Multiforms
A Drupal Module for
THE Quick CREATION oF
Contests and Surveys
Presented For the Vancouver Drupal Users Group - Oct. 18, 2007

What it IS
• Created for the Georgia Straight to
minimize setup and development time for
contests and surveys
• Allows quick creation of contests and
surveys for publishers: newspapers, radio,
television, blogs
• Focused on ease of use and automation
rather than being everything to
everybody
• Designed with the help of Geoff Burke
and Miles Keir

FEATURES
• “Snippets” (reusable groups of fields)
• Random draw capability
• Integrated email referrals
• Scheduled closing date/time and message
• Ability to pick which form fields are key
fields
• Actions Module integration
• Plugin field architecture using hooks
• Export, view, edit, purge submission data

DEMO
[Insert demo here]

ROADMAP
• User-specific \"snippets\" (currently
global)
• Option to allowing registered users to
edit their submissions
• Complex field type support (multiple
choice, etc.)
• More field types (field, image, etc.)
• More granular access control

WISHLIST
• Logic for conditional branching and
action calls
• Freeform structure of sections and
forms (currently two-level)
• Submissions as nodes
• More ways of integrating with other
Drupal modules

RESOURCES
• Drupal.org project page:
http://drupal.org/project/multiforms
• Drupal.org handbook page:
http://drupal.org/node/145576
• Presentation:
http://mikecantelon.com/multiforms
• Questions:
mcantelon@gmail.com
Thanks to the Georgia Straight for sponsoring development and to Djun Kim
and James Walker of Bryght for their workshops on Drupal development!