=== cforms II - contact form ===
Contributors: olivers
Donate link: http://www.deliciousdays.com/cforms-forum?forum=2&topic=368&page=1
Tags: ajax, email, secure, visitor, input, order, form, contact, sidebar, order
Requires at least: 2.0.2
Tested up to: 2.3.2
Stable tag: 7.2

cforms II is an extremely customizable, flexible & powerful contact form plugin!

== Description ==

For **WHAT'S NEW** and a complete version history (new features, bug fixes etc.), see [here.](http://www.deliciousdays.com/cforms-forum?forum=2&topic=2&page=1)

= Description =
cforms is a highly customizable, flexible and powerful contact form plugin, covering a variety of use cases and features from attachments to multi form management, you can even have multiple forms on the same page!

= NOTE: PHPMAILER 2.0 is out =
**Why bother?** Going forward I will include it in the cforms release (until WP catches up) which finally will allow you to make fully use of the **SMTP feature** + **TLS / SSL authentication/encryption**!

= Upgrading Notes: =
For all the new features, see the Help documentation. 

= Some of the New Features =
* **NEW:** **CSS** (cforms themes) can now be completely *turned off*
* **NEW:** **Full CAPTCHA image** customization support
* **OTHER & BUGFIXES:** *see version history*

[Check out the cforms CSS Guide and webcast on layout customization](http://www.deliciousdays.com/cforms-forum?forum=1&topic=428&page=1)

[Please visit the cforms plugin page for a detailed features list](http://www.deliciousdays.com/cforms-plugin)

* **General Features**
	* "Wizard Mode" to aid form creation process
	* Preset forms to "jump start" your own
	* Registration (submission) limits
	* Ajax supported form submission (incl. graceful fall-back)
	* Multiple forms on one or many pages / posts
	* WP Dashboard Support (showing last 5 entries)
	* “WP Comment/Message to author” Feature (!)
	* Full localization support (see section below)
	* Tell-A-Friend functionality, see Help documentation
	* [...]
* **Supported Form Fields**
	* Fancy Javascript date picker
	* Configurable text elements (non-input fields)
	* Various standard input fields:
		* fieldsets
		* single and multi-line input fields
		* select boxes (drop down)
	* [...]
* **Styling**
	* Fully customizable Look & Feel (optional label ID’s and list item ID’s!)
	* Built in CSS theme selector and CSS editor
	* Set of predefined themes
	* [...]
* **Input & Validation**
	* Default values for single/multi-line input field
	* Form validation & regular expressions
	* [...]
* **Messaging**
	* Fully customizable auto confirmation message & form email (TXT & HTML)
	* Message(s) can contain system variables and form based variables!
	* [...]
* **Anti SPAM / Security**
	* SPAM protection Q &A
	* SPAM protection using CAPTCHA NEW: + Ajax CAPTCHA reset
* **Extensibility**
	* Support for alternative SMTP server, PHPmailer 2.0 included (SSL/TLS support)
	* Generate dynamic forms in real-time
	* Filtering & Download of recorded data
	* [...]

= Localization =
cforms has been revised to fully support WP localization. If you'd like to contribute a language translation, please get in touch. If you have suggestions or would like to point out typos etc, please contact the actual author (see list below) of the respective localization.

* Currently, these language packs are available:
	* **Chinese, Simplified** \* Author: [Winnie Law (Liu Dongyan)](http://www.translateforyou.cn/cforms-translation/)
	* **Danish** \* Author: [Mads Christian Jensen](http://mads.eu/wp-plugins#cforms)
	* **French** \* Author: [La maison de l’informatiqu](http://serge-rauber.fr/27-traduction-de-cforms-v55)
	* **German** \* Author: [Sven Wappler](http://www.wappler.eu/cforms/)
	* **Hungarian** \* Author: [Ungvári Béla](http://www.deliciousdays.com/download/cformsII-hu_hu.zip)
	* **Japanese** \* Author: [Hiroaki Miyashita](http://wordpressgogo.com/development/translation_cforms_ja.html)
	* **Russian** \* Author: [Sofia Panchenko](http://www.sonika.ru/blog/wordpress/cforms-rus.htm)
	* **Spanish** \* Author: [Samuel Aguilera](http://agamum.net/blog/archivo/plugin-cforms-en-espanol-formularios-para-tu-wordpress.xhtml)
	* **Turkish** \* Author: [Resat Diker](http://weblog.resatdiker.com/cforms)

== Installation ==

= Upgrading =

When upgrading to a new release, please properly deactivate the running version before installing the new files.

= Installation =

1. Download & extract plugin using its default directory
2. Upload plugin directory `/contactforms/` to the wordpress `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
3. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
4. *Optionally check cforms.css for indvidual styling of your forms*

= Usage =
Of course you could just use the cforms button in either TinyMCE or the std editor to insert your forms, or disregard the possibility and do it manually:

To do so, please insert `<!--cforms-->` for the first form and/or `<!--cformsX-->` for your other forms in the code view/edit mode to include them in either your **pages** or **posts**.

[Check out the cforms CSS Guide and webcast on layout customization](http://www.deliciousdays.com/cforms-forum?forum=1&topic=428&page=1)

= Inserting a form via the PHP function call =
Alternatively, you can specifically insert a form (into the sidebar, footer etc. ) per the PHP function call `insert_cform();` for the default (first) form and/or `insert_cform('X');` for any other, subsequent form.

_**Note**: "**X**" represents the number of the form, starting with **2**, 3,4 ..and so forth._

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

Please visit the [cforms plugin forum](http://www.deliciousdays.com/cforms-forum) for up-to-date [FAQs](http://www.deliciousdays.com/cforms-forum?forum=3&page=1) and more help.

== Screenshots ==

[Please visit the cforms plugin page for screenshots & sample](http://www.deliciousdays.com/cforms-plugin)

[Check out the cforms CSS Guide and webcast on layout customization](http://www.deliciousdays.com/cforms-forum?forum=1&topic=428&page=1)