There’s no shortage of free amazing form plugins to make data collection in WordPress a breeze. I noticed that a lot of form plugins in the WordPress plugin repository appear feature-rich, but once you install them, most features aren’t available unless you upgrade. I call this, upsell hell. Especially since some form plugins charge you for every extension that adds …
How to Use Gmail to Send WordPress Emails
By default, WordPress uses the mail function in PHP, which is sufficient for the few emails that a new or small WordPress site needs to send. When your email volume increases, you’ll start to notice email delivery issues. You’ll need to switch over to a third party provider such as Gmail at this point. In […] View original post at …
How To Automate Client Onboarding with WordPress Contact Forms
There’s a lot more to onboarding new clients than meets the eye. Sure, there are the major necessary evils, like invoicing, support and contracts, but have you ever thought about all the time you spend organizing emails, files, requests, logins, tasks and notes? The more clients and team members you add, the more confusing the […] View original post at …
Say Hello To Forminator – Powerful WordPress Forms Have Never Been Easier
In 2017 we asked you what you’d like us to build for you, and you answered. We’ve already released one of those products (white label reports) and now, officially, it’s time to welcome one of the others. Please say g’day to your new favourite form builder plugin… Forminator Pro! And, as a first for us, […] View original post at …
Designing B2B and B2C Websites: A Breakdown of the Differences
General best practices for web design are all over the web, but applying those rules to real WordPress sites you’re building is something else entirely. That’s why I tend to write about how to design WordPress sites for different audiences–like designing for global versus local customers, or designing for users based on age. The one-size-fits-all […] View original post at …
6 Unbreakable Rules for Building the Perfect Contact Form
You do everything you can to build a website that will lead visitors to conversion. As you study the analytics, you’re excited to see that the user journey you’ve created is being taken by those visitors, time and time again. However, there’s something keeping them from converting. The contact form is a critical part of […] View original post at …
3 Best Plugins for Customizing Contact Form 7 Forms in WordPress
Contact Form 7 is an incredibly popular plugin for building WordPress contact forms with over 3 million active installs. It supports the building of forms without HTML coding. Forms can include CAPTCHAs, file upload, and quiz fields. While Contact Form 7’s default markup and style are fine for most basic contact forms, often you’ll want […] View original post at …
Where to Put Your Contact Form? What the Research Says
You want leads. You need conversions. So you put a contact form on your website (or you build one from scratch). Here’s the million-dollar question though: how do you know if you’ve placed it in the right spot? I recently shared research I found that focused on optimal logo placement as well as CTA placement. […] View original post at …