Comments on: Get Personal with Your Forms in 3 Quick Steps

By: Mike DeBowes

Mike DeBowes — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 02:22:20 +0000

I added a new multiple choice field to my form, which I use to let people register for classes my company offers. The new field uses the “hide” CSS language so that it is not visible to registrants while the form is intended to accept new entries. The new field label is “Is This Class Full?” and the choices are no (default) and yes. I set a form activity limit but will be monitoring entries. When the limit is reached, I will edit the form and change the answer of “Is This Class Full?” from no to yes and remove the previous form limit. These actions will activate field rules I established to hide all fields on the form except a new section I added which instructs page visitors that class registration is closed but they can email someone at my company to be added to a wait list (I didn’t want to manipulate the current form to allow for a wait list, though I have an idea for how I’d do that). Only this new section is shown when the “Is This Class Full?” is changed to YES (I also hid the “Secondary Action” on the form — i.e., the “submit” button so visitors to the page cannot submit a blank form [remember: none of the fields are visible to them]). So far, so good. Basically another way of doing what is described in the blog post but using a new multiple choice field as the reference point to activate rules in lieu of the date. Once the field rules are set, I never have to change them!

By: Lindsey Borschel

Lindsey Borschel — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 16:05:38 +0000

This also doesn't work if you want to set the form to cut off at a specific number of entries. And anyway, it should not be so difficult to customize that message.

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 04:53:32 +0000

Couldn't you do this with a page rule? Put your form on one page, the multiple choice rules on a second page. Then you could hide or show whichever page is appropriate.

By: Claude KATSUVA

Claude KATSUVA — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 06:35:02 +0000

Everyone needs a hug.

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 20:30:08 +0000

As others state above, the solution proposed here becomes impractical for forms with a lot of fields; it also doesn't work if the form close time is during the day (e.g. 5 pm or 9 am) rather than at midnight. It's also a pain if you want to extend the deadline by a day or two -- you have to change the date in every field rule. Consider this another vote for wufoo allowing users to set up a custom message in the Limit Form Activity section.

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 19:06:17 +0000

+1 for adding a box that can have text and/or a URL to the Limit Form Activity notice.

By: Tess

Tess — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 18:26:56 +0000

I have another solution – it however requires you to keep an eye on your entries (or you can set yourself a rule to have the form email you when you reach that limit..) When your form is ready to be closed, create a section break at the top of your form with your custom message. Right below that create a page break with the custom css keyword: hide
Thats it!

By: Kristin

Kristin — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 18:17:06 +0000

It would be easier if we could just customize the message for closed forms. I create large forms for our organization, and this method would create a tangle inside field rules.

By: Roger Turner

Roger Turner — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 14:24:31 +0000

This would only work for small forms. I regularly set up froms with 20~30 fields, including 10~20 rules, so to then have to set up another 20~30 rules to allow a 'personalised' message is asking a little too much I'm afraid. Surely it can't be that difficult for wufoo to offer us an additional box in the Limit Form Activity section, to allow us to personalise our own message. This is something I highlighted in an email to wufoo last September.

By: Susan

Susan — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 13:17:03 +0000

This looks great for when you want to have fields display after the cutoff date. It looks like too much work for some of my forms with a lot of fields, when all I want to do is display a simple message other than the default. We embed our forms on our site so I don't need html or fields. I would still love the ability to be able to modify that message.