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Not sure if Gravity is the right solution

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  1. nicheconcept
    Member

    Hi I am looking to build an online form. This is going to be a form which is currently around 6 pages long as a PDF.. I am not sure how advanced the gravity form is but here are a few questions which i would be gratefull if anyone can answer.

    I need the form to be intelligent e.g applicant 1 and applicant 2 and if they dont have kids it should ask for kids details...

    I need it to be broken up over different sections maybe on different pages e.g About you, family and so on.. And can it have a key letting the client know which section they need to complete

    I need the form to be secure as i will be taking sensitive personal data. what do i need to do to make sure all info is secure

    I need the form to be enable to upload images or pdf docs and once this is done store the docs in some place or even simply email them to an address

    The form will need to have information buttons to explain different sections can this be done??? also can we link this to voice recording explaining the content??
    Can the form be saved and the applicants come back to update data like a members section?.

    We also build websites does this mean if i buy the developer options i can use the form for all sites with no added costs. At the moment we use contact form 7

    If Gravity cant do any of the above if you know any other program that can please let me have the details...

    Thanks

    Posted 14 years ago on Thursday July 14, 2011 | Permalink

  2. Chris Hajer
    Key Master

    > Hi I am looking to build an online form. This is going to be
    > a form which is currently around 6 pages long as a PDF.. I
    > am not sure how advanced the gravity form is but here are a
    > few questions which i would be gratefull if anyone can answer.

    > I need the form to be intelligent e.g applicant 1 and
    > applicant 2 and if they dont have kids it should ask for
    > kids details...

    This is called conditional logic in Gravity Forms. Based on the answer to a question (the condition) you send the person filling out the form down one path or the other. So, if your form asks a question:

    Do you have children?
    [ ] Yes
    [ ] No

    And they answer No, you skip right past all the questions about kids.

    > I need it to be broken up over different sections maybe on
    > different pages e.g About you, family and so on.. And can
    > it have a key letting the client know which section they
    > need to complete

    Multi-page forms are built-in and there is a progress indicator letting the visitor know what percentage of the form has been completed (i.e. after 1 of 6 pages is complete, they are 17% done, after 3 of 6 pages, they are 50% done.)

    > I need the form to be secure as i will be taking sensitive
    > personal data. what do i need to do to make sure all info is secure

    This pertains to your WordPress setup. You will need an SSL certificate and possibly a plugin to secure your WordPress site. This one works: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wpssl/

    > I need the form to be enable to upload images or pdf
    > docs and once this is done store the docs in some
    > place or even simply email them to an address

    File uploads are allowed. They will be stored on the web server and the link to the file is stored in the form entry and the link can be sent in a notification as well, if you desire. (notification emails are optional.) Gravity Forms does NOT send email attachments at this time.

    > The form will need to have information buttons to
    > explain different sections can this be done??? also
    > can we link this to voice recording explaining the
    > content??

    Yes. Gravity Forms has an HTML field type, which is useful to adding help or comments to your form. In these HTML fields, you could put the HTML to your mp3 file and an embedded player so that help is available.

    > Can the form be saved and the applicants come back
    > to update data like a members section?.

    As far as I know, this is NOT built in. I have seen discussions of this type of functionality in the forums here in the past, but I would not say this is a feature of Gravity Forms. It could probably be done but would require customization.

    > We also build websites does this mean if i buy the
    > developer options i can use the form for all sites
    > with no added costs. At the moment we use contact form 7

    Yes, of course. The developer license allows use on an unlimited number of sites and you can rely on it for all your forms.

    > If Gravity cant do any of the above if you know any
    > other program that can please let me have the details...

    Other than saving a form and allowing someone to come back and edit it, I believe Gravity Forms *is* the right solution for you, especially if you create websites using WordPress.

    I hope that helps you make your decision. I think that after you make your purchase you will find people in the forums here extremely helpful, with top-notch support from Gravity Forms. Gravity Forms has all sorts of hooks built in that developers can use to extend their applications and create all sorts of custom functionality. In many cases, when trying to solve a problem in a way that Gravity Forms can't do "out of the box", you can use the extensive hooks and a little PHP to do exactly what you need.

    Posted 14 years ago on Thursday July 14, 2011 | Permalink