Olympia NetWorks » WordPress

Version 1.9 of ONW Simple Contact Form in Development

John Bloch — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:22:46 +0000

I’m working on the next milestone release of ONW Simple Contact Form. One of the main features I’m adding to the plugin in version 1.9 is the ability to change the style settings of the reCAPTCHA object, but I’ll also feature some other small changes, such as the ability to auto detect the presence of other reCAPTCHA installations and to tap into their settings.

Please use the contact form on my website to send me an email if you want to help with testing. I’ll get back in contact with you and keep you updated on the availability of beta versions.

Please note whether you’d like to help test all future releases or just v1.9.

ONW Simple Contact v1.8 Released

John Bloch — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:27:43 +0000

Version 1.8 of Simple Contact Form has been released.

1.8 introduces the ability to modify the text above the form and the labels for the form fields. Also, you can remove the fieldset (the border around the whole form). See more details about the plugin here. As always, if you’ve got comments relating to the plugin, not the release, please comment on the plugin’s page at the link above.

Future releases are going to feature internationalization (i18n) for multiple language support, and integration to support the WP-reCAPTCHA plugin if it’s installed.

A Call for Resources

John Bloch — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:18:38 +0000

Quick question: does anybody (all my tens of readers) know of a good resource for GOOD documentation of the WordPress brand of tinyMCE? The resources on WordPress were very basic (and more concerned with WP hooks than the tinyMCE API), and the docs on the tinyMCE are more of a reference book for those who already understand how the program works.

I was able to figure out enough to get the contact form’s button working, but the way it worked wasn’t ideal. In a perfect world, the button would insert the shortcode in the html editor and an image in the visual editor (much like WordPress already does with flash video, like a youtube embed.

Just hoping somebody stumbles across this.

ONW Simple Contact 1.7 Released!

John Bloch — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:01:50 +0000

I’ve been hard at work integrating the Simple Contact Form into the tinyMCE editor so that there’s a custom button.

Why would I do that, you may ask? Because the Simple Contact Form wasn’t simple enough. As crazy simple as shortcode seems to me, this is what I do for a living. It’s my job to think it’s easy and make myself look smart by using highly technical language.

With the click of a button, you can have a fully functioning contact form in any post or page.

And now the release date has arrived.

Of course, I had good reason to release some kind of an update, since the wonderful minds at Automattic just released WordPress 2.9 (Carmen!) a couple of days ago.

Anyway, I’m sure I’ll have to release a new version soon, in a quest to make the plugin ever more accessible.

Please let me know if you have any problems with the plugin, but please post comments on the plugin page so that other people (who may have the same question) can see the discussion.

Two more things: first, if you have any suggestions for future versions, please send them my way, and I’d be happy to put them on the list. After all, I’m making this so that people will use it (and enjoy it).

I Didn’t Need To Be Reminded…

John Bloch — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:16:30 +0000

…but it sure doesn’t hurt to feel vindicated.

WordPress won the best open source CMS award for 2009. As if I needed any more reason to like using (and developing in) WordPress! It was nice to see, since I’ve thought (ever since 2.7) that WordPress has infinite potential.

Well, ok. Not infinite. But it is limited only but the programmer’s imagination and skills.