Title: [Plugin: WordPress Form Manager] some suggestions
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: WordPress Form Manager] some suggestions

 *  [Sugar Apple](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blacklizt/)
 * (@blacklizt)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-form-manager-some-suggestions/)
 * hi, first i want to say many thanks. your plugins works well and looks better
   on every update.
 * i have some suggestions,
    1. how about adding information about user browser?
   2. is it possible adding geolocation track? so we could know from where they 
   are. 3. it would be great if you could give some screenshoots on your FAQ, because
   some user who not familiar with PHP may get confused.
 * thank you for your attention.
    good luck.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-form-manager/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-form-manager/)

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 *  Plugin Author [hoffcamp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hoffcamp/)
 * (@hoffcamp)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-form-manager-some-suggestions/#post-2101749)
 * 1 + 2) What I will do is try to find a good plugin for gathering user info, like
   google analytics or slimstat, and attempt to provide an integration.
 * 3) Which articles are you talking about?
 *  Thread Starter [Sugar Apple](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blacklizt/)
 * (@blacklizt)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-form-manager-some-suggestions/#post-2101760)
 * tutorials on your site about “create a summary template” and ‘create a form display
   template”
 *  Plugin Author [hoffcamp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hoffcamp/)
 * (@hoffcamp)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-form-manager-some-suggestions/#post-2101767)
 * I see what you mean, the only problem is, do you want to see screenshots of my
   PHP editor? None of those steps involve the WP admin section, so I don’t know
   exactly how helpful it would be. Also, if you don’t know PHP, it is going to 
   be an uphill struggle anyway.
 * What if I put the completed template code at the end of each tutorial?
 *  Thread Starter [Sugar Apple](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blacklizt/)
 * (@blacklizt)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-form-manager-some-suggestions/#post-2101808)
 * i mean, screenshots of steps how to “Create a form display template”, what does
   we must do first, and the output in browser.
 * by the way, i want to help you to translate in Indonesia, what should i do?
 *  Plugin Author [hoffcamp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hoffcamp/)
 * (@hoffcamp)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-form-manager-some-suggestions/#post-2101820)
 * If you want to translate the plugin, download the file “languages/wordpress-form-
   manager.pot”. You can open the file in a text editor, or using a program such
   as [poedit](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-form-manager-some-suggestions/www.poedit.net/?output_format=md).
   If you use a text editor, you will see a bunch of lines that look like this:
 *     ```
       msgid "Form Manager requires WordPress version 3.0 or higher"
       msgstr ""
       ```
   
 * The first line tells you what the plugin normally says in English, and the second
   is where you provide your translation. Just type in the translations and then
   send me back the file.
 * If you use poedit, go to File > New Catalog from POT File, and open wordpress-
   form-manager.pot. Then just enter the translations for each of the items, save
   the changes, and send me the .po and .mo files that poedit creates when you save.
 * I know that translating is a lot of work, so I really appreciate the help!
 *  [leinadhok](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leinadhok/)
 * (@leinadhok)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-form-manager-some-suggestions/#post-2101828)
 * Hi hoffcamp,
 * Thanks for the quick update which resolved the activation bug.
 * Will you in the near future add the ability for fields to appear upon selecting
   of a certain checkbox/radio button?
 * e.g.: How did you get to know about us?
 * 1) Diligently searched on the internet
    2) Something about FACEBOOK 3) Met on
   the streets 4) Recommended by a friend/someone who is NOT a customer 5) Recommended
   by friend(s) who is/are customers -> (Appear only when option 5 is checked) Name
   of friend(s): 6) Others (pls specify): -> (Appear only when option 6 is checked)
   Textbox…
 *  Plugin Author [hoffcamp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hoffcamp/)
 * (@hoffcamp)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-form-manager-some-suggestions/#post-2101829)
 * I would have to change a lot of behind-the-scenes things to accommodate that 
   kind of functionality into the form logic. You could use some JavaScript in a
   custom form template that does what you are saying.
 *  [tharpa.osang](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tharpaosang/)
 * (@tharpaosang)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-form-manager-some-suggestions/#post-2101887)
 * I really like the plugin – it is hard to find one that gets past the “contact
   form” mentality, and this does the trick.
 * That said, is there any way of protecting custom templates from being blown away
   by upgrades? Or at least warning people about it prior to the upgrade?
 * This being said from the perspective of a guy who didn’t have a backup of the
   template code in his child theme directory (my own fault…) and now gets to re-
   write it.
 *  Plugin Author [hoffcamp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hoffcamp/)
 * (@hoffcamp)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-form-manager-some-suggestions/#post-2101888)
 * Let me apologize, custom templates are not supposed to be overwritten, unless
   they keep the same filename as one of the default templates. They are supposed
   to be kept across upgrades, but this is a bit of a hack on my part, and as I’m
   looking at the FAQ on custom templates I realize I forgot to mention this entirely.
   Just to make sure, did you save over the default template, or make a new file?
 *  [tharpa.osang](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tharpaosang/)
 * (@tharpaosang)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-form-manager-some-suggestions/#post-2101889)
 * The good news is I found a copy on localhost, so I didn’t lose the templates —
   but they DID have unique names, and went missing after an upgrade. I see that
   there is a new version, perhaps in the last few hours, so I’m gonna upgrade and
   see what happens! Will report back shortly….
 *  [tharpa.osang](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tharpaosang/)
 * (@tharpaosang)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-form-manager-some-suggestions/#post-2101890)
 * Nah, they got blown away again…. Thank goodness for backups!
 * I don’t know so much about the plugin upgrade mechanics, but if we need to save
   them in a directory that gets erased and replaced, they will be gone. Unless 
   the directory is scanned for additional templates and then they are saved and
   re-installed as part of the upgrade…
 *  Plugin Author [hoffcamp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hoffcamp/)
 * (@hoffcamp)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-form-manager-some-suggestions/#post-2101891)
 * You are right, this is something I had to program explicitly. It works on my 
   setup but apparently not on yours and I’m not sure why. Could you do a database
   check, under advanced settings, and look for the additional template under ‘Templates
   entries’ ?
 *  [tharpa.osang](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tharpaosang/)
 * (@tharpaosang)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-form-manager-some-suggestions/#post-2101892)
 * They are there – but I re-installed them right after I upgraded, since the form
   is useless without the summary, and is missing content without the form template….
 * they weren’t there when I first noticed the problem, and when I checked the directory
   they were gone.
 *  Plugin Author [hoffcamp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hoffcamp/)
 * (@hoffcamp)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-form-manager-some-suggestions/#post-2101893)
 * Alright. I’m just trying to troubleshoot the problem. If you delete the file 
   directly from your server, does the plugin re-install it? This should also happen
   if everything is working smoothly. If the template file shows up under the database
   check, but does not re-install when deleted, that would isolate the problem.
 *  Plugin Author [hoffcamp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hoffcamp/)
 * (@hoffcamp)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-form-manager-some-suggestions/#post-2101894)
 * Also, are you able to download .CSV files?

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