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Visual Form Builder Pro 2.3.3 released
Visual Form Builder Pro has been updated to 2.3.3. This release is mostly bug fixes and updates to existing features, but a few new things sneaked in!
The most interesting feature is the ‘Display Entry’ option on the Confirmation section.
If you have the Display Entries add-on installed and active, you will now have the ability to display the user’s submitted data in a nicely formatted table.
There’s also an update to the HTML field. Instead of the super simple Quicktags implementation, you’ll now get an editor that is more like the WordPress Visual Editor.
These are just a couple of the new features that made it into this release. There are also a bunch of bug fixes, so be sure to update!
Release Notes
- Add Print button to Entry Detail view
- Add Duplicate link to Form List view
- Add vfb_skip_email email filter which allows email to be skipped
- Add meta keyword for plugin version number
- Add Form Designer and Payments add-ons to export/import
- Add additional language transaltions
- Add Display Entry option to Confirmation section
- Update HTML field to use CKEditor instead of Quicktags
- Update CSS to include :focus styles
- Update Entry Detail to link File Uploads
- Update color picker JS to use included file instead of wp-admin version
- Update vfb_submissions_off_message filter to include entries count and entries allowed
- Update conditional logic and form output to use simpler IDs
- Fix bug during Export for duplicate field names
- Fix bug on Export page where Page to Export option may not appear
- Fix bug on Export page where Fields were not limited to 1000 in an edge case
- Fix bug where details would not display when updating Entry
- Fix bug where delete link did not work in Form List view
- Fix bug where Instructions data would not appear in email when included in vfb_removed_field_types
Visual Form Builder Pro 2.2.5: now with more languages
Visual Form Builder Pro has just been updated to 2.2.5. There are several new features, hooks, and bug fixes. The most notable new feature is the inclusion of over 20 language translation files. Check out some of the languages included:
- Deutsch/Deutschland
- Ελληνικά/Ελλάδα
- English/United States
- Español/España
- Français/Canada
- Français/France
- עברית
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Italiano/Italia
- 日本語
- Nederlands / Nederland
- Polski/Polska
- Português/Brasil
- Português/Portugal
- Română/România
- Русский/Россия
- Svenska/Sverige
- Türkçe
- 中文(中华人民共和国)
- 中文(台灣)
Building a contact form in your country’s language (or the language of your client) shouldn’t require an extra layer of work. Including these language packs should alleviate some of that extra, tedious work.
Since these are brand new, please let me know if you experience any bugs!
As for the other features, please check out the release notes:
Release Notes
- Add over 20 language translations
- Add customizable Header Text to email design
- Add ‘Pages to Export’ option when more than 1000 entries detected for a single form
- Add vfb_redirect_query_args filter to allow custom query arguments to be appended to redirects during Confirmation
- Add logged on user_id to entries. Default is always 1.
- Add more private custom validation methods
- Add vfb_pre_get_entries_formlist filter for Entries months dropdown
- Update and normalize Entries list queries
- Update Export when large amount of fields are present
- Update color pickers in email design to new Iris picker
- Update admin to require WordPress 3.5
- Update Entries Display to only print text instead of options when user does not have edit permissions
- Update email function to wrap lines longer than 70 words to meet email standards
- Allow Hidden field to use vfb_field_default filter
- Allow links to be used in Radio and Checkbox options
- Fix missing akismet and entry_approved during the XML export
- Fix minor output escaping on Conditional Logic screen
- Fix bug affecting radio button Allow Other not being sent properly
Free Visual Form Builder and Visual Form Builder Pro Add-On
Today, I’m releasing a free add-on for Visual Form Builder AND Visual Form Builder Pro: Custom Validation Messages.
This plugin lets you customize the jQuery validation error messages such as “This field is required.” and “Please enter a valid email address.”
Previously, this was only possible by creating a new JS file and editing your theme to include that file. You could also have gone through and completely customized the validation function for a form.
You can still do all of that, but for those users that just want a simple way to change the messages or even translate them to your own langauge, this is the recommended method.
So, head on over to WordPress.org and grab a copy!
Visual Form Builder Pro: Field Layout (video)
As I’ve described in detail before, it’s possible to arrange your form into multiple columns using the Field Layout option. Here’s a video that makes it crystal clear how to use this powerful feature.
New Add-on: Form Designer
One of the principles of Visual Form Builder Pro is that you should be able to make a nice form without having to write a single line of HTML, CSS, or PHP. All of that is entirely possible but there are some occasions where you just need to tweak a couple of things about the plugin. And that requires a little bit of code.
This can be a daunting task for beginners, even when it as something as “easy” as CSS. (I say “easy” because in the grand scheme of things, CSS is the easier of the three languages mentioned above.)
With that being said, customizing the design of Visual Form Builder Pro has been left to the realm of developers or those more technically inclined. Until now.
Today, you can purchase the Form Designer add-on and easily customize your forms without writing one line of CSS.
The Form Designer add-on allows you to either select from pre-designed themes or using a custom design based on settings you select.
If this sounds like something you could use, I suggest you head on over and grab a copy!
Using Bulk Add Options (video)
Visual Form Builder Pro has a great way to add multiple options all at once to a Radio, Checkbox, Select, or Autocomplete input.
And that is the Bulk Add Options feature. Check out this video that shows you exactly how to use it and even a feature I bet you didn’t even know was available with it.
Visual Form Builder Pro: Display Entries (video)
This video shows what the Display Entries add-on is capable of. The Display Entries, available for $5, allows you to display your VFB Pro entries on your website.
Visual Form Builder Pro: Interface Overview (video)
In this video, I go over the Visual Form Builder Pro interface and describe the basics. If you are curious about Visual Form Builder Pro, this should give you a good idea of what to expect when upgrading from the free version.
The version I go over is 2.1.2 and could change in future updates.
Visual Form Builder Pro: Create User add-on (video)
In this video, I demo the Create User add-on. This is a simple add-on for Visual Form Builder Pro that allows you to extend your forms to create a new WordPress user.
The Create User add-on can be purchased for $5.
Visual Form Builder Pro: Radio and Checkbox Options Layout (video)
Here is a video demoing the how to rearrange your radio and checkbox options into multiple columns. I have detailed this before in another written tutorial, but this will show you exactly how easy it is.
If you have any request for features in Visual Form Builder Pro you want to see me go over in video form, leave a comment.
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