Web-form-buddy now has a new option to display a summary of the form data to the user with a “confirm” or “cancel” button.
This is a nice thing to do - especially if your form is quite complex. It also has the benefit of offering you some protection against automated form submissions (spam).
If you find you are getting a lot of spam form submissions, you can also supplement the data confirmation screen with a “CAPTCHA” test. There are three options to choose from:
- Standard Captcha: There are some slightly distorted letters that you have to type in a box.
- The Carnegie Mellon University “ReCaptcha” Test: This works in a similar way, but the results contribute towards the task of archiving human knowledge by digitizing books (info)
- Simple Math Captcha: Instead of a slightly distorted image, the form submitter is asked to answer a simple question. E.g “What is one plus three?”
To access the new option from your control panel, first select a form, then select “form options“
When Web-form-buddy sends out an autoresponder message (or, in the case of a payment form, a receipt), what should be the “from” and “reply-to” address on the email?
Typically, if the form data is to be sent to, say john@some-domain.com, then it makes sense to put John’s email address as the from address for the autoresponder or receipt.
But with Web-form-buddy you can choose to have the form data delivered to several recipients. So in that case, whose address should be on the autoresponder or payment receipt?
To solve this conundrum we have added a new feature to the “who to notify” option for each form. Now you can pick out one of the recipient email addresses as “primary” - and that means that it will be that address that gets picked up as the “reply” address for the autoresponder or payment receipt that gets sent out.
Most web site hosting packages allow you to create password-protected folders or directories within your web site. Perhaps you have a control panel (such as Plesk) that has this option. Then again if you’re willing to get your hands dirty you can create a password-protected folder on your web site with a .htaccess file.
Until now, if your form was located in a password-protected folder of your web site, you could not use Web-form-buddy to power the form.
Now you can!
Under “form setup options” on your control panel you will see a new option where you can tell Web-form-buddy the user name & password to access your web page. Once that’s done you’re good to go!