WordPress › Support » [Plugin: Fast Secure Contact Form] sending data to url

timaios2000
Member
Posted 2 years ago #

can I make FS Contact Form send the data not to email but to an url? I would like to fill in a form on an external website using FS Contact Form.

Thanks for your support
Mike Challis
Member
Plugin Author
Posted 2 years ago #

Because this form has so many extra field options, it makes adding a csv export or URL feature more complicated.
I am not sure if I will ever make one or not.
Mike Challis
Member
Plugin Author
Posted 2 years ago #

After making this feature...
http://www.fastsecurecontactform.com/query-string-parameters

I might do what you are asking for soon.
Mike Challis
Member
Plugin Author
Posted 2 years ago #

Good news, this feature has been added to the trunk code.
Version 2.9.7.2 will be out soon.

This feature can be used to send the posted data via GET query string to a another form. You can also turn off the email message if you want. Also you can set certain form fields to ignore and not be included with the query string. And you can set certain form field keys to be renamed when included with the query string

Posted data can be sent as a query string on the redirect URL
http://www.fastsecurecontactform.com/sending-data-by-query-string

If you want this feature before 2.9.7.2 comes out:
Here is how you can use it today if you do not want to wait for version 2.9.7.2

On the plugins admin page, find "Fast Secure Contact Form" and click “Deactivate”.
When the plugin is deactivated, the forms and settings are still saved
in the database. Do NOT click “Delete” or your forms will be deleted!

Manual upgrade:
Download the "Fast Secure Contact Form" zip file:
http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/si-contact-form.zip
Unzip the file on your computer.
Use a FTP program such as FileZilla to connect to your web server.
Delete this folder from your server: /si-contact-form/ You can find it inside /wp-content/plugins/

FTP File Transfer this folder: /si-contact-form/ from your downloaded
files to the folder on your server: /wp-content/plugins/
On the plugins admin page, find "Fast Secure Contact Form" and click
“Activate”. The plugin will now be activated. Upgrade complete.
mictez
Member
Posted 1 year ago #

I don't know how to "get" the data once it has been redirected - should it just automatically appear or do I need some more shortcode??

Love the Plugin...if I could just get this feature working
Mike Challis
Member
Plugin Author
Posted 1 year ago #

mictez, what are you trying to do with the data?

Save to a database?
http://www.fastsecurecontactform.com/save-to-database
mictez
Member
Posted 1 year ago #

I want to use the data simply as an order confirmation page. I have the database extension plugin which works fine, but I want them to be able to click submit on the form...then be redirected to a page that confirms the details they submitted (name, email etc). They click confirm/pay button which will take them to PayPal.

The part I can't do is get their details to come up on the redirect page.

Thanks for the quick reply by the way.

Mic
jerkjone
Member
Posted 1 year ago #

While he is on it...

I'm trying to get a "running total" from "donations" as a field to post in the a header... reading

Pledges to date: $$$

Where the $$$ would be a running total of submitted pledges... is this possible?
Mike Challis
Member
Plugin Author
Posted 1 year ago #

To "get" the data once it has been redirected you need to program a custom API located at the page you have it redirect to. You can either program the PHP code yourself, or hire a programmer to make it for you.
jerkjone
Member
Posted 1 year ago #

So... what would you charge? :-) Remember it is charity work :-P lol... Or could you maybe direct me to a place on the web that would discuss that in a bit of detail? Should I just google API data.. or?

Thanks btw!
Mike Challis
Member
Plugin Author
Posted 1 year ago #

I do not do custom programming for hire. I do not have the time, sorry. Also, I do not know any programmers to recommend.
emmafull
Member
Posted 1 year ago #

Hi, I love this plug in and love the idea of this extra feature if I'm understanding it correctly.

If I have two forms on the site and have the first filled out to then redirect with a query string to the second form, should the information in the first form fill in, where relevant, to the second?

If it doesn't. any ideas what I am doing wrong? I can see the information selected in the first form in the redirect URL but it doesn't show in the second form. Many thanks in advance for any help
Mike Challis
Member
Plugin Author
Posted 1 year ago #

emmafull,

Multi-page forms are not supported at this time, it is not possible to make all the different field types to match up. sorry. The feature of sending data to url is designed to be used to send a few basic fields like name and email to other API like an email signup.
c12281
Member
Posted 1 year ago #
danoneil
Member
Posted 1 year ago #

I'm not sure whether this is possible, but once the data is posted to the autoresponder API, there's a success (or otherwise) code returned. Is it possible to have a message displayed to the user to say that their request has been processed or an error if that's what comes back?

Thanks,

Dan
onelittlebecca
Member
Posted 1 year ago #

question about inserting the fs contact form into wordpress header.php file.... i only see short code. any help is welcome.

thanks

becca