Category: formidable forms
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WordPress API returns HTML not JSON
Summary I found that in some cases the WordPress API was returning HTML not JSON. Inspection of the HTML showed that I was being redirected to the login page by Formidable Registration Plugin when basic authentication failed. Steps to Resolution The steps to resolution were, Disable all plugins Install Basic Auth plugin from https://github.com/WP-API/Basic-Auth…
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Designing secure applications with Formidable Forms
I use Formidable Forms for all my web application development using WordPress. The time spent learning the framework is repaid (just) by the speed with which I can build new front ends. In the last year the documentation is improved greatly and the team is targeting enterprise developers. Formidable Forms is stateless and all information…
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Understanding Formidable Forms and WordPress
I have been using Formidable Forms with WordPress on and off for about 3 years. I have a conventional SQL and web programming background and I have found understanding the Formidable framework difficult. Today I had the insight that Formidable “views” are really just HTML fragments that contain data fetched by a simple SQL statement working…
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Extending the WordPress application framework with Formidable Forms
In my previous post I discussed how WordPress fulfils many of the needs of an application development framework but I noted that it did not support forms. I have chosen to implement this requirement with Formidable Forms (other forms plug-ins exist). This page is a work in progress and subscribe if you want to receive future updates.…
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Excel CSV is not UTF-8, fix it with Notepad++
Excel CSV is ANSI encoded (the CSV specification does not define an encoding). Many web applications are UTF-8 encoded. If necessary you may open the file in Notepad++ and change the encoding. I had to do this to successfully import to Formidable forms on WordPress.
Dr James Bayley 