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Best Way to Create a Complicated Form?

  1. I'm using your plugin for the first time. So far so good. I have created the top section of my form successfully, however I have no idea the best way to create the bottom of my form. It needs to look like this: http://www.canhail.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Screen-shot-2011-06-13-at-8.16.32-PM.png

    Please help!

    Posted 12 years ago on Tuesday June 14, 2011 | Permalink
  2. You're going to have to do a lot of custom CSS work to put the individual fields inline, hide the labels, etc. If you're not proficient with CSS, you might consider hiring a developer to do that for you.

    We do plan on building in support for some grid style layouts in a future version but for now you're going to have to do it all manually.

    Posted 12 years ago on Tuesday June 14, 2011 | Permalink
  3. Hmmm, I'm not bad at CSS so I might give it a try. If not, do you have recommendations for someone that knows Gravity forms and is proficient in CSS that I could hire for a reasonable fee?

    Posted 12 years ago on Wednesday June 15, 2011 | Permalink
  4. You might check out the "gf_inline" ready class that's already a part of the form styles. It will float the fields so they're basically "inline block" side by side. That might give you a head start on the complex layout.

    http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/CSS_Ready_Classes

    As far as developers, here's a good place to start looking. I do know some of the developers personally and some from here in the forums as well, but am not sure about availability or pricing. I'm sure you could find someone pretty reasonably priced from here though.

    http://wpcandy.com/pros/experienced/with-gravity-forms

    Posted 12 years ago on Wednesday June 15, 2011 | Permalink
  5. The "gf_inline" class is exactly what I'm looking for too. I added it to the field on the form and it' not working. I tried to add it to the main form then add it to the field (advance tab) still nothing. I'm using a radio button with 6 items like the example...

    What am I doing wrong... (I'm using google chrome and the browser also tried it with explore)
    thanks

    Posted 12 years ago on Wednesday June 15, 2011 | Permalink
  6. Update....
    I created a new form and it's working. Once a form is created, then I add the gf_list_3col to it, it doesn't work
    any ideas?

    Posted 12 years ago on Wednesday June 15, 2011 | Permalink
  7. @vanelli,

    If you're trying to make list items inline, the correct class is "gf_list_inline".. that would be part of the problem there.

    Can you post a URL to your form so I can take a look? I can't tell you much without seeing it.

    Posted 12 years ago on Wednesday June 15, 2011 | Permalink
  8. I deleted the old report and created a new one. It works great! I LOVE the classes. This is exactly what I'm looking for, Now I'm trying to figure out how to have the client fill out the form BEFORE they pay with paypal. Much like how GF did it when I purchased from your site. I love how you had the form pop up in it's own window and after I filled out the info, I was directed to paypal. I'm assuming you used GF for that

    I hope this is ok to post here or should I move it to another post?

    Posted 12 years ago on Wednesday June 15, 2011 | Permalink