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oik v4.0.0 finally released

It’s been nearly 9 years since I first released my oik plugin to wordpress.org

Today, after many months of procrastination I finally released another update. oik v4.0.0 now embraces the block editor.

Well, it delivers a number of blocks; 6 in total, though wordpress.org only detected 5.

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Categories: Gutenberg, WordPressTags: address, contact forms, countdown, follow me, googlemap, shortcode block

Published: January 31, 2020 | Last updated: January 31, 2020

H2GD Part 41: How to create a simple contact form

With the right plugin, creating a simple contact form should be almost as easy as typing

display contact form here

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Over on bobbingwidewebdesign.com I reviewed 6 Contact Form plugins. Today, since my Gravity Forms Licence had expired again, I tried Ninja Forms as well.

It took me a while to get a working version. I eventually succeeded when I lowered my sights. In the end the results weren’t much better than the simple contact form that comes as standard with my oik plugin.

How to create a simple contact form using oik

  1. Install and activate the oik base plugin
  2. Visit oik options > options and set a value for your email address: Email [bw_mailto]/[bw_email]..
  3. Create some content e.g. a new post or a page
  4. Somewhere within the content type

    [bw_contact_form]
  5. Save
  6. There, that wasn’t hard now was it?

    Example

    Features

    • Enough fields to gather information from your site visitor.
    • Name and Email are required fields.
    • HTML5 validation.
    • Spam checking using Akismet.
    • Email sent to the content author.
    • It’s also copied to the email given on the contact form.
    • The email indicates the URL on which the form was completed.
    • Default text for Submit button is “Contact me” if the Contact [bw_contact] field is not completed.

    Related reading

    • 6 contact form plugins compared
    • [bw_contact_form]
    • Extend the contact form for multiple authors using oik-user
    • ninja-forms

Categories: H2GD, shortcodesTags: [bw_contact_form], contact forms

Published: October 3, 2014 | Last updated: October 2, 2014

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