1. Episode 1 : Accessible,validated and anti-spam FreeForm
Please see video at::
http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk/eesurgery/videos/freeform-accessible-and-validated-web-forms
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2. Why Freeform?
● Very configurable
● Stores information in the database too as
well as sending to email
● Out that data onto the site
● Completely Free
● Little choice
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3. Problems with forms
● Can he hard to fill out for users if done
incorrectly
● Time Consuming
● Spam! Either to send emails or to manipulate search
rankings. Whats behind it all? Financial gain.
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4. What we will be doing?
● Preventing spam
● Javascript validation
● Accessible code
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5. Hon-ee Pot Spam prevention
● We used to use accessible captcha
● Hon-ee pot is better from a UX point of view
● No spam so far
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6. Install
FreeForm + Hon-ee Pot (EE2)
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7. Bonus Points
● CSS3 shadows etc
● HTML5 validation
● Conversion tracking with Google Analytics
Please see video at::
http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk/eesurgery/videos/freeform-accessible-and-validated-web-forms
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