Level up on
Building Forms
JONATHAN PERLMAN
@JPURPLEMN
HTTPS://JPURPLEMAN.CA
WORDCAMP ROCHESTER 201810/13/2018

About me
o Canadian, eh! Montreal, Quebec
o Senior web developer at
Dawson College
o Teacher at Dawson College’s CTD
( non-credit )
o WordCamp speaker
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Why Create a
Form?
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Why?
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o Apply for things
o Register for events
o Capture leads
o Generate content from users
o Sell things and take in money

Apply for Events
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Capture Leads
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User generated data pages
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Tools
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JetPack
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JetPack
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Contact Form 7
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Contact Form 7
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Ninja Forms
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Ninja Forms
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Ninja Forms
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Ninja Forms
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o Base plugin is free
o Good for simple field forms
o Nothing complex
o Extra features are paid add-ons
o Can be expensive down the road

Ninja Forms
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Gravity Forms
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Gravity Forms
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Gravity Forms
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o Well established company
o Low cost of entry for loads of
premium features
o Many useful features included
o Large user base
o Extensive documentation

Gravity Forms
I’M SLIGHTLY BIASED.
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Field options
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Standard Fields
o Single Line Text
o Paragraph Text
o Drop Down
o Number
o Checkboxes
o Multiple Choice
o Hidden Field
o HTML
o Section/Page Break
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Advanced Fields
o Name
o Date / Time
o Phone
o Address
o Website
o Email
o File Upload
o CAPTCHA
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Help text, placeholders, captcha
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Layout options
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Conditional Logic
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Conditional Logic
o Field
o Section / Page
o Submit Button
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Conditional Logic
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Conditional Logic
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Multi-Page Forms
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Multi-Page Forms
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Multi-Page Forms
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Multi-Page Forms
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Multi-Page Forms
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Restricting Access
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Restricting access
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Hooking in
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Specific customizations with hooks
o Interact with 3rd party data
sources
o Disabling forms based on criteria
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After Submit
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Confirmations
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Thank you for your submission, an email confirmation has been sent
to user_email_address@gmail.com with follow-up information.
If you do not receive an email, please check your junk mail folder or
contact us for help at admin@website.com.

Notifications
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Notifications
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Exporting Entries
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Gravity Forms
Resources
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https://docs.gravityforms.com
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https://gravitywiz.com/blog
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gravitywiz.com/gravity-forms-hook-reference/
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Questions?
Thank you!
JONATHAN PERLMAN
@JPURPLEMN
HTTPS:// WWW.JPURPLEMAN.CA
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