RSVP widget

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  chloeandhans · Member · Feb 27, 2009 at 9:56 pm

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  Does anyone know of a good widget/code/solution to providing for a simple RSVP application in a wordpress.com blog? (I have seen some solutions for wordpress.org, but we aren’t hosting our own.) It doesn’t need to be too complicated — it could even just be a form that sends us an e-mail. What I have found so far has not been applicable.

  Thanks in advance for any help.

  -Hans

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  vivianpaige · Member · Feb 27, 2009 at 10:07 pm

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  Use the contact form

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  wordpump · Member · Feb 27, 2009 at 10:18 pm

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  For the contact form, just create a new page, and type [contact-form] along with any other content you wish to also have on the page.

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  chloeandhans · Member · Feb 27, 2009 at 10:35 pm

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  Thanks.

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  chloeandhans · Member · Feb 27, 2009 at 10:37 pm

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  But … is there a way to customize the contact form a little more? So that guests don’t need to transcribe the whole response card into the field?

  I’m new to wordpress. I’ve done this sort of thing in other applications.

  Thanks again.

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  wordpump · Member · Feb 27, 2009 at 10:46 pm

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  Sorry, there’s no way to customize the content of the form.

  What kind of response information do you need on the response card?

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  raincoaster · Member · Feb 27, 2009 at 10:54 pm

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  If you run a lot of events, you could link to an eventbrite registration page or something from the post about the event. That’s what I’m thinking about doing. Running it via email does not work that well, especially if payment is involved.

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  chloeandhans · Member · Feb 27, 2009 at 11:04 pm

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  Wordpump: Thanks. It’s probably not that important, but it would be nice to mimic the response card format, where the guest only needs to fill in the blanks or check off boxes.

  M. ___________________________________________

  [ ] will
  [ ] will not

  attend.

  raincoaster: That’s an idea. It’s probably more than we need, but I’ll look into it. It’s just one event for us, but I’m sure others searching this topic will need that sort of solution.

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  teck07 · Member · Feb 27, 2009 at 11:11 pm

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  @chloeandhans,

  You could use a third party site that offers RSVP forms
  and link to it then when your readers click the link
  the form will open up for them. I recommend using the
  WordPress editor to attach the link to wording of your
  choice & use the drop down window on the link option pop
  up window. then you could use a text widget to paste
  the HTML Code.

  Also > How to link your name to your blog

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  teck07 · Member · Feb 27, 2009 at 11:18 pm

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  Here is a popular event site for what you’re asking for.

  “atomeet”
  http://us.atomeet.com/

  Review for “atomeet” Via Demogirl.com > Try Atomeet For Event Planning And Why I’m Not Using Evite Anymore
  If you scrool to the bottom of the article you’ll find a screen cast overview
  of the site provided by Demogirl,

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  chloeandhans · Member · Feb 27, 2009 at 11:24 pm

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  teck07: Thanks. I’ll look into that.

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  teck07 · Member · Feb 27, 2009 at 11:36 pm

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  You’re welcome chloeandhans, :-)