Inserting a form in a posts or page = To do so, please insert `<!–cforms–>` for the first form and/or `<!–cformsX–>` for your other forms in the code …
nur den Ordner contactforms einfügen!
== Installation ==
= Upgrading =
When upgrading to a new release, please properly deactivate the running version before installing the new files.
= Installation =
1. Download & extract plugin using its default directory
2. Upload plugin directory `/contactforms/` to the wordpress `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
4. *Optionally check cforms.css for indvidual styling of your forms*
= Usage =
Of course you could just use the cforms button in either TinyMCE or the std editor to insert your forms, or disregard the possibility and do it manually:
To do so, please insert `<!–cforms–>` for the first form and/or `<!–cformsX–>` for your other forms in the code view/edit mode to include them in either your **pages** or **posts**.
[Check out the cforms CSS Guide and webcast on layout customization](http://www.deliciousdays.com/cforms-forum?forum=1&topic=428&page=1)
= Inserting a form via the PHP function call =
Alternatively, you can specifically insert a form (into the sidebar, footer etc. ) per the PHP function call `insert_cform();` for the default (first) form and/or `insert_cform(’X');` for any other, subsequent form.
_**Note**: “**X**” represents the number of the form, starting with **2**, 3,4 ..and so forth._
== Frequently Asked Questions ==
Please visit the [cforms plugin forum](http://www.deliciousdays.com/cforms-forum) for up-to-date [FAQs]( http://www.deliciousdays.com/cforms-forum?forum=3&page=1 ) and more help.
=== cforms II - contact form ===
Contributors: olivers
Donate link: http://www.deliciousdays.com/cforms-forum?forum=2&topic=368&page=1
Tags: ajax, email, secure, visitor, input, order, form, contact, sidebar, order
Requires at least: 2.0.2
Tested up to: 2.3.1
Stable tag: 6.41
cforms II is an extremely customizable, flexible & powerful contact form plugin!
== Description ==
For **WHAT’S NEW** and a complete version history (new features, bug fixes etc.), see [here.](http://www.deliciousdays.com/cforms-forum?forum=2&topic=2&page=1)
= Description =
cforms is a highly customizable, flexible and powerful contact form plugin, covering a variety of use cases and features from attachments to multi form management, you can even have multiple forms on the same page!
= NOTE: PHPMAILER 2.0 is out =
**Why bother?** Going forward I will include it in the cforms release (until WP catches up) which finally will allow you to make fully use of the **SMTP feature** + **TLS / SSL authentication/encryption**!
= Upgrading Notes: =
For all the new features, see the Help documentation.
= New Features =
* **NEW:** form submission limits
* **NEW:** PHPmailer 2.0 included (SSL/TLS support)
* **NEW:** enhanced the “redirection options”: HIDE mode
* **NEW:** more admin UI enhancements
[Check out the cforms CSS Guide and webcast on layout customization](http://www.deliciousdays.com/cforms-forum?forum=1&topic=428&page=1)
[Please visit the cforms plugin page for a detailed features list](http://www.deliciousdays.com/cforms-plugin)
* **General Features**
* Preset forms to “jump start” your own
* Ajax supported form submission (incl. graceful fall-back)
* Multiple forms on one or many pages / posts
* WP Dashboard Support (showing last 5 entries)
* “WP Comment/Message to author” Feature (!)
* Full localization support (see section below)
* Tell-A-Friend functionality, see Help documentation
* […]
* **Supported Form Fields**
* Fancy Javascript date picker
* Configurable text elements (non input fields)
* Various standard input fields:
* fieldsets
* single and multi-line input fields
* select boxes (drop down)
* […]
* **Styling**
* Fully customizable Look & Feel (optional label ID’s and list item ID’s!)
* Built in CSS theme selector and CSS editor
* Set of predefined themes
* […]
* **Input & Validation**
* Default values for single/multi-line input field
* Form validation & regular expressions
* […]
* **Messaging**
* Fully customizable auto confirmation message & form email (TXT & HTML)
* Message(s) can contain system variables and form based variables!
* […]
* **Anti SPAM / Security**
* SPAM protection Q &A
* SPAM protection using CAPTCHA NEW: + Ajax CAPTCHA reset
* **Extensibility**
* Support for alternative SMTP server (in case you can’t use PHP mail()
* Generate dynamic forms in real-time
* Filtering & Download of recorded data
* […]
= Localization =
cforms has been revised to fully support WP localization. If you’d like to contribute a language translation, please get in touch. If you have suggestions or would like to point out typos etc, please contact the actual author (see list below) of the respective localization.
* Currently, these language packs are available:
* **Danish** \* Author: [Mads Christian Jensen](http://mads.eu/wp-plugins#cforms)
* **French** \* Author: [La maison de l’informatiqu](http://serge-rauber.fr/27-traduction-de-cforms-v55)
* **German** \* Author: [Sven Wappler](http://www.wappler.eu/cforms/)
* **Hungarian** \* Author: [Ungvári Béla](http://www.deliciousdays.com/download/cformsII-hu_hu.zip)
* **Japanese** \* Author: [Hiroaki Miyashita](http://wordpressgogo.com/development/translation_cforms_ja.html)
* **Russian** \* Author: [Sofia Panchenko](http://www.sonika.ru/blog/wordpress/cforms-rus.htm)
* **Spanish** \* Author: [Samuel Aguilera](http://agamum.net/blog/archivo/plugin-cforms-en-espanol-formularios-para-tu-wordpress.xhtml)
