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cforms.', 'cforms2'); ?>

cforms is not the easiest form mailer plugin but it may be the most flexible. The below outline should help you get started with the default form.', 'cforms2'); ?>

  1. default form', 'cforms2'), '?page=' . $plugindir . '/cforms-options.php#anchorfields'); ?>
    • ?
    • Q&A, captcha add an input field accordingly and configure here.', 'cforms2'), '#qa', '', 'https://wordpress.org/plugins/cforms2-really-simple-captcha/', '', '?page=' . $plugindir . '/cforms-global-settings.php#visitorv', ''); ?>
  2. email admin for your form is configured correctly.', 'cforms2'), '?page=' . $plugindir . '/cforms-options.php#core', ''); ?>
  3. auto confirmation message upon form submission.', 'cforms2'), '?page=' . $plugindir . '/cforms-options.php#autoconf', ''); ?>
  4. Add the default form to a post or page.', 'cforms2'), '#inserting', ''); ?>

Pages/Posts. With %2s being your form NAME.', 'cforms2'), 'shortcode [cforms name="XYZ"]', 'XYZ'); ?>

TinyMCE Button (double check if Button Support is enabled!).', 'cforms2'), '?page=' . $plugindir . '/cforms-global-settings.php#wpeditor', ''); ?>

field', 'cforms2'); ?>

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|mytextclass|font-size:9x; font-weight:bold;
mytextclass" AND the specific styles "font-size:9x; font-weight:bold;" to the paragraph.', 'cforms2'); ?>

field', 'cforms2'); ?>

regular expression', 'cforms2'), '|', '#regexp'); ?>
#|xxx-xx-xxx|^[0-9A-Z-]+$
||^[A-Za-z- \.]+$
<acronym title="</acronym>
default value as in Example 2.', 'cforms2'); ?>

field', 'cforms2'); ?>

#', '|'); ?>
field name will result in not showing a label to the left of the field.', 'cforms2'); ?>
option parameter determines the text displayed to the visitor, value what is being sent in the email.', 'cforms2'); ?>
value explicitly given, then the shown option text is the value sent in the email.', 'cforms2'); ?>

Select box marked "Required": Using a minus symbol %1$s for the value (after %2$s), will mark an option as invalid! Example:
Your age#Please pick your age group|-#12 to 18|kiddo#19 to 30|young#31 to 45#45+ |older.
"Please pick..." is shown but not considered a valid value.', 'cforms2'), '-', '|'); ?>

Radio buttons marked "Required": You can choose to not preselect a radio button upon form load, yet make a user selection mandatory for the form to validate.', 'cforms2')); ?>

field', 'cforms2'); ?>

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Required. If so and unless at least one option is selected the form won\'t validate.', 'cforms2'); ?>
value1,2,.. are not specified, the values delivered in the email default to option1,2,....', 'cforms2'); ?>
red|#ff0000', 'cforms2'); ?>

field', 'cforms2'); ?>

left %s field name right', 'cforms2'), '#'); ?>
#label-right-only).', 'cforms2'); ?>
both left and right labels are provided, only the right one will be considered.', 'cforms2'); ?>
Required" to support special use cases, e.g.: when you require the visitor to confirm that he/she has read term & conditions, before submitting the form.', 'cforms2'); ?>

field', 'cforms2'); ?>

#', '|', '##'); ?>
##) in a row will force a new line! This helps to better structure your check box group.', 'cforms2'); ?>
multi-select boxes (see above), Check box groups allow you to deploy several check boxes (with their labels and corresponding values) that form one logical field. The result submitted via the form email is a single line including all checked options.', 'cforms2'); ?>
value (text after the pipe symbol \'%1$s\') is specified, the provided check box label is both label & submitted value.', 'cforms2'), '|'); ?>

field', 'cforms2'); ?>

left %s field name right', 'cforms2'), '#'); ?>
no additional auto confirmation email (if configured) is sent out!', 'cforms2'), '?page=' . $plugindir . '/cforms-options.php#autoconf', ''); ?>
check boxes above.', 'cforms2'); ?>

field', 'cforms2'); ?>

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field', 'cforms2'); ?>

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|fixed,hidden text
|{custom_field_1}
{variables} which reference custom fields of posts or pages.', 'cforms2'); ?>

field', 'cforms2'); ?>

field name required, the field has no configurable label per se, as it is determined at run-time from the list of Question & Answers provided here.', 'cforms2'), '?page=' . $plugindir . '/cforms-global-settings.php#visitorv', ''); ?>
New Fieldset field before this one.', 'cforms2'); ?>
PLEASE NOTE that by default the captcha and visitor verification (Q&A) field are not shown for logged in users! This can be changed under Global Settings.', 'cforms2'); ?>

field', 'cforms2'); ?>

Global Settings for proper configuration of the File Upload functionality (allowed extensions, file size etc.).', 'cforms2'), '?page=' . $plugindir . '/cforms-global-settings.php#upload', ''); ?>

field', 'cforms2'); ?>

New Fieldset field between or before your form elements.', 'cforms2'); ?>
New Fieldset element will automatically close the existing (if there is one to close) and reopen a new one.', 'cforms2'); ?>
End Fieldset can be used, but it works without just as well.', 'cforms2'); ?>
End Fieldset element, the plugin assumes that it needs to close the set just before the submit button', 'cforms2'); ?>

