Form builder

[discobot]

a basic form builder, such as for contact forms, with challenge-response (no reliance on 3rd party APIs)

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Read-only archive: https://petitions.classicpress.net/posts/221/form-builder

Author: classyMan

Vote count: 2

Status: Closed

Comments

There are so many different use case for forms that any core implementation could only cover a tiny fraction of them. Better to keep core slim and use one of the huge range of forms plugins available.

~ posted by zigpress

i don’t disagree regarding the applications, but i think the need for a contact form is pretty universal

~ posted by classyMan

I’ve had the same thought myself but as zigpress says, contact forms are hugely varied in their requirements. How many fields? What validation? What anti-spam tests? I think this is probably plugin territory (or write your own basic form).

~ posted by Simply Computing

I have to agree with Simply Computing. This should be better to be a CP plugin.

~ posted by Marialena.S

A basic contact form? Yes. Tons of options? No.
That’s my opinion on it.

Name, Email, URL, Phone and Message.
You can convert something simple like https://www.freecontactform.com/

~ posted by thesnippet.dev

I think many of these needs will be filled by plugins basically as soon as our directory becomes available. Right now it is a bit difficult to evaluate which of the many options to choose, but as soon as ClassicPress users have a way to indicate their preference, a set of default plugins for common tasks will emerge.

~ posted by James Nylen

I would prefer this as a plugin option. I have sites with no contact forms or SaaS alternatives.

~ posted by David Waumsley

FluentForms has confirmed long term support for Classicpress. That works for anything from a simple contact form to multi-page forms with uploads and posting to remote CRMs.

~ posted by zigpress

Definitely plugin territory imho. Not every site needs a contact form.

~ posted by 1stepforward

[viktor]

This type of functionality belongs in a plugin. Closing peition.