WordPress plug-in: Form Manager
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I downloaded the Form Manager, but could not see it on my editing screen…so when I started searching through support, I discovered that WordPress.com doesn’t allow plug-ins. Why would WordPress,org create a plug-in that its sister, WordPress.com, can’t use? Or am I missing something? I really wanted to use this for this Friday’s post.
Thanks, Matt
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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WordPress.com is a multiuser blogging platform and we don’t have FTP access for security reasons. I have answered questions here for over 6 years. Believe me when I say that’s a blessing because those who post here don’t have a clue when it comes to understanding that a single bad plugin could bring down many blogs.
For greater clarity read > WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org
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Oh, I understand that…but I’m just surprised that WordPress’s OWN plug-in isn’t accepted. Is there no way WordPress.com users can create forms, then? I just wanted a simple “Name / subject / link” grid, but I can’t seem to find any way of doing that.
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The two kinds of wordpress are different, and have different security restrictions. That a plugin is offered at WordPress.org does not mean it was developed by WordPress.org.
The Contact Form for WordPress.com is explained in the Support documents. http://support.wordpress.com/
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Is there no way WordPress.com users can create forms, then?
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Form codes are not among the HTML tags we can use > http://en.support.wordpress.com/code/#html-tags
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Not really, but thanks for the info. I needed to post a spreadsheet-type grid to display the three fields of info, but it doesn’t look like I’ll be able to. Thanks again!
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You can use Scribd or Google docs to embed docs like excel spreadsheets. Would that work for you?
http://en.support.wordpress.com/scribd/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/google-docs/Also see here for accepted file types http://en.support.wordpress.com/accepted-filetypes/ The following processes are outlined particularly for users who wish to upload a document and add its download link to a blog post or page. http://en.support.wordpress.com/uploading-documents/
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It might, but it would be more work than I really want; the WordPress plug-in to which I referred allows a blogger to create a form, collect the data, then display that data in a grid form (like a spreadsheet) within the blog. That’s why I was disappointed to learn it’s only for WP.org, not WP.com…WP.com doesn’t appear to offer anything like that. (Here’s an example of that plug-in being used: http://www.thinkkidthink.com/poetryfriday-2012-1109/)
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I know you mean and so do the other Volunteers as we are experienced with self hosting WordPress.org installs too.
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