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176 posts by Carl Hancock

1. Gravity Forms v1.7 Developer Notes

   Posted by Carl Hancock at 11:58 am on March 5th, 2013 | Comments Off

   Gravity Forms v1.7 introduces powerful new changes to the Form Settings, Notifications and Confirmations.

   All these fantastic changes come with some possible challenges to developers that have implemented hooks to extend or customize Gravity Forms default behavior related to these features. We have put a lot of thought into making this version as backwards compatible as possible, but with all the different hooks involved we cannot guarantee that you will not need to make some adjustments to your code.
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2. Gravity Forms v1.7 Beta 1 Released

   Posted by Carl Hancock at 11:58 am on March 5th, 2013 | Comments Off

   Gravity Forms v1.7 Beta 1 is now available for download. We are extremely excited about this release as it introduces extensive changes to the Gravity Forms admin tools and sets up limitless possibilities for the future.

   We have completely re-written the Form Settings functionality so that it has its own dedicated area and is not contained within the Form Editor. This change has given us the flexibility to expand and enhance not only Form Settings capabilities, but also introduce significant enhancements to the Confirmation and Notifications.

   Please Note: This is a beta release and as such you should use at your own risk. We are still actively working on UI enhancements and refinements for the final public release. Developers should read the note at the bottom of this post regarding impact to existing customizations that Gravity Forms v1.7 may introduce.

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3. Gravity Forms Quiz Add-On v1.0 Beta 2 Released

   Posted by Carl Hancock at 10:50 pm on February 20th, 2013 | Comments Off

   

   Gravity Forms Quiz Add-On v1.0 Beta 2 is now available. This update adds some exciting new features to the Quiz Add-On to make it even more powerful and useful for Gravity Forms users. The major new feature being introduced is the Results display. Quiz Results allow you to quickly see an aggregate overview of Quiz Results.

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4. Gravity Forms PayPal Payments Standard Add-On v1.6 Released

   Posted by Carl Hancock at 11:38 am on February 7th, 2013 | Comments Off

   Gravity Forms PayPal Payments Standard Add-On v1.6 is now available via automatic update and the add-on manager. This is an extremely important update that all users will want to update to as it includes changes that will be required for Gravity Forms v1.7 compatibility. We also recommend that you update to Gravity Forms v1.6.12 prior to updating the PayPal Payments Standard Add-On.
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5. Gravity Forms v1.6.12 Released

   Posted by Carl Hancock at 10:39 pm on February 4th, 2013 | Comments Off

   Gravity Forms v1.6.12 is now available via automatic update and the downloads page. This is an important maintenance release that also introduces hooks and changes under the hood to accommodate the upcoming Beta 2 release of the Quiz Add-On and an update to the PayPal Add-On that will be released soon.

   As always, we highly recommend users update as soon as possible. Always keep your WordPress installation up to date with the latest version of WordPress as well as plugins you may be using.

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6. Gravity Forms Quiz Add-On v1.0 Beta 1 Released

   Posted by Carl Hancock at 12:37 pm on December 18th, 2012 | Comments Off

   

   Gravity Forms just got smarter! We are pleased to announce that the Gravity Forms Quiz Add-On v1.0 Beta 1 is now available to Developer License customers. This Add-On introduces a new Quiz Field and Quiz Settings that allows you to quickly create Quizzes using Gravity Forms.
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7. Gravity Forms v1.6.11 Released

   Posted by Carl Hancock at 11:42 am on December 18th, 2012 | Comments Off

   Gravity Forms v1.6.11 is now available via automatic update. This release incorporates updates and changes in preparation for the release of the Gravity Forms Quiz Add-On.

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8. Gravity Forms v1.6.10.1 Released

   Posted by Carl Hancock at 2:29 pm on December 12th, 2012 | Comments Off

   Gravity Forms v1.6.10.1 is now available via automatic update. This is an extremely important update that ensures compatibiity with the WordPress v3.5 release. We highly recommend all users update as soon as possible.

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9. Gravity Forms v1.6.10 Released

   Posted by Carl Hancock at 2:31 pm on December 4th, 2012 | Comments Off

   Gravity Forms v1.6.10 is now available via automatic update. This is an important release that implements updates for WordPress v3.5 compatibility, bug fixes, and important updates that are cricical for several new Gravity Forms Add-Ons that are nearing release. We highly recommend users update as we always recommend users run the latest version of WordPress and all plugins.

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10. Gravity Forms MailChimp Add-On v1.9 Released

    Posted by Carl Hancock at 4:19 pm on November 28th, 2012 | Comments Off

    Gravity Forms MailChimp Add-On v1.9 is now available via automatic update. This release updates MailChimp group handling and also makes improvements with how new subscribers are handled.

    The MailChimp API currently overwrites current groups for a subscriber based on what is passed to the API. Rather than append the groups, it overwrites them. We have updated the MailChimp Add-On so that it first gets the existing groups for that user and then appends their selections so existing group selections will still be intact. We have also added a new hook, gform_mailchimp_keep_existing_groups, to allow developers to change this behavior back to the overwrite behavior if they would like to do so.

    We have also updated how new subscribers are added to a list if they already exist as an unsubscribed user or their subscription is pending and they did not respond to the MailChimp confirmation email. When this occurs, users will now be added as if they were a new subscriber. Previously subscribers were not added if they were unsubscribed or pending due to default MailChimp API behavior.

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