provide Instant Feedback on Forms
Quiz Building Anyone? Are you using Formidable to build quizzes? Many people are and Formidable allows you to build really nice quizzes right out of the box. But, what if you have special requirements like this poster in Formidable’s Slack Community. The Requirements Have a ‘check answer’ button after each multiple choice question. If all [Read More…]
Return to Previous Page
Problem One request we receive frequently is: How can I include a link on a page to return to the previous page? Solution If you view any of the codex detail pages, at the top of the page, you’ll see one of the following links: Return to Actions List or: Return to Previous Page or: [Read More…]
Passing an Option in Query String and Setting Select Value
Overview Formidable provides a built-in method for setting a default value on fields by passing a query string parameter. To do this, simply pass the name of the parameter and its value in the query string, like this: /page-name/?color=blue If you want to capture the value of “blue” as the default value in a field, [Read More…]