I’ve been using freeforms with some success, but it has some bugs with the mailing list that are causing me problems. Is there an EE forms module in the works? How do others handle forms in EE?
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I’ve been using freeforms with some success, but it has some bugs with the mailing list that are causing me problems. Is there an EE forms module in the works? How do others handle forms in EE?
#2 / Jan 04, 2008 6:51am
Freeform is the best available at this point.
There is a work around posted here for freeform and the mailing list, but I don’t have the link handy.
#3 / Jan 05, 2008 6:26pm
Freeform is the best available at this point.
There is a work around posted here for freeform and the mailing list, but I don’t have the link handy.
Hi - i need to incorporate a registration form for a special event that our club is having… the usual custom fields, name, address, email, etc. I take it that freeform can handle this. What other options? what about the work around you mentioned ?
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#4 / Jan 05, 2008 8:17pm
Giovani, i’m a little familiar with the Freeform module, but suppose that you need to store the fields details in a database, and then use them automatically for login. The licensed ExpressionEngine has the member section, I don’t think that you can use Freeform to make an registration/login section. If I’m wrong please correct me.
#5 / Jan 05, 2008 9:33pm
Hi - I don’t need the login functionality ... i just need to register people with the relevant data into a DB
#6 / Jan 06, 2008 6:04am
Than the Freeform module is very good for your needs. But no other options at the moment , I think
#7 / Jan 06, 2008 10:01am
I just use ExpressionEngine, nothing against FreeForm, but I like the power and flexibility of using EE, EE Code, and EE’s Security. For forms that I want open to the public, I just use an autologin script for a generic guest account, that can only submit to the weblog I’m storing the data in. I always just used a javascript for the process; but just recently someone created a plugin that handles the script for you. It’s called LogMeIn. I haven’t used it yet, but hope to on a project, I’m working on next week. The forum discussion is here and the developer’s website is here
I believe FreeForm offers other advantages, but for me, I’m happy just using EE. And a quick check to see if the user is logged in, and if not automatically logging them in as a guest, works great for me.
#8 / Jan 07, 2008 2:16am
Hi Giovanni
If you need a fast and easy solution for signups you can also try some externally hosted solutions. I like wufoo.com (free for up to 100 entries/month)
They let you add the for to your site by copy pasting some code. A list of other services can be found here: Office 2.0.
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