field', 'cforms2'); ?>

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US zip code', 'cforms2'); ?> ||^\d{5}$|^\d{5}-\d{4}$
US phone #', 'cforms2'); ?> ||^[\(]?(\d{0,3})[\)]?[\s]?[\-]?(\d{3})[\s]?[\-]?(\d{4})[\s]?[x]?(\d*)$
comparing two input fields', 'cforms2'); ?> ||cf2_field_2
' . __('Important:', 'cforms2') . ''; ?>
If you need to compare two input fields (e.g. email verification): simply use the regexp field (see special example above, to point to the HTML element ID of the field you want to compare the current one to. To find the HTML element ID you would have to look into the html source code of the form (e.g.', 'cforms2'); ?> cf2_field_2).
Required\'!', 'cforms2'); ?>
^ $
"ab*":
"ab+":
"[a-d]":
here, a great regexp repository here.', 'cforms2'), 'http://php.net/manual/en/book.regex.php', 'http://regexlib.com'); ?>

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success and error messages) for your input fields, simply append a %s to a given definition string/field name. HTML is supported.', 'cforms2'), '?page=' . $plugindir . '/cforms-options.php#cforms_success', '', '?page=' . $plugindir . '/cforms-options.php#cforms_failure', '', '|err:XXX'); ?>

|title:XXX', '|err:XXX'); ?>

|title:', '|err:', ''); ?>
Custom error messages can be applied to any input field that can be flagged "Required", titles to any input field.', 'cforms2'); ?>

Subjects and messages for emails both to the form admin as well as to the visitor (auto confirmation, CC:) support insertion of pre-defined variables and/or any of the form input fields.', 'cforms2'), '?page=' . $plugindir . '/cforms-options.php#core', '', '?page=' . $plugindir . '/cforms-options.php#autoconf', ''); ?>

{BLOGNAME}
{Form Name}
{PostID}
{Page}
{Date}
{Time}
{IP}
{CurUserID}
{CurUserName}
{CurUserEmail}
{CurUserFirstName}
{CurUserLastName}
."'); ?>
 
{Permalink}
{Author} Nickname).', 'cforms2'); ?>
{Title}
{Excerpt}
 
{} field label being the exact field label as it is being tracked and sent in the admin email!', 'cforms2'); ?>
{} custom input field NAMES & ID\'s, the reference is the id: of the field.', 'cforms2'); ?>
{_fieldNN} NN being the position of the field on the form configuration page.', 'cforms2'); ?>

', '[id:homepage]|http://'); ?>
', '', '{_field4}'); ?>
 
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' . __('Important:', 'cforms2') . ' '; _e('If you are using multiple input fields with the same recorded field label, e.g:', 'cforms2'); ?>

Size#250gr.#500gr#1kg circa
Size#450gr.#700gr#1.2kg circa
Size#650gr.#800gr#1.5kg circa

Size\'', '{Size}', '{Size__2}'); ?>

Admin HTML message (you can copy and paste the below code or change to your liking):', 'cforms2'), '?page=' . $plugindir . '/cforms-options.php#cforms_header_html', ''); ?>

<p style="background:#fafafa; text-align:center;">' . sprintf(__('a form has been submitted on %s, via: %s [IP %s]', 'cforms2'), '{Date}', '{Page}', '{IP}') . '</p>

'; ?>

' . __('a form has been submitted on June 13, 2007 @ 9:38 pm, via: / [IP 184.153.91.231]', 'cforms2') . '

'; ?>


Admin HTML message:', 'cforms2'), '?page=' . $plugindir . '/cforms-options.php#cforms_header_html', ''); ?>

<p>' . __('{Your Name} just submitted {Form Name}. You can get in touch with him/her via <a href="mailto:{Email}">{Email}</a> and might want to check out his/her web page at <a href="{Website}">{Website}</a>', 'cforms2') . '</p>

<p>' . __('The message is:', 'cforms2') . '<br/ >
' . __('{Message}', 'cforms2') . '</p>

'; ?>

' . __('John Doe just submitted MY NEW FORM. You can get in touch with him/her via john.doe@doe.com and might want to check out his/her web page at http://example.com', 'cforms2') . '

'; ?> ' . __('The message is:', 'cforms2') . '
'; ?> '; ?>


HTML auto confirmation message:', 'cforms2'), '?page=' . $plugindir . '/cforms-options.php#cforms_cmsg_html', ''); ?>

<div style="text-align:center; color:#aaa; border-bottom:1px solid #aaa"> <strong>' . __('auto confirmation message', 'cforms2') . ', {Date}</strong> </div><br />

'; ?> '; ?> '; ?> '; ?>

' . __('auto confirmation message', 'cforms2') . ', June 13, 2007 @ 5:03 pm
'; ?> ' . __('Dear John Doe,', 'cforms2') . '

'; ?> ' . __('Thank you for your note!', 'cforms2') . '

'; ?> ' . __('We will get back to you as soon as possible.', 'cforms2') . '

'; ?>

', ''); ?>

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