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1. slamdunksy21
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   On one of my sites, I'd like to have a different contact form in the sidebar depending on the page. For example, have a contact form in the sidebar that goes to the windows guy on the windows page, the doors guy on the doors page, etc.

   I have no problem creating a different sidebar depending on the page, but the problem I'm running into is the contact form. I can't A.) Figure out how to make this work with widgets OR B)Find a contact form that works outside of posts/page.

   I would probably prefer option B as its a little bit easier for me to control/code. Basically, I just need a contact form plugin that works outside of a post/page? Any suggestions?

2. Jake Gevorgian
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hi, actually I found your comment while searching for a solution for a problem that was very similar to yours and I found that:

   You can achieve a [contact form] output in any location of the page -- be it a sidebar, header, footer and so forth -- by doing the following (in my case this I did:)

   1. Write a Page and name it 'contact' and insert the [contact form] data and publish.

   2. Open the file where you like to show the [contact form] -- which in our case is Sidebar file -- and insert the following code:

   <?php
   query_posts('pagename=contact');
   if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post();
   the_content();
   endwhile; endif;
   ?>

   3. Save the file and look for mail :)

   Best,
   Jake

3. slamdunksy21
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I'll give that a shot. It sounds like it would work, although it is a little more complicated then I'd like. I've used photo gallery plugins, etc. when you can simply add a few extra lines of code to make it work outside of a blog/post but this doesn't seem to be the case with contact forms.

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