Downloads: TDO Mini Forms Wordpress Plugin (v0.12.5)
This plugin allows you to add a form to your website that allows your readers (including non-registered) to submit posts.
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Version 0.12.5 includes integration with the reCapatcha captcha service, integration with the Subscribe-to-Plugins 2.1 plugin (allow submitters to subscribe to followup comments automatically), Comments management widget (allows you to set comments and ping status for forms and/or allow users chose if they want to allow comments), Excerpt Widget and even more bug fixes
TDO Mini Forms has been used to turn Wordpress into a Forum and a Contact Manager!
This plugin allows you to add a form to your website that allows non-registered users and/or subscribers (configurable) to submit posts. The posts are kept in “draft” until an admin can publish them (also configurable).
The plugin provides an extensive moderation view so administrators and editors can see posts awaiting approval and publish or delete them. Administrators can also ban specific users and IPs from using the form. Administrators can also “Trust” specific users. This means that when they use the form, their posts are automatically published. This does not give them any other rights or permissions using the Wordpress software, it only affects usage of the form. This applies to user and IP bans as well. There is even an option to automatically trust users after so many approved submissions. (It should be noted that submissions from users that can already publish using the normal Wordpress UI, will be automatically published.)
Administrators can configure the form using drag and drop “widgets”. They are based on the same model as Wordpress’ built-in Theme widgets and it is possible to write your own. With 0.7, more options are available and it is now much easier to integrate with your theme. You don’t even need to modify your theme any more to display submitter information!
Registered users have access to a “Your Submissions” page which lists their current submissions awaiting approval and links to their approved submissions.
Features
- Integration with Subcribe-to-Comments 2.1 plugin
- Integration with Akismet and reCaptcha to prevent Spam
- Highly customisable: Create your form using a Widget interface.
- Create as many forms as you like.
- Put a form in your sidebar using a widget for your Theme.
- Submit pages instead of posts.
- Simple Question and/or Image Captcha.
- Posting Policy.
- Add Custom Fields to your Form.
- QuickTags support for Forms.
- Upload Files and can be attached to posts. Uses Wordpress’ core to create thumbnails if applicable.
- Submitters can be notified if post approved or rejected.
- Allow users to select category and tags.
- Ban users and IPs.
- Control what roles can access the form.
- Can automatically create a page with form for you.
- Can automatically modified author template tag with info about submitter.
- Can, optionally, automatically allow submissions to be published.
- Throttle number of submissions by user and/or IP
- Optionally Queue published posts
- Numerous widgets for your theme, including a list of the top submitters
- And many more…
Version 0.12 introduces the Form Hacker which allows admins the power to modify the form code from within the plugin as opposed to hacking the plugin source code. Nearly all messages to the user are configurable now.
Version 0.11 provides integration with Akismet, Submission Throttling, Import and Export of Form settings, Queuing Approved Post, Top Submitter theme widget and numerous bug fixes!
For Installation, Screenshots, FAQ, Full Version History and Known Bugs, please check the included readme.txt or the Wordpress.org page for the plugin.
For Support (and live demo), please see the Forums.
Version Info: v0.12.5: 20th October 2008
- A “link” to the thumbnail is stored on the post using TDOMF_KEY_DOWNLOAD_THUMBURI key.
- Excerpt Widget
- Comments Management Widget
- Categories Include Field enabled (was accidently left disabled in previous release)
- Category Widget now has a Order by and Order options
- Recaptcha Widget
- Warning displayed if “I Agree” text is not modified
- Integration with Subscibe to Comments plugin via “Subscribe to Comments” widget
- Publish Now button
- Instead of notifying specific roles that a submission is requiring moderation, you can now specify an email list
- Tags Widget now has options for default tags, required and to disable user adding tags
Guest
July 16th, 2007 at 10:13 pm
It functions great and i put it in my sidebar. But now, nobody can post a comment.
This appears in the posts: “You must be logged in to post a comment.”
When i delete from the sidebar, the comments are open.
Please help.
Jens
Guest
July 12th, 2007 at 3:00 pm
How do I add it to the template, I figured out how to add it to a page or post but how do you actually put it somewhere on the front page and make it stay there?
BTW great job!
Thanks
Guest
July 11th, 2007 at 11:50 am
You may ignore the post I made on 6/23/07. After uninstalling and reinstalling WP I was able to use this plug in without any problems.
Thanks
Guest
July 11th, 2007 at 9:07 am
I have some problems with foreign characters. Is that a known bug?
I can’t post æøå etc in my native language.
Furthermore, I would just like to promote the potential feature of users being able to add tags as a wonderfull idea
Pick that! 
Guest
June 23rd, 2007 at 9:48 pm
Repost so the code shows Arrrg.. one final try:
This is a great plug in! I can’t wait to get it to work. I have been trying all day to get it to load the form without any luck. I have tried “tdomf_form1″ in a page, and in a post without any luck.. nothing happens. I can get the form to show at the bottom of a post by using “php tdomf_the_submitter();” However it looks clumsy after the comment section. I would rather have one page for the form and link to it.
Also is there a way to place the post into a category of choice rather than just the default?
Thanks for your help,
Figster
Guest
June 23rd, 2007 at 9:43 pm
Repost so the code shows:
This is a great plug in! I can’t wait to get it to work. I have been trying all day to get it to load the form without any luck. I have tried
in a page, and in a post without any luck.. nothing happens. I can get the form to show at the bottom of a post by usingHowever it looks clumsy after the comment section. I would rather have one page for the form and link to it.Also is there a way to place the post into a category of choice rather than just the default?
Thanks for your help,
Figster
Guest
June 23rd, 2007 at 9:39 pm
This is a great plug in! I can’t wait to get it to work. I have been trying all day to get it to load the form without any luck. I have tried in a page, and in a post without any luck.. nothing happens. I can get the form to show at the bottom of a post by using However it looks clumsy after the comment section. I would rather have one page for the form and link to it.
Also is there a way to place the post into a category of choice rather than just the default?
Thanks for your help,
Figster
June 23rd, 2007 at 5:53 pm
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Guest
June 18th, 2007 at 9:44 am
re: how to change form layout.
Got to find out how: through the FORM.php file. The layout can be changed there.
I was able to hide the website field by commenting out $who_are_you .= ““.__(”Webpage: “,”tdomf”).” “;
I still haven’t gotten around to making email/name fields not mandatory.
To remedy that i just put a text label with the default username and email (i.e guest, guest@email.com). It doesnt really make sense because users still have to input but thats my sort of workaround for it.
To others asking how to make it such that submissions are published automatically and w/o moderation, i think you can put in a default value “progmatically” for the username and email. I want to try this also but i’m still looking what file i need to change, and how to do it properly. =)
Guest
June 18th, 2007 at 8:40 am
hello Mark,
i have another question
wordpress send comment notifications to tdomf author. but i dont want it, i want wordress to send comment moderation notifications to admin only
how can i make it?